Senior AWS Cloud Architect – Cloud Migration, Infrastructure & Modernization
Iconma Portal
13 days ago
On-site
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
$64.29 - $67.86 USD hourly
Our Client, an IT Services and Consultant company, is looking for a Senior AWS Cloud Architect – Cloud Migration, Infrastructure & Modernization for their Charlotte, NC location.
Responsibilities:
- Architecture Design: Translate business requirements into high-level system diagrams, network topologies, and multi-tier cloud strategies following the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
- Core AWS Implementation: Build and manage environments using key services like Amazon EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, IAM, and AWS Lambda
- Migration & Modernization: Lead the migration of on-premises servers, databases, and applications to the cloud, including adopting containerization (Docker, Amazon EKS) and serverless patterns.
- Security & Compliance: Establish identity and access controls, network firewalls, encryption standards, and disaster recovery or high-availability protocols.
- Cost & Performance Optimization: Audit cloud spend, right-size compute instances, and tune resource allocation for efficiency.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the bridge between executive stakeholders, development teams, and DevOps engineers. As noted, a cloud architect's daily focus is primarily on strategic design and alignment rather than heavy coding.
Requirements:
- AWS Services: Deep mastery of compute, storage, database, networking (Route 53, Direct Connect, VPN), and security tools.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficiency in Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Ansible.
- Containers & Orchestration: Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
- DevOps & CI/CD: Familiarity with Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
- Operating Systems: Strong Linux and Windows administration foundation
- AWS Services: Deep mastery of compute, storage, database, networking (Route 53, Direct Connect, VPN), and security tools.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficiency in Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Ansible.
- Containers & Orchestration: Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
- DevOps & CI/CD: Familiarity with Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
- Operating Systems: Strong Linux and Windows administration foundation
- 15.00 Years of Experience
Why Should You Apply?
- Health Benefits
- Referral Program
- Excellent growth and advancement opportunities