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AWS Cloud Architect

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Experience architecting AWS-based cloud solutions aligned with business objectives
  • Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and Deployment Manager
  • Strong understanding of network design, security best practices, and compliance considerations
  • Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, CircleCI) and common database platforms (MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL)

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement cloud-based solutions tailored to meet specific client needs
  • Automate provisioning of cloud resources using industry-standard tooling and methodologies
  • Develop and execute an effective cloud migration strategy from planning to production
  • Implement security best practices across frameworks and compliance environments

About the company

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Protagona

IT Services & IT Consulting

We’re Protagona – an AWS Advanced Tier partner that helps industry leaders propel innovation with cutting-edge data solutions. Exclusively focused on AWS, our expertise and bias for action equates to faster delivery, scalable systems, and cost-efficient outcomes for our customers. The cornerstone of our humanized delivery approach is co-innovation, ensuring your team receives as much attention as your technology. We work with organizations of all sizes, ranging from startups to midsize organizations and Fortune 500 corporations. While our core focus is data, our expertise spans cloud acceleration, application modernization, data engineering, and DevOps & SRE.

Company details

IndustryIT Services & IT Consulting
Company size51 - 200

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Job description

As a Cloud Architect, your primary role will be to lead the technical direction for an engagement as you align with the client’s goals and business objectives. You will play a critical role in architecting all aspects of the solution; security, performance, availability, maintainability, and cost.  All the while keeping the customer’s business objectives top of mind.

Candidates should have a solid understanding of cloud architecture best practices and the ability to communicate the proposed strategy to a client effectively.  The architect will be involved in all phases of a client engagement, from discovery through implementation.  They will serve as the primary technical mentor to the delivery team throughout the engagement.

A Cloud Architect can translate business objectives into an actionable backlog of deliverables with clear alignment with project stakeholders. As the backlog is executed, they will be responsible for the overall quality of work being delivered and making sure design considerations are being followed.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement cloud-based solutions tailored to meet specific client needs
  • Automate the provisioning of cloud resources using industry-standard tooling and methodologies
  • Develop and execute an effective cloud migration strategy from planning to production
  • Implement security best practices across a variety of frameworks and compliance environments
  • Educate clients on best practices, industry trends, and methodologies to ensure long-term sustainability
  • Identify and optimize cloud environments for cost and performance
  • Establish lasting client relationships based on trust and humility
  • Act as a technical mentor to other architects/engineers within the company
  • Contribute to the growth of the company through training, certifications, and internal initiatives
  • Have fun!

Skills & Experience

  • Architecting solutions to meet a variety of objectives in AWS
  • Common Infrastructure-as-Code tools:  Terraform, CloudFormation, Deployment Manager
  • Configuration management tools:  Ansible, Chef, Puppet
  • Kubernetes configuration and deployment strategies
  • Advanced understanding of network design and security best practices
  • Experience working with common CI/CD applications:  Jenkins, GitLab, CircleCI
  • Working knowledge of common database platforms: MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres

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