Senior Cloud Architect

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

📋 Description

• Senior Cloud Architects at Effectual are tasked with providing technical leadership for Professional Services projects.

• Collaborate with Engagement Managers (EMs) to ensure an outstanding experience for both customers and the delivery team.

• Demonstrate Effectual’s expertise by delivering high-quality, best-practice solutions to clients.

• Establish architecture strategy, oversee technical standards, and mentor both client and internal teams on modernization, resilience, security, and optimization efforts.

• Define the target-state cloud architecture for enterprises and develop phased roadmap strategies.

• Facilitate architecture review boards and lead executive design discussions with client leadership.

• Create reusable architecture standards, guardrails, and delivery patterns across various programs.

• Design scalable, highly available AWS solutions by applying the principles of the Well-Architected Framework.

• Construct multi-account landing zones, hybrid connectivity (including Direct Connect and Transit Gateway), and disaster recovery/business continuity architectures.

• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and CloudFormation.

• Write Python automation scripts and establish CI/CD pipelines.

• Enhance cloud performance, cost efficiency, reliability, and security posture.

• Offer technical guidance and mentorship to client engineering teams.

• Conduct workshops, knowledge transfer sessions, and manage incident response.

• Resolve complex infrastructure issues and produce detailed documentation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of continuous experience as a Solution Architect, including:

• More than 6 years of experience in architecting and building AWS infrastructure.

• At least 2 years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (preferably Terraform).

• Minimum of 2 years of experience using a DevOps toolchain (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, AWS Code* Suite).

• Recent AWS experience within the last year, with familiarity with key AWS services (Compute, Storage, Networking, RDS).

• Proven track record of implementing AWS services in various distributed computing environments.

• Experience in facilitating discussions with senior leadership regarding technical/architectural trade-offs, best practices, and risk management.

• Experience in leading highly available and fault-tolerant enterprise and web-scale software deployments.

• Background in managing data center or cloud operations, including data assurance, monitoring, alerts, and notifications.

• Demonstrated capacity for strategic thinking about business, product, and technical challenges.

• Strong knowledge of leading AWS cloud security practices.

• Proficient in developing Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, AWS CloudFormation).

• Skillful in coding with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet).

• Proficient in at least one or more programming/scripting languages (e.g., Python, Java, Node).

• Solid understanding of Agile and Waterfall SDLC methodologies.

• Ability to manage multiple clients simultaneously with a keen attention to detail.

• Exceptional communication and time management abilities.

• Willingness to work in EST with flexibility for different time zones.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision health insurance options.

• Short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage.

• 401k plan with company matching contributions.

• Paid time off (PTO), totaling 120 hours that accrue over one year.

• Paid time off for major holidays, amounting to 14 days per year.