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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Architect - **Company:** TEKSYSTEMS INC. - **Location:** Irving, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $185,120.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, JIRA, Cloud Computing, Databases, Continuous Integration, Disaster Recovery, Amazon DynamoDB, Identity and Access Management, IP Routing, Subnetting, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Key Management, Performance Tuning, Scrum Methodology, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Cloud Services, Ansible, Policy as Code, Amazon ElastiCache, System Availability, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Relational Database Service, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Atlassian Tools, Hashicorp, Bitbucket, Route53, Terraform - **Published:** August 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/11a2ee8e-4f0a-40de-9d65-50ebda325f73 ## About the Role AWS Architecture * Strong experience designing enterprise-scale AWS solutions. * Extensive knowledge of: + VPC architecture + Subnets and route tables + NAT Gateways and Internet Gateways + Transit Gateway + VPC Endpoints and PrivateLink + Route 53 + VPN and Direct Connect connectivity * Experience with multi-account and multi-region architectures. Terraform Enterprise * 7+ years of hands-on Terraform experience. * Strong expertise with: + Terraform Enterprise (TFE) + Reusable module development + State management + Remote backends + Workspace design and administration + Variable management + Environment promotion strategies + VCS integration and governance workflows * Experience with Policy as Code solutions such as Sentinel or OPA is highly desirable. CI/CD and Automation * Extensive experience building CI/CD pipelines using: + Bitbucket + Bitbucket Pipelines + Terraform Enterprise * Experience implementing deployment approval processes, quality gates, and automated infrastructure provisioning. AWS Database Services Hands-on experience supporting and architecting: * Amazon RDS * Amazon Aurora * DynamoDB * DocumentDB * ElastiCache * OpenSearch Including: * High availability and disaster recovery * Performance optimization * Scalability planning * Cost optimization strategies Security and Identity Management * Strong AWS IAM expertise including: + IAM Roles and Policies + Least-Privilege Access Models + Permission Boundaries + Service Control Policies (SCPs) + Cross-Account Access + Federation and SSO integrations * Experience with: + AWS KMS + Secrets Manager, * Experience with Ansible Playbooks and infrastructure automation. * Experience working in highly regulated enterprise environments. * Knowledge of cloud governance and compliance frameworks. * AWS Professional-level certifications are a plus. * Terraform certification is highly desirable. Preferred Certifications Candidates possessing one or more of the following certifications are strongly preferred: * AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional * AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty * AWS Certified Security - Specialty * HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate * AWS Certified Database - Specialty (preferred for candidates with extensive AWS database architecture experience) * Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) (nice to have) * Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or equivalent Ansible automation certification (nice to have) Additional Requirements * Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments. * Familiarity with Jira and related Agile tools. * Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. * Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, enterprise-scale environment. What We're Looking For This opportunity is ideal for a cloud professional with a passion for AWS architecture, Infrastructure as Code, automation, and cloud governance. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving cloud adoption, improving operational efficiency, and delivering secure, scalable infrastructure solutions through Terraform Enterprise and AWS best practices., Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. ## Description We are seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to design and implement secure, scalable, and highly available AWS infrastructure solutions using Infrastructure as Code (IaC). This role will be responsible for architecting cloud solutions, developing Terraform Enterprise modules, implementing CI/CD automation, and supporting enterprise cloud governance initiatives. 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