AWS Cloud Architect - Dallas, United States - Protagona

Description

As a Cloud Architect, your primary role will be to lead the technical direction for an engagement as you align with the clients goals and business objectives.

You will play a critical role in architecting all aspects of the solution; security, performance, availability, maintainability, and cost.

All the while keeping the customers business objectives top of mind.

Candidates should have a solid understanding of cloud architecture best practices and the ability to communicate the proposed strategy to a client effectively.

The architect will be involved in all phases of a client engagement, from discovery through implementation.

They will serve as the primary technical mentor to the delivery team throughout the engagement.
A Cloud Architect can translate business objectives into an actionable backlog of deliverables with clear alignment with project stakeholders.

As the backlog is executed, they will be responsible for the overall quality of work being delivered and making sure design considerations are being followed.

Cloud Architect Responsibilities

Design and implement cloud-based solutions tailored to meet specific client needs
Automate the provisioning of cloud resources using industry-standard tooling and methodologies
Develop and execute an effective cloud migration strategy from planning to production
Implement security best practices across a variety of frameworks and compliance environments
Educate clients on best practices, industry trends, and methodologies to ensure long-term sustainability
Identify and optimize cloud environments for cost and performance
Establish lasting client relationships based on trust and humility
Act as a technical mentor to other architects/engineers within the company
Contribute to the growth of the company through training, certifications, and internal initiatives
Have fun
Desired Skills & Experience
Architecting solutions to meet a variety of objectives in AWS

Common Infrastructure-as-Code tools:

Terraform, CloudFormation, Deployment Manager

Configuration management tools:
Ansible, Chef, Puppet
Kubernetes configuration and deployment strategies
Advanced understanding of network design and security best practices
Experience working with common CI/CD applications:

Jenkins, GitLab, CircleCI
Working knowledge of common database platforms: MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres
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