AWS Lead / Cloud Architect

Ethereum Technologies LLC; Raritan, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethereum Technologies LLC is seeking a seasoned cloud architect to design and implement scalable AWS-based architectures. You will lead migration, define landing zones, and ensure security and governance across accounts while collaborating with developers and product teams to build microservices and event-driven systems.

The role emphasizes CI/CD, IaC, and cost optimization to deliver resilient, high-performance cloud solutions for modern applications.

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).

Tools

EC2

ECS

EKS

Lambda

API Gateway

S3

CloudFront

RDS

DynamoDB

SNS/SQS

Step Functions

CloudWatch

CloudTrail

IAM

KMS

OpenSearch

Kafka

Secrets Manager

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