Senior AWS Architect

ANAUTICS INC; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ANAUTICS INC is seeking a skilled Architect to design secure AWS environments for data and AI applications. The role requires 7+ years of experience in cloud architecture and deep expertise in AWS services. Responsibilities include designing networks and security architectures, guiding CI/CD implementations, and ensuring compliance. Candidates must be U.S. citizens capable of obtaining a Top Secret security clearance. Preferred qualifications include AWS Professional certifications and experience in mission-critical environments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of cloud architecture or infrastructure engineering experience.
• Deep AWS experience across IAM, VPC, compute, storage, databases.
• Strong written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design AWS network, identity, compute, and security architectures.
• Guide implementation of infrastructure as code and CI/CD.
• Review architectures for security, scalability, and compliance.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

Security

Technical communication

Job description

Architect secure AWS environments for data, AI, and mission-critical software systems.

Impact

• Shape the cloud foundation for high-trust applications.
• Design architectures that balance speed, security, resilience, and cost.
• Help engineering teams deploy production systems with confidence.

What you'll do

• Design AWS network, identity, compute, data, security, and observability architectures.
• Guide implementation of infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and operational controls.
• Review architectures for security, scalability, maintainability, and compliance.
• Support teams building data platforms, AI systems, and customer-facing applications.

What we're looking for

• 7+ years of cloud architecture or infrastructure engineering experience.
• Deep AWS experience across IAM, VPC, compute, storage, databases, security, and monitoring.
• Experience leading technical design reviews and production cloud migrations.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must be capable of obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret security clearance.
• Comfort working with ambiguous mission, data, and engineering problems.
• Strong written communication and ability to explain technical decisions to technical and non-technical teams.

Preferred experience

• AWS Professional or Specialty certifications are a plus.
• AWS GovCloud, FedRAMP, DoD, or classified environment experience is a plus.
• AWS experience is a plus, especially secure cloud, GovCloud, serverless, data, or AI services.
• AI, machine learning, LLM, agentic workflow, or decision intelligence experience is a plus.
• Experience in defense, government, manufacturing, aerospace, logistics, or other mission-critical environments is a plus.

Hiring note

Anautics evaluates candidates based on role-relevant skills, judgment, ownership, and ability to work in high-trust environments. AWS and AI experience are strong pluses across this hiring plan.