Cloud Architect

Actalent; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Cloud Architect to design and implement AWS solutions. This fully remote role involves collaborating with teams, optimizing cloud infrastructure, and supporting career growth in technical or management tracks. Ideal candidates will have extensive AWS experience and relevant certifications.

Benefits

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Short and long-term disability

Health Spending Account (HSA)

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Time Off/Leave

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in cloud architecture, preferably in AWS.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or other AWS Professional level certifications.

Responsibilities

• Conduct architectural reviews and produce technical documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for cloud solutions integration.
• Design AWS architectures using EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and API Gateway.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS

DevOps

Python

Bash

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Job description

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Job Description

The AWS Cloud Engineering role is responsible for designing and implementing a well-architected solution that aggregates data from multiple sources, stores various types of data, and federates and displays the data across multiple dashboards and control center applications. The project involves design and architecture work, challenging custom software development, and migration efforts. Extensive familiarity with AWS Cloud Engineering, especially in AWS Networking technical areas, is required. The position offers multiple paths for career growth, supporting both technical and management career tracks.

Responsibilities

1. Conduct architectural reviews, audits, and produce detailed technical documentation and cloud architecture diagrams to support client engagements and Statements of Work.
2. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including front-end, back-end, and database teams, to ensure seamless integration of cloud solutions.
3. Design and implement AWS architectures using services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, and other AWS-native solutions to ensure high availability, scalability, and security.
4. Develop and manage modern CI/CD pipelines with AWS or other cloud-native tools, and container orchestration.
5. Analyze infrastructure requirements and perform cost-performance assessments to optimize resource usage and meet compliance standards.
6. Participate in discovery calls and requirements gathering sessions, translating business challenges into robust AWS solutions.
7. Manage Agile/Scrum processes, break down user stories into actionable tasks, and ensure timely, quality delivery.
8. Monitor cloud infrastructure costs and performance metrics.
9. Act as a technical consultant, advising on best practices for AWS cloud architecture.
10. Document architectural decisions, configurations, and design artifacts.
11. Assist with frontend software development using React or NextJS.
12. Assist with the creation and utilization of backend and database technologies such as PostgreSQL and NodeJS.
13. Build reusable components and optimize code.

Essential Skills

1. Minimum 5 years of experience in cloud architecture, preferably in AWS.
2. AWS Certified Solutions Architect or other AWS Professional level certifications.
3. Experience with AWS GovCloud.
4. Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a similar field.
5. Experience with DevOps tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible.
6. Strong hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools and modern deployment practices.
7. Expertise in designing, deploying, and managing CI/CD pipelines using AWS and/or other cloud-native tools.
8. Solid understanding of networking and database design, both relational and NoSQL.
9. Comfortable with programming/scripting for cloud automation (Python, Bash).
10. Experience working with and sending data between databases, S3, and applications using APIs.
11. Experience developing production-grade web applications and/or single-page applications.
12. Strong knowledge of object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
13. Experience building and utilizing secure REST and/or GraphQL APIs.
14. Familiarity with AWS data services like Athena, Glue, Redshift.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

1. AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty certification.
2. AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification.
3. Comfortable working with CSS and user interface implementation/design.

Work Environment

This role is fully remote. The work environment offers flexibility and encourages collaboration through virtual communication tools.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $80.00 - $100.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits may include:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on May 27, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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