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# AWS Cloud Architect

- **Company:** Hire IT People
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Control Panels, DevOps, Identity and Access Management, IT Management, Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Systems Development Life Cycle, Ansible, Cloudformation, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Apache Kafka, Terraform, Serverless Computing, Docker
- **Published:** October 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://ats.hireitpeople.com/candidate/apply/40937-aws-cloud-architect

## About the Role

* Candidate should be from Application Development background like Dot, Java or any other programming language etc.
 * Recent at least 8-10+ years from Infrastructure background.
 * Expert in DevOps like Terraform, Docker, Container etc / SRE.
 * Expert in AWS like AWS VPC Networking, AWS Control Panel, Landing Zone etc
 * He should be able to migrate on prem infrastructure services to AWS.
 * He should be able to create various automation template for reusability using tech stack like Terraform, Cloudformation, Bash, Powershell etc
 * He should be an expert on understanding various AWS storage services and there use cases., * Advanced cloud implementation experience using compute, storage, networking, and security services and cloud native best practices on AWS.
 * Proven background working in an enterprise IT environment.
 * Familiar with IaC tools, Terraform, CloudFormation
 * Design capabilities aligned with the well-architected framework.
 * EC2, Unix/Linux, User Data, Ansible
 * Kubernetes, Serverless
 * Experience with Kafka a plus.
 * Networking and Security
 * Identity and Access Management (IAM)
 * Python, Docker
 * Experience collaborating with Infrastructure and Application teams.
 * Self-disciplined, self-starter who can provide leadership and mentor others while resolving complex incidents and delivering projects.
 * Knowledge of SDLC and CI/CD best practices
 * Azure experience not required, but nice to have.

## Description

* Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that deploy customers' applications to cloud infrastructure while promoting security and cloud computing best practices.
 * Use infrastructure as code tools to automate immutable infrastructure.
 * Manage, configuration, administration, and maintain AWS services.
 * Provide guidance to Application and Business teams on infrastructure design decisions.
 * Collaborate and liaise with various technical teams on escalations, development of cloud and managed services
 * Drive DevOps team process improvement with Enterprise IT cloud management capabilities
 * Identify opportunities for threat management, and critical upgrades
 * Utilize enterprise SaaS products to align with business technology needs
 * Continuously learn to keep up with industry trends and best practices
 * Manage multiple projects simultaneously and can adapt to changing business needs
 * Work well with cross functional global and remote teams