Cloud Architect

Techneaux Technology Services•Lafayette, LA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Techneaux Technology Services, LLC is a growing and innovative managed IT, software, and technology service company based in Lafayette, LA with additional offices in Colorado and Texas. Techneaux is a unique company with a unique long-term vision. As a privately held company with the intention to remain privately held, we aim to provide rewards and opportunities to our team members above and beyond the standard corporate salary and benefits package. While company profits are critical, we remain empowered and committed to prioritizing decisions which reward team members over profits. Techneaux prides itself on being a customer and team member focused organization and we are always on the lookout for talented individuals who share these values. Techneaux is currently looking for a qualified full-time Cloud Architect to join our Business Information Technology Services team. What makes Techneaux a great place to work? We are a tight-knit team that is passionate about the overall product delivered to our customers. We strive to be experts in our field. We have a collaborative culture motivated by mutual respect that fosters regular feedback and group discussion. We are an exciting, growing company and we want you to grow with us. At Techneaux, your career is what you make of it. We currently offer competitive salaries and an annual profit-sharing plan to each team member in the organization. We also offer paid time off; paid holidays; a corporate mobile phone plan; paid parental leave; health, dental, vision and supplemental insurance; employer-paid life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance; 401(k) with employer match; and health savings accounts.

Requirements

AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate minimum; Professional preferred)
Deep working knowledge of core AWS services: EC2, RDS, S3, VPC, EBS, EKS, CloudWatch, IAM, Kinesis, AmazonMQ, Transit Gateways, and Route 53
Experience configuring security groups, NACLs, and coordinating firewall change requests with networking teams
Proven ability to monitor costs, analyze usage patterns, and right-size infrastructure
Proficiency with Terraform and AWS CloudFormation for provisioning and managing infrastructure
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions)
Fluency in PowerShell, Bash, Python, and SQL for scripting, automation, and data queries
Ability to create clear architecture diagrams and technical documentation for new and existing deployments
Experience designing highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable cloud architectures
Familiarity with Well-Architected Framework reviews and remediation

Nice To Haves

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or Security Specialty certification
Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, EKS/Kubernetes)
Familiarity with service mesh, API gateway patterns, or event-driven architectures
Experience with multi-account AWS Organizations and Control Tower
Background in regulated industries (healthcare, finance, government) with compliance frameworks (HIPAA, SOC 2, FedRAMP)
Experience with disaster recovery planning and execution

Responsibilities

Maintain and optimize AWS environments across Non-Production, Pre-Production, and Production
Serve as first responder for incidents during business hours and critical incidents 24/7
Manage observability and alerting using AWS CloudWatch and Dynatrace
Collaborate with customer Cloud SMEs and Solution Architects on architecture for new projects and migrations
Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure through IaC (Terraform and AWS CloudFormation)
Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, build, and deployment workflows
Monitor cloud spend, identify cost optimization opportunities, and right-size resources
Conduct security reviews of cloud configurations including IAM policies, security groups, and network ACLs
Produce architecture diagrams, runbooks, and technical documentation for all deployments
Participate in change management and release planning processes
Mentor junior engineers on AWS best practices and cloud-native design patterns