Senior AWS Architect & Tech Lead — Remote

Energy Jobline ZR; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

CEI America is seeking an AWS Architect or Senior Technical Lead to guide cloud modernization for client engagements. You will own technical direction from design through delivery, starting with a Lambda remediation project and advancing Oracle ODS modernization and migration to AWS, while also supporting ongoing SysOps.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong Oracle/PLSQL, experience with DMS/SCT, and expertise in infrastructure as code (CloudFormation/Terraform).

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software or cloud engineering with at least 4 years designing on AWS.
• Proven experience modernizing Oracle databases and migrating to AWS.
• Strong Oracle background including PL/SQL, performance tuning, and data modeling.
• Hands-on experience with Lambda and serverless services (API Gateway, Step Functions, EventBridge, SQS/SNS).
• Infrastructure as code expertise (CloudFormation, Terraform, or CDK).
• Experience with AWS DMS and SCT for data migrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the assessment and remediation of existing AWS Lambda functions, including runtime upgrades and security fixes.
• Architect the modernization of an Oracle ODS and its migration to AWS (RDS/ Aurora/ Redshift).
• Plan and execute migrations using DMS and SCT with minimal downtime and clear cutover plans.
• Mentor engineers and review designs and code; produce architecture diagrams and runbooks.
• Partner with clients to translate business needs into technical plans and standards.

Skills

AWS architecture

Oracle database modernization

PL/SQL

Lambda & serverless

Infrastructure as code

DMS & SCT

Data modeling

Python/Node.js/Java

Leading technical teams

Client-facing communication

Tools

CloudFormation

Terraform

CDK

CodePipeline

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

CEI America is seeking an AWS Architect or Senior Technical Lead to guide cloud modernization for client engagements. You will own technical direction from design through delivery, starting with a Lambda remediation project and advancing Oracle ODS modernization and migration to AWS, while also supporting ongoing SysOps.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong Oracle/PLSQL, experience with DMS/SCT, and expertise in infrastructure as code (CloudFormation/Terraform).