Aws Cloud Architect – Contract Position

Contract Length: 6 months with the possibility of extending based on performance.
Local candidate only or candidates willing to drive to client site.
HYBRID – at least 3 days/week ON-SITE
Required/Desired Skills
At least 5 years of experience working with AWS cloud services. Required, 5 Years
AWS Architect certification preferred. Highly desired, 1 Years
Hands-on knowledge and experience in AWS programming and architecture. Required, 5 Years
Experience in designing and deploying scalable, high available systems on AWS. Required, 5 Years
Excellent technical architecture skills, enabling the creation of future-proof, complex global solutions.
Required, 5 Years
Strong Experience across Applications Migration to Cloud. Required, 5 Years
Identifying the customer requirements, analyzing the alternatives, and conducting product recommendations related to the platform, software, and network. Required, 5 Years
Experience working with Containers. Required, 5 Years
Experience in implementing best practices to lower costs for the company abd create cost-benefit analysis reports. Required, 5 Years
Knowledge of network technologies as they relate to AWS. Required, 5 Years
Knowledge of security policies, network security, data security and security event management to adopt cloud security services. Required, 5 Years
Job responsibilities includes Evaluate existing AWS instances and provide recommendations as required. Looking for ways to improve operations within the agency to digitize common tasks. Design and build enterprise wide cloud solutions on a global scale. Create a well-informed cloud strategy and manage the adaptation process. Review and evaluate architectures of existing systems and software products to identify reuse and platforming opportunities as well as refactoring opportunities. Provide technical leadership, guidance, and assistance to the teams in the implementation of established architectures and designs. Mentor and coach architects and developers to ensure that architecture and requirements best practices are followed. Establish and enforce quality standards for cloud software architectures. Provides critical thought leadership and expertise on best practices and approaches to ensure Cloud migration deliverables remain on track and delivered as committed.