The Role
Design and oversee scalable, secure AWS cloud architectures; implement IAM security controls; automate infrastructure with CloudFormation/Terraform; build and maintain CI/CD pipelines; optimize performance and costs; mentor development teams on AWS best practices.
Summary Generated by Built In
This is a remote position.
Job Description: The architect is expected to design, oversee, and guide the infrastructure and deployment strategy, ensuring that development and production environments follow AWS best practices.
Responsibilities:
- Design scalable, secure, and resilient cloud architectures using AWS services.
- Implement security policies and access controls with IAM, ensuring compliance with standards and regulations.
- Automate infrastructure using tools like CloudFormation or Terraform (Infrastructure as Code).
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
- Optimize cloud infrastructure performance and cost-efficiency.
- Guide and mentor the development team on technical decisions and AWS best practices.
Requirements
More than 3 years of experience in related functions.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering.
Core AWS Skills:
- AWS CLI: Proficiency with commandline tools to manage AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, CloudFormation, etc.)
- AWS Services:
- Compute: EC2, Lambda.
- Storage: S3.
- Networking: VPC, Route 53, CloudFront.
- IAM: Role-based access controls, policies.
- DevOps: CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): CloudFormation or Terraform.
DevOps / CI/CD:
- Pipeline Design: Understanding of CI/CD using AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
- Build Tools: Integration with npm builds, Docker if containerized.
- Security & Monitoring: Knowledge of CloudWatch, AWS Config, GuardDuty.
General Development Understanding:
- Familiarity with Frontend & Backend: To coordinate architecture for apps using Angular (frontend) and Node.js/Python (backend).
Soft Skills:
Solution Design: Ability to design scalable and secure cloud-native applications.
Mentoring: Guide the dev team on architecture decisions.
Benefits
We offer a competitive package with several advantages.
Skills Required
- More than 3 years of related experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
- Proficiency with AWS CLI and core AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation or Terraform)
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
- Knowledge of security and monitoring (CloudWatch, AWS Config, GuardDuty)
- Familiarity with frontend/backend technologies (Angular, Node.js, Python) and container tooling (Docker, npm)
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The Company
What We Do
SmartLogix is an information technology services and software development company creating custom cloud applications and market-ready products. Its capabilities include cloud integration, data analytics, mobile technology, UI/UX design, and managed IT services. The company also offers staffing and talent solutions, pre-screening professionals and organizing resources for projects, consultancy, daily operations, and IT staffing across healthcare, food distribution, insurance, and other industries.
