Senior AWS Architect

Sophinea, a leading technology company, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior AWS Architect to join our team. As a Senior AWS Architect at Sophinea, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing scalable, secure, and efficient cloud-based solutions on the AWS platform. You will work closely with our cross-functional teams to understand business requirements, design architecture solutions, and provide technical guidance and expertise.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy sophisticated AWS cloud solutions emphasizing performance, availability, and security.
• Establish, manage, and refine Kubernetes clusters to ensure top-tier performance and resilience.
• Integrate IaC methodologies with tools like Ansible and Terraform.
• Design, manage, and optimize CI/CD pipelines ensuring seamless deployments.
• Foster collaboration with development teams to ensure the flawless integration of microservices-based applications into AWS and Kubernetes.
• Lead in the monitoring, management, and troubleshooting of microservices, ensuring they function optimally and reliably.
• Develop and implement robust monitoring and telemetry systems to track application and infrastructure health using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and AWS CloudWatch.
• Continuously analyze performance metrics and telemetry data to identify optimization areas, ensuring peak application performance.
• Guide best practices, strategies, and innovations in application deployment, infrastructure maintenance, microservices management, and performance telemetry.
• Spearhead the transformation of traditional applications to a microservices architecture.
• Mentor junior architects, fostering an environment of growth and continuous learning.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience with core AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, Lambda, IAM.
• 5+ years of in-depth experience with Kubernetes.
• Mastery in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools, especially Ansible and Terraform.
• Proven experience in crafting and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Expertise in Git or equivalent source code management platforms.
• Profound knowledge in the development, deployment, and monitoring of microservices.
• Advanced expertise in monitoring and telemetry tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, AWS CloudWatch, and similar solutions.
• Demonstrated experience in performance telemetry, including analyzing and interpreting metrics, tracing, and logging to improve system performance.
• Deep understanding of container orchestration and related technologies.
• Keen insight into data protection best practices, disaster recovery strategies, and failover mechanisms.
• Strong scripting and automation prowess.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring skills.
• AWS, Kubernetes, IaC, and performance monitoring certifications are a plus.
• Stellar communication, teamwork, and documentation capabilities.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary ADD)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Training Development
• Work From Home

Originally posted on Himalayas