Senior Cloud Architect - AWS, Global Scale & Secure Systems

Appnovation; Austin (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Appnovation is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect to scale our platform on AWS, designing multi-region, low-latency architectures and robust security controls for sensitive content. You will own architecture diagrams, decision records, and architectural standards while mentoring engineers on cloud best practices.

We value a consulting mindset, strong enterprise experience, and the ability to influence across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field; 8+ years in engineering, with 3+ years in architecture.
• Senior cloud architecture experience on AWS; certification (e.g., Solutions Architect Professional) preferred.
• Experience designing high-scale, low-latency, multi-region distributed systems.
• Caching strategies, data federation, and performance/load testing.
• Security architecture, including RBAC/ABAC.
• Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CloudFormation) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Strong grasp of networking, IAM, cost optimization, and observability tooling.
• Ability to work within an established enterprise engineering lifecycle and hit the ground running.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect the platform for enterprise scale on AWS.
• Evaluate scalability of the Postgres/Supabase backend; design caching tiers, multi-region, and global federation as needed.
• Own the load-testing strategy and responsiveness targets across geographies.
• Ensure the architecture meets security and access-control needs for sensitive content.
• Produce architecture diagrams, decision records, and technical standards.
• Guide and mentor engineers on cloud best practices and patterns.
• Define non-functional requirements (availability, resilience, cost, observability).
• Partner with security and compliance to meet enterprise controls.
• Support build-vs-buy decisions and technology evaluations.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

Security architecture

Infrastructure as code

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

RBAC/ABAC

Observability tooling

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

IAM

Job description

Appnovation is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect to scale our platform on AWS, designing multi-region, low-latency architectures and robust security controls for sensitive content. You will own architecture diagrams, decision records, and architectural standards while mentoring engineers on cloud best practices.

We value a consulting mindset, strong enterprise experience, and the ability to influence across teams.