AWS Cloud Solution Architect
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Job Location:
Alpharetta, GA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Tittle:AWS Cloud Solution Architect
Location:Alpharetta GA
Location:Alpharetta GA
Job Description
AWS Cloud Solution Architect
Overview
The Solution Architect is responsible for designing implementing and overseeing cloud security and compliance solutions for AWS environments supporting E-Trade operations. This role ensures alignment with security policies industry standards and regulatory requirements while driving technical excellence and operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
Assessment & Roadmap Development: Lead discovery and assessment of current AWS accounts IAM roles SCPs and Terraform modules. Identify security gaps and develop a phased implementation roadmap in collaboration with stakeholders.
Security Policy & Control Design: Design and validate Service Control Policies (SCPs) to enforce least privilege root user lockdown and IP whitelisting. Ensure policies are tested in non-production environments before rollout.
IAM Role Management: Audit and refactor IAM roles to eliminate over-permissioning deprecate shared roles and implement least-privilege function-specific access with clear permission boundaries.
Break-Glass Access: Develop and document secure auditable break-glass access procedures including MFA enforcement time-bound access and approval workflows.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Review and update Terraform modules to ensure secure-by-default configurations including encryption tagging and logging. Oversee peer reviews and validation in staging environments.
Testing & Validation: Lead functional and negative testing of IAM and SCP changes ensuring compliance with security benchmarks and operational requirements.
Production Rollout & Documentation: Oversee deployment of validated controls and modules to production monitor for anomalies and ensure comprehensive documentation and knowledge transfer.
This role leads end to end AWS security modernization : assessing existing accounts IAM roles SCPs and Terraform modules to define a phased remediation roadmap. It designs and validates security controls including least privilege SCPs IAM role rationalization and secure security mechanisms. It drives secure-by-default IaC through Terraform enhancements peer reviews and staged validation. Responsibilities include leading functional testing coordinating production rollouts and ensuring thorough documentation and knowledge transfer. Requires deep AWS security expertise strong solution design capability hands-on DevOps/Terraform experience and proven technical leadership across cross functional teams. Candidates should have 10 years in IT relevant cloud/security certifications and strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Required Skills & Experience
Cloud Security & Compliance: Deep expertise in AWS security controls IAM SCPs and compliance frameworks relevant to financial services.
Solution Design: Proven ability to design scalable secure architectures and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
Technical Leadership: Experience leading cross-functional teams conducting stakeholder workshops and presenting architectural decisi ons to both technical and non-technical audiences.
DevOps & Automation: Hands-on experience with Terraform CI/CD pipelines and automation of cloud infrastructure.
Communication: Strong documentation presentation and stakeholder management skills.
Qualifications
Relevant certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect TOGAF CISSP) are highly desirable.
10 years of experience in IT with at least 5 years in cloud architecture and security roles
Key Skills
- Business Process
- VMware
- Cloud
- HTML5
- Windows
- Project managements
- AWS
- Infrastructure
- Web Services
- JQuery
- Java
- Computer Engineering
- Solutions design
- Technical Solutions
- Analytics
