AWS IDP Practice Architect – Bedrock, AgentCore

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Delivery Support: For new projects, oversee the transition phase and establish the engagement operating model, assist in defining metrics, and aid in the execution of specified statements of work.

• Engagement Leadership: Design the technical architecture for intricate cloud systems, and guide the implementation team. Engage in hands-on implementation tasks while delegating additional responsibilities to the implementation team. Facilitate the creation and delivery of project outcomes, ensuring they align with client expectations. Ensure the implementation team upholds a unified vision of the engagement objectives.

• Client Interaction: Throughout the project, foster strong relationships with clients, ensuring their requirements are fulfilled and resolving any issues that may arise. Identify opportunities for further client engagement.

• Additional Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: Pre-Sales Support: Assist Solution Architects and Solution Executives with technical insights, methodology suggestions, work estimates, and solution support. Practice Support: Provide input, expertise, and implement enhancements into the design, development, and refinement of service offerings and back-office processes as necessary; aid in the research and development of new services and evaluate competing offerings to ensure the practice remains current and competitive in the market; create and maintain practice artifacts documenting key methods, processes, and delivery tools. Human Resources: Support the interviewing, hiring, and onboarding of project team members during the initial engagement phase.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related engineering or technical field is required.

• Over 9 years of experience in information technology and/or professional services, with a focus on subject matter expertise.

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in a Cloud Architect role or equivalent position.

• At least 5 years of experience working with AWS services is mandatory.

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in cloud migration is required.

• At least 3 years of experience with Microservices and Serverless architectures is necessary.

• Proven leadership skills in an engineering environment, driving operational excellence and best practices.

• Ability to develop innovative solutions to complex business and technology challenges.

• A strong record of delivering projects of substantial complexity and scale.

• Practical knowledge of AWS document processing services such as Textract, Kendra, Bedrock Data Automation, or Comprehend.

• Hands-on experience with AWS AI/ML services including Bedrock, AgentCore, and Amazon Q.

• Proficiency in AWS Data services such as S3/Athena, RDS, Lake Formation, Glue, Redshift, or EMR.

• Familiarity with various AWS services like ECS, EKS, Lambda, EventBridge, S3, DynamoDB, Systems Manager, API Gateway, ACM, Route53, and CloudWatch.

• Experience with enterprise AWS services including Organizations, Control Tower, Transit Gateways, and Direct Connect.

• Background in strategizing and migrating legacy enterprise applications (Lift & Shift/ Code Refactoring).

• Capability to lead the adoption of modern DevOps practices and mentor team members on architectural concepts.

• Experience with source code and software collaboration tools (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, Artifactory).

• Proficiency in configuring and managing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, CodePipeline).

• Strong experience with infrastructure as code, preferably using CDK.

• In-depth knowledge of container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native frameworks.

• Robust hands-on scripting capabilities (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).

• Some familiarity with an application programming language like C#, Java, or JavaScript (Node.js).

• Understanding of IP networking, VPNs, DNS, load balancing, and firewalling.

• Strong practical skills in Linux and Windows-based systems administration within a Cloud or Virtualized environment.

• Willingness to travel to client locations to provide professional services as needed.

• Ability to work remotely with team members across various time zones and regions.

• Competence in presenting designs to diverse audiences, including both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Skill in identifying and addressing potential design or architecture issues, and managing uncertainty.

• Eagerness to lead discussions and challenge technical and design decisions when standards or best practices are not met.

• Implementation of central architecture standards, utilizing JIRA, Confluence, etc., while raising and tracking architecture tasks, dependencies, and risks for 2-3 ongoing projects they are assigned to.

• Sharp analytical skills and demonstrated design capabilities.

• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and motivation.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly in conveying technical requirements and solutions to internal and external parties.

• A professional-level AWS certification is essential.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.

• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital insurance.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Options for Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions.

• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life and AD&D for employees and their dependents).

• Short and Long-Term Disability coverage.

• Health Spending Account (HSA).

• Transportation Benefits.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation, or Sick Leave).