Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Software Architect to join our team. As a Software Architect, you will be responsible for designing and implementing software solutions, ensuring the overall system architecture meets the needs of our organization. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and provide guidance throughout the software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities:
Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that deploy customers applications to cloud infrastructure while promoting security and cloud computing best practices.

Use infrastructure as code tools to automate immutable infrastructure.

Manage, configuration, administration, and maintain AWS services.

Provide guidance to Application and Business teams on infrastructure design decisions.

Collaborate and liaise with various technical teams on escalations, development of cloud and managed services

Drive DevOps team process improvement with Enterprise IT cloud management capabilities

Identify opportunities for threat management, and critical upgrades

Utilize enterprise SaaS products to align with business technology needs

Continuously learn to keep up with industry trends and best practices

Manage multiple projects simultaneously and can adapt to changing business needs

Work well with cross functional global and remote teams.

Qualification:

10 years of AWS Cloud or relevant Infrastructure experience.

Advanced cloud implementation experience using compute, storage, networking, and security services and cloud native best practices on AWS.

Proven background working in an enterprise IT environment.

Familiar with IaC tools, Terraform, CloudFormation

Design capabilities aligned with the well-architected framework.

EC2, Unix/Linux, User Data, Ansible

Kubernetes, Serverless

Experience with Kafka a plus.

Networking and Security

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Python, Docker

Experience collaborating with Infrastructure and Application teams.

Self-disciplined, self-starter who can provide leadership and mentor others while resolving complex incidents and delivering projects.

Knowledge of SDLC and CI/CD best practices

Azure experience not required, but nice to have.

The following certifications are highly desirable:

Certified AWS Solutions Architect Associate

Certified AWS Developer Associate

Certified AWS SysOps Administrator Associate

Certified AWS DevOps Engineer Professional

Certified AWS Solution Architect Professional

If you are a highly motivated individual with a passion for software architecture and a desire to drive innovation, we encourage you to apply. Join our team and contribute to the development of cutting-edge software solutions.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $70.00 - $80.00 per hour

Experience:

• Azure: 5 years (Preferred)
• AWS: 5 years (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• New York, NY 10179 (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in New York, NY 10179