Job Description
Position Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Platform Architect with deep, hands-on expertise in designing, implementing, and optimizing AWS public cloud solutions.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience architecting scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud environments, while defining and enforcing cloud best practices, governance standards, and operational excellence.
This role requires strong technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and readiness to take on challenges beyond traditional cloud solutioning.
Key Responsibilities
Required Skills & Experience
10+ years IT experience including 7+ years delivering AWS cloud solutions.
Expertise across major AWS services.
Hands-on with Terraform and Terragrunt.
Strong understanding of CI/CD and Git workflows.
Proficient with Python and Shell scripting.
Experience with Git, GitHub, and Azure Boards.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
Cloud Architecture & Design
Architect end-to-end AWS cloud solutions ensuring scalability, reliability, and high availability.
Define and maintain cloud architecture blueprints and reusable patterns.
Lead modernization, migration, and transformation initiatives into AWS.
Cloud Governance, Standards & Best Practices
Establish and enforce cloud best practices including security, performance, tagging, and monitoring.
Develop and own cloud policies aligned with AWS Well-Architected Framework.
Conduct architecture reviews to enhance operational health, cost posture, and security posture.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Design and deliver IaC using Terraform and Terragrunt following modular and reusable patterns.
Drive automation frameworks for consistent provisioning and lifecycle management.
DevOps & CI/CD (Desired)
Experience with GitHub Actions to automate IaC deployments and workflows (desired, not mandatory).
Collaborate with DevOps teams to enhance CI/CD processes.
Cloud Security & Compliance
Implement IAM guardrails, encryption standards, and secrets management.
Align AWS environments with compliance standards such as SOC2, ISO27001, CIS benchmarks.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Act as cloud SME across engineering and operations teams.
Mentor teams on cloud tooling, automation, and best practices.
Comfortable addressing challenges beyond cloud architecture including automation and workflow optimization.
Preferred (Nice to Have)
Experience with GitHub Actions.
AWS Professional certifications.
Exposure to multi-cloud strategies.
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Personal Attributes
Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.
Passion for automation and engineering excellence.
Ownership-driven and adaptable.
Collaborative and eager to take on complex challenges.
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