AWS Lead / Cloud Architect

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC; Raritan (NJ); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A cloud services company is seeking a qualified cloud architect to design and implement end-to-end cloud architectures using AWS services. Key responsibilities include leading cloud migration projects, ensuring compliance with security standards, and optimizing infrastructure for performance and cost. The ideal candidate should have strong skills in microservices, event-driven architectures, and automation with tools like Terraform. This is a significant opportunity for professionals passionate about cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and implementing cloud architectures using AWS.
• Strong understanding of security and governance in cloud environments.
• Proven skills in optimizing cloud infrastructure for performance and cost efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud architectures leveraging AWS services.
• Lead cloud migration projects from assessment to deployment.
• Establish and enforce Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS services

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Microservices

Tools

Docker

AWS CodePipeline

GitHub Actions

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

CLOUD ANALYTICS 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. CLOUD ANALYTICS 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 CLOUD ANALYTICS 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

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