Senior AWS Cloud Architects

Location: San Francisco, CA

AWS Cloud Architect specialize in designing AWS foundation services related to compute, network, storage, content delivery, administration and security, deployment and management and automation technologies. We are looking for a candidate with a strong passion for Architecting AWS infrastructures. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Providing deep software development knowledge with respect to cloud architecture, design patterns and programming 
• Architecting and developing client/customer applications to be cloud optimized · Advising and implementing AWS best practices 
• Working as both an infrastructure and application development specialist 
• Implementing DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code, continuous integration and automated deployment 
• Develop modules or build Proof of concept for integrating with multiple AWS Services 
• Designs and implements larger research and proof of concept projects as an individual contributor, focusing on one or a small number of technologies or applications to be implemented into a larger platform.
• Expertise in articulating architectural choices within various AWS services and solution methodologies 
• Knowledge on migrating workloads to AWS is an added advantage 

Requirements: 

• Overall 5-10 yrs. of application development experience with minimum 4+ years of good hand-on experience with AWS foundation services related to compute, network, storage, content delivery, administration and security, deployment and management, automation technologies. 
• Extensive experience architecting, designing and programming applications and RESTFUL Services in an AWS Cloud environment 
• Experience architecting highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability and high availability 
• Strong practical application development experience on Linux and Windows-based systems 
• Expertise in developing competencies and references through proof-of-concepts 
• Expertise in Infra capacity sizing, costing of AWS services to drive optimized solution architecture, leading to optimal infra investment vs performance and scale 
• Hands on programing skills in Node.js, Python, Java 
• Must have strong scripting skills in Python, Bash and PowerShell · Must have strong proficiency in AWS IAM 
• Must have understanding of cloud networking and cloud security fundamentals, concepts and design principles 
• Must have knowledge on various authentication schemes LDAP based, OpenID, Federated Identity, Single Sign On, O365 
• Working Knowledge in AJAX, JQuery, Pyspark is an added advantage 
• Extra curricula software development passion (e.g. active open source contributor) is an added advantage
• Must have AWS Solution Architect Associate Certified Nice to have AWS Solution Architect Professional for this role