AWS Lead / Cloud Architect

Ethereum Technologies LLC; Raritan (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethereum Technologies LLC is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Architect to design end-to-end cloud solutions, lead migrations, and define landing zones for scalable applications. You will collaborate with developers, DevOps, and product teams to implement microservices and event-driven architectures while ensuring security and governance across multiple AWS accounts.

The role emphasizes IaC, CI/CD, and cost optimization to deliver reliable, compliant, and high-availability systems with multi-AZ

Qualifications

• Design and implement AWS cloud architectures with emphasis on security and scalability.
• Lead cloud migration and modernization projects end-to-end.
• Define blueprints, landing zones, and reference models for onboarding.
• Ensure IAM, governance, and compliance across accounts.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement end-to-end cloud architectures leveraging AWS services (compute, storage, networking, and serverless).
• Lead cloud migration and modernization projects — from assessment to deployment.
• Define architecture blueprints, landing zones, and reference models for application onboarding.
• Ensure compliance with security, IAM, and governance standards across AWS accounts and workloads.
• Optimize infrastructure for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency using best practices.
• Work closely with developers, DevOps, and product teams to design microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Establish and enforce CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards (Terraform / CloudFormation).

Skills

AWS cloud architecture

Security IAM governance

VPC design & networking

CI/CD & DevOps collaboration

Infrastructure as Code

Cost optimization

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CDK

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Docker

ECS

EKS

Fargate

OpenSearch

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement end-to-end cloud architectures leveraging AWS services (compute, storage, networking, and serverless).
• Lead cloud migration and modernization projects — from assessment to deployment.
• Define architecture blueprints, landing zones, and reference models for application onboarding.
• Ensure compliance with security, IAM, and governance standards across AWS accounts and workloads.
• Optimize infrastructure for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency using best practices.
• Work closely with developers, DevOps, and product teams to design microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Establish and enforce CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards (Terraform / CloudFormation).

Core AWS Services

• EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, CloudFront, RDS, DynamoDB, SNS/SQS, Step Functions, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, IAM, KMS, Opensearch, Kafka and Secrets Manager.

Architecture & Design

• Microservices and serverless architectures
• Event-driven and asynchronous systems
• High-availability and disaster recovery (multi-AZ / multi-region)
• Networking (VPC design, Transit Gateway, Route 53, VPN, Direct Connect)

DevOps / Automation

• IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK
• CI/CD using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline
• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECS, EKS, Fargate)

Monitoring & logging

• CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch

Security & Governance

• IAM design, policies, and role-based access control
• AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and Security Hub
• Compliance (ISO, SOC2, GDPR) awareness

ETHEREUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. ETHEREUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will ETHEREUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract