AWS Cloud Architect
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Job Description
Job Title: AWS Cloud Architect Environment Design & Execution (Terraform Focus)
Location: WashingtonDC
Job Type: Contract -Hybrid
Experience: 8 years total with 3 years in AWS environment design and Terraform
Role Overview
We are seeking an AWS Cloud Architect with proven expertise in designing building and operationalizing cloud environments using Terraform. This role requires hands-on experience creating well-architected secure and scalable cloud foundations and a strong understanding of infrastructure governance automation pipelines and deployment practices. DevOps expertise is valued as a supporting skillset for automation and pipeline integration.
Primary Responsibilities
Cloud Architecture & Design
- Lead the design of scalable AWS landing zones environments and network topologies (multi-account strategy VPC design shared services security boundaries).
- Define infrastructure patterns for dev QA staging and production environments in alignment with business and security requirements.
- Architect resilient and compliant environments supporting enterprise workloads including high availability backup/restore DR and monitoring strategies.
Terraform-Based Environment Execution
- Implement infrastructure provisioning and management using Terraform with remote state management module reuse and workspace isolation.
- Create reusable Terraform modules for VPCs IAM roles/policies EC2 RDS ALBs EKS CloudFront etc.
- Use GitOps practices for version-controlled infrastructure and promote IaC best practices across teams.
Cloud Governance & Security
- Define and implement guardrails and policies using tools like AWS Config Control Tower and Service Control Policies (SCPs).
- Collaborate with security and compliance teams to align infrastructure with enterprise risk and audit frameworks.
DevOps & Automation (Secondary Focus)
- Integrate Terraform provisioning into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins).
- Support automated environment provisioning and teardown in test/stage pipelines.
- Implement automated monitoring logging and alerting solutions (CloudWatch Datadog ELK).
- Architect secure and scalable solutions on AWS for enterprise applications and workloads.
- Lead the design and implementation of infrastructure provisioning using Terraform modules and workspaces.
- Define architecture blueprints cloud migration strategies and DevOps integration.
- Set up and manage VPCs IAM EC2 EKS/ECS RDS S3 CloudWatch Route53 and other AWS services.
- Establish CI/CD pipelines integrated with Terraform for infrastructure deployment.
- Work closely with application DevOps and InfoSec teams to ensure compliance and automation of cloud operations.
- Conduct performance tuning cost optimization and provide disaster recovery planning.
- Create detailed technical documentation diagrams and runbooks.
- Provide mentorship and architectural guidance to engineers and developers.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Engineering or related discipline.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent real-world experience.
- 3 years hands-on experience designing and building production-grade AWS environments.
- Expert-level knowledge of Terraform including module creation state handling and pipeline integration.
- Deep understanding of AWS security networking IAM KMS VPC peering and Transit Gateway configurations.
- Experience managing multi-account AWS environments using Organizations Control Tower and SSO.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with DevSecOps principles cost management and FinOps practices.
- Experience with EKS Lambda CloudFormation or hybrid use of IaC tools.
- Exposure to cloud migration hybrid architecture and on-prem to AWS transitions.
- Strong documentation skills including HLD/LLD security controls and operational runbooks.
Soft Skills
- Strategic mindset with hands-on ability.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.
- Ability to mentor junior engineers and lead by example in automation and design quality.
Employment Type
Full-time
