Cloud Solution Architect

AWS Architect Key Responsibilities

1. AWS Architecture Design & Implementation Design & Support: Architect and amend cloud infrastructure with a focus on high availability, fault tolerance, and workload optimization. Core Networking: Administer and optimize advanced AWS networking, including VPCs, Transit Gateway (TGW), VPNs, VPC Endpoints, PrivateLink, Peering, Route Tables, and NACLs. Traffic Management: Configure and manage Application Load Balancers (ALB) and Network Load Balancers (NLB). IP Management: Handle VPC subnetting and CIDR block/mask administration.
2. Disaster Recovery (DR) & Business Continuity DR Strategy: Design and implement robust DR solutions utilizing AWS native services to meet strict business RTO and RPO objectives. Replication & Backup: Leverage AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (EDR), AWS Backup, S3 Multi-Region Access Points (MRAP), and RDS/Redshift cross-region replication. Cross-Region Operations: Lead upcoming DR testing initiatives to ensure infrastructure and applications seamlessly restore in the designated recovery region within established RTOs.
3. Security, Governance & Identity Management Access Control: Manage IAM, AWS Identity Center, Control Tower, and AWS Landing Zone environments. Data Protection: Utilize multi-region AWS Custom KMS keys for data encryption. Compliance & Auditing: Analyze AWS Security Hub findings, drive remediation efforts, and enforce compliance using AWS Config and strict resource tagging policies.
4. DevOps, Automation & CI/CD Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform or CloudFormation. Pipeline Management: Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab (or similar Git tools) and configure GitLab Runners. Configuration Management: Utilize Ansible for automated configuration and deployment. Repository Governance: Administer Git branching strategies, including permissions, code promotion, and pull request reviews.
5. System Administration & Operations OS Support: Perform system administration, troubleshooting, and resource provisioning across both Windows and Linux environments. Patching & Vulnerability: Conduct routine vulnerability assessments and manage monthly system patching cycles. Data & AI Provisioning: Spin up and manage Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, and standard compute instances. L1 Troubleshooting: Support basic troubleshooting for AWS Lambda functions and AWS Glue data jobs.
6. Financial & Performance Optimization Cost Optimization: Analyze AWS Cost Optimizer data to identify savings opportunities. Executive Reporting: Deliver weekly and monthly billing and utilization reports for management. Monitoring & Observability: Build custom CloudWatch Dashboards.