AWS Cloud Architect

TekCommands • Charlotte, NC

14h • Onsite

About The Position

The AWS Cloud Architect designs, deploys, and manages scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services, aligning technical blueprints with business goals. The role focuses primarily on strategic design and alignment rather than heavy coding.

The position is onsite in Charlotte, North Carolina. It includes designing AWS architectures, implementing and managing core AWS services, leading cloud migrations and modernization, establishing security and resilience practices, optimizing costs and performance, and collaborating across executive, development, and DevOps teams.

Requirements

• Deep mastery of AWS compute, storage, database, networking, and security services, including Route 53, Direct Connect, and VPN.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
• Familiarity with Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
• Strong Linux and Windows administration foundation.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into high-level system diagrams, network topologies, and multi-tier cloud strategies following the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Build and manage environments using AWS services including EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, IAM, and Lambda.
• Lead the migration of on-premises servers, databases, and applications to the cloud.
• Support modernization through containerization with Docker and Amazon EKS, and through serverless patterns.
• Establish identity and access controls, network firewalls, encryption standards, and disaster recovery or high-availability protocols.
• Audit cloud spending, right-size compute instances, and tune resource allocation for efficiency.
• Bridge communication between executive stakeholders, development teams, and DevOps engineers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed