Cloud Architect

We are looking for a Cloud Architect to shape our enterprise AWS architecture direction and lead cloud-native modernization at scale. You will define target-state designs, set engineering standards, and guide cloud governance with cross-functional teams to improve security, reliability, and cost efficiency. Join us and apply today.
Responsibilities
Own the enterprise AWS architecture vision, reference architectures, engineering standards, and the cloud governance model
Define target-state architectures, cloud guardrails, and operating principles across AWS environments
Set a cloud-native, managed-services-first strategy, including technology selection criteria and exception processes
Govern the AWS multi-account architecture, including AWS Organizations, Control Tower, Organizational Units (OUs), account lifecycle management, IAM strategy, network architecture, and security boundaries
Develop and maintain the cloud modernization and technical debt reduction roadmap by identifying workloads to modernize, re-platform, refactor, retire, or retain
Create and govern approved AWS services, reusable design patterns, and reference architectures for compute, containers, serverless, storage, databases, integration, observability, and data platforms
Establish standards for Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, policy-as-code, automated testing, release management, and cloud platform automation
Define architecture patterns and governance for observability, monitoring, logging, and operational telemetry using platforms such as Datadog and native AWS services
Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Platform Engineering, and application teams to shape landing zone architecture, infrastructure automation, deployment standards, security, resiliency, disaster recovery, operational readiness, cost, performance, and operational efficiency standards
Review and approve complex solution designs, cloud migrations, and strategic platform initiatives
Govern architectural compliance and alignment with AWS Well-Architected Framework principles, including security, reliability, operational excellence, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability
Collaborate with FinOps to embed cost visibility, capacity planning, and financial accountability into architectural decisions
Requirements
Extensive background with 9+ years of professional experience in software development
Demonstrated experience designing cloud architecture in enterprise AWS environments
Deep expertise with AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and IAM
Hands-on proficiency with VPC, Transit Gateway, and Route 53
Solid knowledge of ECS/EKS, Lambda, and event-driven architectures
Proven experience with RDS, DynamoDB, and S3
Strong understanding of CloudFront and API Gateway
Advanced skills in Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, and policy-as-code
Practical experience with GitLab, CI/CD architecture, and platform automation
Clear understanding of deployment strategies, environment promotion models, and DevSecOps practices
Working knowledge of Datadog, CloudWatch, and logging, monitoring, and observability
Good grasp of SRE principles, cloud security architecture, and governance
Strong capabilities in resiliency, backup, disaster recovery, and operational excellence
Advanced proficiency in English (C1+)