Senior AWS Cloud Architect - Landing Zone & IaC Expert

Zohorecruit; Raritan (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit seeks an experienced AWS Engineer in Raritan, NJ to design, build, and deploy a mirrored AWS environment. The role focuses on standing up an AWS landing zone, secure infrastructure, and automated deployments using IaC, with close collaboration across engineering, security, and operations teams.

The ideal candidate has 8-10+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise AWS engineering, strong governance via Control Tower and Config, and a DevOps mindset with Terraform, CloudFormation,

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of hands-on AWS engineering experience in enterprise-scale environments.
• Expertise in AWS architecture, multi-account environments, and secure cloud design.
• Strong experience with Control Tower, AWS Config, and centralized governance.
• Deep understanding of IAM, SCPs, identity federation, and cloud security best practices.
• Proficiency in CloudFormation and Terraform (IaC).
• Advanced knowledge of AWS networking (VPC, routing, security groups, NACLs, Direct Connect, VPN).
• Solid DevOps background, including CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and environment management.
• Strong Python programming for automation and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build a new AWS environment that mirrors the existing production deployment.
• Develop and configure AWS Control Tower landing zones, guardrails, and multi-account governance.
• Implement AWS Config, resource compliance rules, and continuous monitoring.
• Create, refine, and enforce IAM policies including SCPs, identity permissions, and role-based access models.
• Build infrastructure using CloudFormation and Terraform for automated deployments.
• Design and configure AWS networking including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, peering, transit gateways, and hybrid connectivity.
• Support and enhance DevOps pipelines used to deploy, test, and manage the environment.
• Write, maintain, and optimize Python scripts for automation.
• Collaborate with security, operations, and application teams to validate readiness.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure issues and implement best practices.

Skills

Control Tower

AWS Config

IAM policies

CloudFormation

Terraform

AWS networking

DevOps

Python scripting

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

CloudFormation

Terraform

Job description

Zohorecruit seeks an experienced AWS Engineer in Raritan, NJ to design, build, and deploy a mirrored AWS environment. The role focuses on standing up an AWS landing zone, secure infrastructure, and automated deployments using IaC, with close collaboration across engineering, security, and operations teams.

The ideal candidate has 8-10+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise AWS engineering, strong governance via Control Tower and Config, and a DevOps mindset with Terraform, CloudFormation,