Advanced AWS Cloud Architect - NYC, NY (Hybrid)

12 months Contract 37.5 hrs per week - NYC, NY (Hybrid)

Need a senior-level AWS Cloud Architect

What You'll Do

• Architect and document scalable, resilient, and secure AWS solutions.
• Define cloud governance frameworks, standards, and roadmaps.
• Lead hybrid cloud initiatives and on-prem to cloud integrations.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi) and CI/CD automation.
• Drive cloud security best practices (IAM, GuardDuty, encryption, compliance frameworks).
• Optimize cloud usage and costs with FinOps practices.
• Partner with stakeholders across business, engineering, security, and finance to deliver real business impact.

What You Bring

• AWS expertise (6 10 years) deep hands-on experience with compute, storage, databases, serverless, and containers.
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPNs, CDNs).
• Hybrid/on-prem experience (4 6 years) migrations, interoperability.
• Cloud DevOps (4 6 years) IaC, CI/CD, automation, config management.
• Cloud Security (2 3 years) IAM, WAF, SIEM, zero-trust models.
• Cloud FinOps (1 2 years) cost monitoring and optimization.
• Microsoft Visio (2 3 years) architecture documentation.
• Excellent communication skills to bridge technical depth and business strategy.

Nice to Have

• Oracle OCI (1 2 years), Azure, or Google Cloud Platform exposure.

• AWS data & analytics platforms (Glue, RedShift, Athena, Lake Formation).

• Knowledge of compliance frameworks (CIS, NIST, ISO 27001).

Certification

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional strongly preferred.

Send resumes to vijay at brandonconsulting dot com

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