AWS Cloud Architect

Must-Have Technical & Functional Skills

• Minimum
  5+ years of experience
  designing and supporting
  AWS infrastructure
  for enterprise applications.
• Proven experience in defining
  right-fit application architectures
  using the
  AWS Well-Architected Framework
  .
• Strong experience with
  stateful and stateless application design
  .
• Hands-on expertise in
  designing, provisioning, and managing AWS cloud infrastructure
  .
• Solid understanding of
  infrastructure capacity planning, monitoring, scaling, and upgrades
  .
• Extensive experience with
  Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  and automation using
  Terraform and Ansible
  .
• Strong CI/CD knowledge using
  GitHub Actions and Jenkins
  .
• Deep understanding of
  AWS security best practices
  , governance, and application compliance requirements.
• Experience working closely with engineering teams to define
  best practices and standardized processes
  across the full infrastructure lifecycle:
  Plan, Build, Deploy, and Operate
  .
• Ability to design and implement
  self-service provisioning, orchestration, and configuration management
  solutions.
• Experience defining
  technology roadmaps
  and long-term infrastructure strategy.
• Strong ability to learn and work with a wide range of
  open-source technologies and tools
  .

Required Certification

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect
  (Associate or Professional)

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Strong understanding of
  on-premises infrastructure
  including networking, storage, compute, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Experience working with
  hybrid infrastructure architectures
  (on-prem + cloud).

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design and support
  hybrid infrastructure architectures
  , spanning on-premises and AWS environments.
• Define and implement
  right-fit AWS architectures
  aligned with organizational standards and industry best practices.
• Design and provision AWS infrastructure as part of
  on-prem to cloud migration initiatives
  .
• Implement and manage
  capacity planning, monitoring, upgrades, and automation
  using Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure
  security, compliance, and governance
  of AWS environments.
• Partner with engineering teams to establish
  best practices and reusable frameworks
  across the infrastructure lifecycle.
• Drive
  automation, standardization, and continuous improvement
  of infrastructure processes and methodologies.
• Define and influence
  technology roadmaps
  and future-state infrastructure direction.
• Assess the
  feasibility, complexity, and scope
  of new infrastructure capabilities and solutions.
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders including
  architecture, engineering, and infrastructure delivery teams
  to ensure consistent solution design and integration.
• Participate in
  architecture consulting engagements
  and support proactive proposal development to grow the business.