Senior AWS ECS Architect - End-to-End Container Strategy

Tech Mirrors; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Mirrors in Chicago, IL is seeking an AWS ECS Architect to own end-to-end container strategy, infrastructure design, and setup onsite.

The role requires leading distributed systems, multi-cloud/hybrid integrations, cost optimization, and building scalable microservices with ECS, Fargate, and Docker. You'll implement IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and ensure security/compliance. Onsite in Chicago.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in IT with 7+ years in AWS cloud architecture and containerization.
• Deep expertise in ECS task definitions, cluster management, service discovery, and load balancing.
• Strong knowledge of VPCs, subnets, security groups, and API gateways.
• Ability to lead end-to-end infrastructure set-up and deployment in higher environments post-setup.

Responsibilities

• Architecture Design: Build scalable, highly available microservices using Amazon ECS, Fargate, and Docker.
• Infrastructure as Code: Manage cloud resources using Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.
• CI/CD Pipelines: Implement automated deployment workflows with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Security & Compliance: Enforce IAM roles, VPC network security, and container vulnerability scanning.
• Monitoring & Reliability: Set up observability via Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, Bedrock AgentCore and Prometheus.

Skills

AWS architecture

Containerization

ECS

Fargate

Terraform

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

CI/CD

IAM & Security

Observability

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Prometheus

CloudWatch

Job description

Tech Mirrors in Chicago, IL is seeking an AWS ECS Architect to own end-to-end container strategy, infrastructure design, and setup onsite.

The role requires leading distributed systems, multi-cloud/hybrid integrations, cost optimization, and building scalable microservices with ECS, Fargate, and Docker. You'll implement IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and ensure security/compliance. Onsite in Chicago.