Senior AWS Cloud Architect: Hands-On Tech Leader

Megazone Cloud US; Frisco (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Megazone Cloud US is seeking a Principal AWS Cloud Architect to own the technical direction of cloud engagements. You will lead a blended onshore/offshore delivery team, design landing zones, execute migration waves, and contribute IaC with Terraform and CDK.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with customer leadership, and drive architecture decisions with hands-on delivery across multi-account AWS environments.

Qualifications

• 15+ years designing and operating infrastructure, including 5+ years in a lead or principal architect role on customer-facing engagements.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or similar.
• Demonstrated hands-on AWS depth; you have built production systems.
• Proven ability to work independently as the sole architect on a project.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy for the engagement and drive it to a documented, agreed target state.
• Lead offshore engineering teams across time zones and ensure quality before customer delivery.
• Design and deploy AWS foundational environments using Control Tower and Landing Zone Accelerator.
• Lead migration planning, including rehost/replatform, and manage lift-and-shift with MGN and other tools.
• Define multi-account strategy, IAM, SCPs, logging, and security baselines.
• Produce design docs, runbooks, diagrams, and hand-over guides.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Leadership

Mentoring

Offshore coordination

AWS networking

Terraform / CDK

Migration planning

Communication

Hands-on AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

AWS MGN

DMS

DataSync

Direct Connect

VPC Networking

Git

Job description

Megazone Cloud US is seeking a Principal AWS Cloud Architect to own the technical direction of cloud engagements. You will lead a blended onshore/offshore delivery team, design landing zones, execute migration waves, and contribute IaC with Terraform and CDK.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with customer leadership, and drive architecture decisions with hands-on delivery across multi-account AWS environments.