Cloud Platform Architect
Hays

The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's/applicant's qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship not available.

Our client is seeking a Cloud Platform Architect for a remote opportunity.

Role Description
The Cloud Platform Architect is a full stack developer with a strong understanding of cloud platform architecture. The Cloud Platform Architect will have a strong understanding of guidelines, principles, patterns, and guardrails for cloud environments, including defining best practice blueprints and guardrails to facilitate authentication, security, networking, and observability in a cloud environment. They will possess a deep knowledge of developing architectural patterns that accelerate application development teams and business teams with self-service capabilities. This candidate will have experience with management of AWS services such as AWS VPC, Cloud Formation, AWS Organizations, Control Tower, Transit Gateway, Systems Manager, Config, Lambda, DynamoDB, Amazon RDSand container management services such as ECS and Fargate.
They will operation as a hands-on architect, understanding DevOps practices, including value streams, feedback, and continuous improvement, will be needed.
This position will be a part of a new team of three Cloud Enterprise Architects that will work closely together. Each member will bring a unique technical skill set with focus on either Data Architecture, Application Development, or Platform Engineering.

• Play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and managing infrastructure as code, ensuring scalable, robust infrastructure and applications.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using SaaS services like GitHub, GitHub Actions, and AWS Code Deploy.
• Manage canary releases and blue-green deployments.
• Collaborate with product owners to define service level objectives and manage the health and performance of cloud systems by implementing observability and responsive controls.
• Ensure all data and infrastructure deployments comply with enterprise security and access controls, best practices, and standards.
• Collaborate with partners and internal teams to design scalable and secure cloud architectures based on best practices and business requirements.
• Implement security measures and compliance.

Skills & Requirements

• 5+ years of experience designing and developing platform management services for an AWS cloud environment.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or Typescript. Having both is a bonus.
• 5+ years of working with AWS services such as CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS S3, SQS, ELB, ECS, and Fargate.
• 5+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines with SaaS services such as GitHub, GitHub Actions, and AWS Code Deploy.
• 3+ years of experience working with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using AWS CloudFormation with AWS CDK.
• Experience with implementing various DR strategies based on business needs and managing canary releases and blue-green deployments across a diverse set of distributed services.
• Expertise with Agile methodologies and experience working in Scrum teams with tools like Jira and Confluence
• AWS Solution Architecture Professional, AWS DevOps Professional certification, or equivalent experience.
• Must have experience developing custom scripts, procedures, and SQL queries
• Should be well versed in test-driven development practices and tools with practical experience implementing linting / validation / testing pipelines (unit, integration, UAT).
• Experience with containerization concepts, including building containers using Docker and managing them using container management systems such as AWS ECS, AWS EKS, or Kubernetes.
• Ability to make the appropriate recommendations based on the AWS Well-Architected framework and best practices for multiple AWS services.
• Familiarity with higher education ("EdTech") systems, such as Student Information Systems, Learning Management Systems, and applicant portals.
• Familiarity with EdTech technology standards such as LTI and SCORM

Benefits/Other Compensation

This position is a contract/temporary role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, 401K and Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit).

Why Hays?

You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the industry and market trends. Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there's a position you really want, you're fully prepared to get it.

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Hays is committed to building a thriving culture of diversity that embraces people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better we serve our candidates, clients, and employees. We are an equal employment opportunity employer, and we comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, genetic information, HIV-positive status, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. One of Hays' guiding principles is 'do the right thing'. We also believe that actions speak louder than words. In that regard, we train our staff on ensuring inclusivity throughout the entire recruitment process and counsel our clients on these principles. If you have any questions about Hays or any of our processes, please contact us.

In accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law protecting qualified individuals with known disabilities, Hays will attempt to reasonably accommodate those individuals unless doing so would create an undue hardship on the company. Any qualified applicant or consultant with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should call or text 813.336.5570.

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