Senior Director, AWS Cloud Architect

Presidio Where Teamwork and Innovation Shape the Future
AtâPresidio were at the forefront of a global technology revolution transforming industries throughâcutting-edge digital solutions and next-generation AI. We empower businessesand their customersto achieve more through innovation automation and intelligent insights.

The Role
At Presidio we are seeking a seasoned Senior Director to lead our AWS Cloud Architect team to designdesign implement and scale our next-generation cloud operations environment. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in AWS architecture cloud automation and operational excellence frameworks with a proven ability to build and mature CloudOps capabilitiesincluding Level 1/Level 2 support service catalog management FinOps integration and proactive maintenance operations.

Travel Requirements:

This role will be remotely based for candidates residing in the Northeast Region. Associated travel is 10%.

Responsibilities include:

• AWS Architecture & Design: Define and implement scalable secure and cost-efficient cloud architectures across multiple AWS accounts and landing zones.
• Cloud Operations Buildout: Develop operational frameworks standard operating procedures (SOPs) and governance models for Level 1 and Level 2 cloud support.
• Automation & Tooling: Design and deploy automation pipelines for provisioning configuration management and observability using tools such as Terraform CloudFormation Ansible Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Monitoring & Incident Management: Implement end-to-end monitoring alerting and incident response processes leveraging CloudWatch Grafana PagerDuty or similar toolchains.
• Service Catalog & Vanity Services: Build and standardize self-service automation service catalogs and repeatable vanity (customized) AWS service offerings for business stakeholders.
• FinOps & Governance Integration: Partner with FinOps and Security teams to embed cost compliance and performance metrics into ongoing operations and reporting.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and post-mortem practices to improve resiliency and operational efficiency across environments.
• Knowledge Enablement: Develop documentation runbooks and training programs to upskill the CloudOps support team.

Required Skills and Professional Experience:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience work experience and/or military experience
• 10 years in cloud architecture DevOps or operations engineering with at least 5 years focused on AWS
• Strong knowledge of AWS core services (EC2 S3 Lambda ECS/EKS RDS CloudFormation IAM)
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) CI/CD pipelines and event-driven automation frameworks
• Proficiency in Python Bash or other scripting languages for automation
• Familiarity with observability platforms (Datadog New Relic CloudWatch)
• Experience with multi-account and multi-region design patterns
• Proven record of building or maturing CloudOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) functions
• Strong communication stakeholder engagement and leadership abilities to guide cross-functional teams through transformation
• Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional (preferred) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or equivalent

Your future at Presidio
JoiningâPresidioâmeans stepping into aâculture of trailblazersthinkers builders and collaboratorswho push the boundaries of whats possible. With our expertise inâAI-driven analytics cloud solutions cybersecurity and next-gen infrastructure we enable businesses to stay ahead in an ever-evolving digital world.

Hereâyour impact is real.âWhether youre harnessing the power ofâGenerative AI architecting resilientâdigital ecosystems or drivingâdata-driven transformation youll be part of a team that is shaping the future.

Ready to innovate Lets redefine whats nexttogether.

About Presidio
At Presidio speed and quality meet technology and innovation. Presidio is a trusted ally for organizations across industries with a decades-long history of building traditional IT foundations and deep expertise in AI and automation security networking digital transformation and cloud computing. Presidio fills gaps removes hurdles optimizes costs and reduces risk. Presidios expert technical team develops custom applications provides managed services enables actionable data insights and builds forward-thinking solutions that drive strategic outcomes for clients globally. For more information visit .

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