Sr. AWS Solutions Architect

Tyto Athene is searching for an accomplished Sr. AWS Solutions Architect with experience in infrastructure, security and automation services. As an Solutions Architect you must have designed and implemented solutions with Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), AWS Fargate, Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), and AWS App Mesh.

The ideal candidate would have experience with EKS, Container Security and data encryption technologies on AWS as well as third-party products such as Sysdig Falco, Service Mesh, Calico and relevant technologies for enterprise grade deployments of container based solutions. This is a hands-on engineering, implementation and consulting role with a focus on infrastructure deployment, security architecture and compliance.

We are looking for a candidate that has strong communication skills, a customer service based approach. They should have experience and familiarity with infrastructure, Virtual Private Network (VPN), cloud, virtualization, security and networking with cloud computing. This is a hands-on implementation and architecture role.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and deploy AWS-based hosting environments on EKS and meet customer requirements that span multiple AWS services.
  
• Support cloud migration, implementation, and modernization efforts, providing architectural guidance for AWS-based solutions.
• Troubleshoot application deployments, recreate customer issues, and build proof of concept applications.
• Write and interpret configuration scripts for customer environments to install programs, configure logging, and modify configuration files.
• Apply advanced troubleshooting techniques to provide unique solutions depending on customer use cases.
• Support infrastructure hardening, vulnerability scanning, and remediation efforts following cloud security best practices.
• Provide technical documentation and supporting artifacts for Authorization to Operate (ATO) packages and work closely with compliance teams when supporting regulated cloud environments.
  
• Research, evaluate, and apply emerging technologies to improve cloud architectures, security, and operational efficiency.
• Mentor and develop team members by sharing technical expertise, promoting knowledge sharing, and fostering continuous learning.

Required:

• KUBERNETES

  • Developed and implemented Kubernetes/EKS, ECS, Docker and containerized solution architectures with advanced engineering concepts around security, segmentation, vulnerability and image scanning, and integration with third-party tools like Sysdig Falco, Calico, Service Mesh etc.

• AWS SECURITY AND OPERATIONS

  • Experience managing full application stacks from the OS up through custom applications

  • Knowledge of AWS and Cloud Computing concepts (preferred experience with AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS CloudFormation or AWS OpsWorks)

  • Understand how to management and troubleshooting on Kubernetes.

  • Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, RedHat) and/or Microsoft Windows Server and associated technologies (Active Directory, Exchange etc.)
  • Understanding of IP Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SSL/TLS, etc.)
  • One or more container orchestration management experience (e.g. Docker, OpenShift Kubernetes)
  • Troubleshooting skills at multiple levels of complexity.

  • Terraform/ Cloud Formation

  • Expertise using Terraform and Cloud Formation

• CI/CD ENABLEMENT

  • Experience with one or more DevOps, Orchestration/Configuration Management and Continuous Integration technology (e.g. Chef, Puppet, Jenkins, Ansible)

  • Programming experience with one or more scripting language (e.g. Bash, PowerShell, Ruby, Python, Node.JS)

  • One or more version control platform (e.g. Git, Perforce, SVN, TFVC)

Desired:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• Cloud Architecture: 1 year preferred

Clearance: 

• Secret Clearance required

Compensation:

• Compensation is unique to each candidate and relative to the skills and experience they bring to the position. The salary range for this position is typically between $175,000-$200,000. This does not guarantee a specific salary as compensation is based upon multiple factors such as education, experience, certifications, and other requirements, and may fall outside of the above-stated range.

Benefits:

• Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match, Paid Time Off, STD/LTD/Life Insurance, Referral Bonuses, professional development reimbursement, and parental leave.