Cloud Architect

Description:
Position Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced AWS Cloud Engineer with strong infrastructure engineering expertise to support enterprise-scale cloud initiatives and secure infrastructure operations. This role is focused on hands-on AWS infrastructure management network connectivity VPN administration server configuration cloud security and serverless architecture implementation.
This is NOT a DevOps-focused role. The ideal candidate should have deep practical experience building and maintaining cloud infrastructure environments rather than CI/CD pipeline automation or release engineering.
The candidate will work closely with infrastructure teams security teams and application stakeholders to design deploy maintain and optimize scalable and secure AWS cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities
* Design implement and maintain secure AWS cloud infrastructure environments
* Configure and manage AWS networking components including:
VPCs
Route Tables
NAT Gateways
Security Groups
Transit Gateways
VPN Connections
* Build and maintain site-to-site VPN and secure remote connectivity solutions
* Administer Linux and Windows servers within cloud and hybrid environments
* Perform infrastructure hardening and server security configurations
* Manage IAM roles policies access controls and cloud security best practices
* Implement and support serverless architectures using AWS Lambda and related AWS services
* Monitor infrastructure performance availability and security compliance
* Troubleshoot infrastructure networking connectivity and server-related issues
* Support disaster recovery and backup strategies for AWS environments
* Collaborate with cybersecurity and enterprise infrastructure teams
* Maintain infrastructure documentation diagrams and operational procedures
* Participate in infrastructure upgrades migrations and cloud modernization initiatives

Required Skills & Qualifications
* 8 years of infrastructure engineering and cloud administration experience
* Strong hands-on expertise with AWS cloud infrastructure services
* Deep understanding of:
EC2
VPC
IAM
Route 53
CloudWatch
S3
Lambda
API Gateway
AWS VPN
* Extensive experience configuring and managing VPN environments
* Strong Linux and Windows server administration experience
* Experience with server hardening patching and security configurations
* Hands-on experience implementing serverless architectures and integrations
* Strong understanding of networking concepts:
TCP/IP
DNS
Firewalls
Routing
Load Balancing
* Experience supporting production infrastructure environments
* Strong troubleshooting and infrastructure support skills
* Ability to work independently in fast-paced enterprise environments

Preferred Qualifications
* AWS Certifications preferred:
AWS Certified Solutions Architect
AWS SysOps Administrator
AWS Advanced Networking Specialty
* Experience in utility energy or large enterprise environments is a plus
* Familiarity with hybrid cloud infrastructure models
* Knowledge of infrastructure compliance and security standards

Nice to Have
* Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
* Basic scripting knowledge using Python Bash or PowerShell
* Experience with monitoring and logging platforms
* Exposure to enterprise identity and access management systems

Required Skills:

AWS Infrastructure ManagementAWSVPN administrationRoute TablesSecurity GroupsVPN ConnectionsLambdaCloudWatchAWS VPNS3Cloud Formation Template