Job Summary

Geekonomy AWS Cloud Architect - Contract - Bengaluru (On-site).

The role: We are looking for an AWS Cloud Architect to design cloud solutions that are scalable, secure, reliable, and cost-effective. The role will involve understanding project requirements and evaluating technical needs, defining the overall cloud architecture, and guiding the implementation of AWS-based solutions. The ideal candidate should have strong knowledge of AWS architecture and be capable of making practical technical decisions while working closely with development teams and technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

- Understand business and technical requirements and translate them into appropriate AWS cloud architectures.
- Design scalable, highly available, secure, and cost-effective cloud environments.
- Define the overall architecture for compute, networking, storage, databases, security, monitoring, and application hosting.
- Select appropriate AWS services based on project requirements, technical considerations, and cost implications.
- Develop architecture approaches for new applications, infrastructure upgrades, and cloud migration projects.
- Review existing cloud environments and recommend improvements to architecture, scalability, security, and performance.
- Define cloud networking and connectivity architecture, including VPC design subnetting, routing, load balancing, and external connectivity.
- Establish appropriate approaches for identity management, security, backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
- Evaluate infrastructure designs and provide technical recommendations to development and implementation team.
- Geekonomy:



Work with development teams to ensure application architecture aligns effectively with the underlying cloud infrastructure.
- Identify opportunities for cloud cost optimization and effective resource utilization at an architectural level.
- Prepare architecture diagrams, technical documentation, solution designs, and implementation guidelines.
- Participate in technical discussions with clients and internal stakeholders and clearly communicate architectural decisions and recommendations.
- Provide technical guidance during implementation and help resolve architecture-level challenges.

Requirements

- Total experience: 6-8 years.
- Relevant AWS experience: 4-5 years.
- Key skills: AWS architecture Well-Architected Framework, EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, Route 53, CloudWatch, ELB, networking design, security/DR/HA, Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Preferred: AWS Solutions Architect certification.
- Note: Will own end-to-end architecture independently.
- Strong understanding of AWS architecture principles and the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
- Robust knowledge of AWS services including EC2, S3, VPC, AMI, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, Route 53, CloudWatch, and Elastic Load Balancing.




- Strong understanding of cloud networking and infrastructure design.
- Good understanding of security architecture, IAM, encryption, backup, disaster recovery, and high availability.
- Experience designing solutions for scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
- Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Understanding of application architecture and how applications interact with cloud infrastructure.
- Ability to analyse requirements and make appropriate technology and architecture decisions.
- Strong technical documentation and communication skills.
- Good troubleshooting and problem-solving ability.
- Good to have AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Qualified certification.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes/EKS.
- Experience with serverless architectures.
- Exposure to DevOps and CI/CD practices.
- Experience with cloud migration and application modernization.
- Knowledge of AWS cost management and governance.
- Experience working directly with clients or technical stakeholders.

Note

This is a contract engagement with a minimum commitment of 6 months. You should be able to quickly understand the existing environment, assess technical requirements, make architecture decisions, and provide clear direction to the teams implementing the solution. Disclaimer: This job posting has been aggregated from external source. Role details, content, and availability are subject to change. Applicants are advised to confirm the latest information directly on the company website before applying.

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