Sr. AWS Cloud Architect Location: Tarrytown, NY / Sleepy Hollow, NY (Onsite)

Position Title: Sr. AWS Cloud Architect

Location: Tarrytown, NY / Sleepy Hollow, NY (Onsite)

Role Purpose:

Serve as the primary technical leader and client-facing representative for the design, build, and delivery of the Enterprise Kubernetes Platform (EKP), Container as a Service (CaaS) framework, and Backup/Disaster Recovery (DR) in a multi-cloud environment (AWS,Google Cloud Platform&Azure). This role covers hands-on technical delivery, solution governance, and project orchestration

Core Responsibilities

End-to-End Delivery Participation: Work on all phases - Discovery & Planning, Design, Build, Test, Handover.

Provision and configure Kubernetes clusters (EKS, GKE, AKS) and register to Anthos or approved alternatives.

Implement multi-cloud governance: RBAC, NetworkPolicies, Quotas, image policy, drift detection.

Build GitOps-based onboarding templates (Helm/Kustomize) and integrate with CI/CD pipelines.

Deploy and configure observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana) and FinOps dashboards.

Implement Velero for Kubernetes backup/restore, AWS Backup for RDS/EFS, and cross-cloud transfers to Google Cloud Platform.

Configure AWS DMS CDC replication for DR scenarios.

Maintain technical documentation and contribute to knowledge transfer sessions.

Required Skills & Experience

10 years in Cloud/Kubernetes platform engineering, with leadership in multi-cloud solutions.

Proven track record of end-to-end Kubernetes platform builds across AWS,Google Cloud Platform and Azure.

Hands-on with Anthos, Rancher, or open-source governance frameworks.

Strong GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux), security policy management (OPA Gatekeeper/Kyverno).

Expertise in multi-cloud backup/DR, Velero, AWS Backup, GCS Storage Transfer, AWS DMS.

Experience with observability stack integrations and cost visibility solutions.

Excellent client communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.

Additional Responsibilities

Primary Client Liaison Act as the single point of contact for all technical matters with client stakeholders.

Governance Oversight Ensure all deliverables meet SOW-defined acceptance criteria and scope boundaries.

Change Management Facilitate design reviews, scope clarifications, and formal change requests.

Risk & Escalation Management Identify delivery risks early and engage with management for mitigation.

Sprint Leadership Drive daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives with onsite/offshore team members.

Quality Assurance Review offshore deliverables before client submission to ensure technical accuracy.

Stakeholder Communication Provide concise but detailed status updates to client and internal leadership.

Dependency Management Coordinate with client IT, networking, and security teams for prerequisites (IAM, firewall rules, namespaces, etc.).

Roadmap Shaping Capture client feedback during delivery to define a follow-on roadmap (e.g., AKS onboarding, advanced DR).

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