Senior AWS / Cloud Architect (Lead) - India
Senior AWS / Cloud Architect (Lead) - India
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Job Description: Sr. AWS/ Cloud Architect (Lead) - Multi-Tenant AWS Platform
Company Overview:
Object Edge is embarking on an exciting project to build a cutting-edge multi-tenant SaaS platform on AWS. We are looking for a seasoned Cloud Architect to lead the design and implementation of this complex and scalable environment. Join us to drive innovation and build a robust foundation for our next generation of services.
Job Summary:
The Cloud Architect (Lead) will be the primary technical authority for designing and overseeing the implementation of our multi-tenant AWS architecture. This role is critical for establishing a secure scalable and cost-efficient cloud foundation. You will be responsible for making key architectural decisions defining the multi-account strategy ensuring adherence to best practices and guiding the team through the initial rapid setup and subsequent enhancements of the platform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architectural Design & Strategy:
- Design and document the end-to-end AWS architecture for a multi-tenant SaaS platform ensuring high availability scalability security and performance.
- Define and implement the multi-account strategy using AWS Organizations and AWS Control Tower including OU structures SCPs and account vending processes.
- Lead the selection and integration of appropriate AWS services to meet business and technical requirements.
- Develop and enforce cloud governance policies standards and best practices across the platform.
- Oversee the design and implementation of robust networking solutions including VPCs subnets routing and connectivity between accounts and services.
- Ensure security best practices are embedded into the architecture from the ground up including identity and access management data protection network security and threat detection.
- Drive cost-optimization strategies by selecting appropriate service tiers implementing resource tagging and establishing monitoring for cloud spend.
- Technical Leadership & Execution:
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to the DevOps and development teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Oversee the initial rapid setup of AWS Organizations/Control Tower core networking (VPCs) and essential IAM policies.
- Guide the development of automated tenant account provisioning scripts ensuring integration with AWS Control Tower Account Factory.
- Collaborate with DevOps engineers on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategy and implementation using Terraform.
- Ensure the architecture supports efficient CI/CD pipelines for both shared services and tenant-specific deployments.
- Make critical architectural decisions quickly to maintain project momentum especially during the initial 3-month intensive build phase.
- Collaboration & Communication:
- Work closely with product managers engineering leads and security specialists to translate requirements into robust and scalable cloud solutions.
- Clearly communicate architectural decisions technical designs and project status to stakeholders at all levels.
- Mentor team members on AWS best practices and architectural patterns.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Proven experience (typically 8 years) as a Cloud Architect with a strong focus on AWS.
- Deep Expertise in AWS Services:
- Core Infrastructure & Networking: VPC Route 53 CloudFront ALB API Gateway Direct Connect Transit Gateway.
- Compute & Containers: EC2 ECS Fargate EKS Lambda.
- Storage: S3 EBS Glacier.
- Databases: RDS (PostgreSQL) Aurora DynamoDB.
- Security & Identity: IAM Cognito AWS WAF & Shield GuardDuty Inspector Security Hub KMS Secrets Manager Parameter Store AWS SSO.
- Management & Governance: AWS Organizations AWS Control Tower CloudFormation Systems Manager CloudWatch CloudTrail.
- Application Integration & Messaging: EventBridge SQS SNS Step Functions.
- Developer Tools: Experience with or understanding of CodeCommit CodeArtifact CodeBuild CodeDeploy CodePipeline.
- Cost Management: AWS Cost Explorer AWS Budgets.
- Backup & Recovery: AWS Backup AWS Backup Vault Lock.
- Multi-Tenant Architecture: Demonstrable experience designing and implementing multi-tenant solutions on AWS including strategies for data isolation tenant provisioning and lifecycle management.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Strong proficiency with Terraform for provisioning and managing AWS resources.
- Networking: In-depth understanding of cloud networking principles including VPC design subnets NACLs security groups VPNs and load balancing.
- Security: Comprehensive knowledge of cloud security best practices compliance frameworks and security services.
- CI/CD: Familiarity with CI/CD principles and tools (e.g. Jenkins GitHub Actions).
- Leadership: Proven ability to lead technical teams make critical decisions and drive projects to completion.
- Excellent problem-solving analytical and communication skills.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
Preferred Qualifications:
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional.
- Experience with AWS Generative AI services (e.g. Amazon Bedrock SageMaker).
- Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python Bash).
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
Project-Specific AWS Services Focus (Initial 3-6 Months):
CloudFront VPC Route53 Cognito ALB API Gateway ECS Fargate PostgreSQL (RDS) S3 EventBridge DynamoDB AWS Generative AI services Terraform Github Github Actions Jenkins RDS AWS Organizations AWS Control Tower IAM CloudWatch AWS Backup.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Contract
