AWS Cloud Architect-Only W2-Erie PA(Hybrid)

Greetings from Mastech Digital!

We currently have an open role with one of our clients that I believe may be of interest to you. This is a relationship-driven and urgent requirement, and the client is looking to interview and onboard a candidate as soon as possible. If this role is not a fit for you, I would greatly appreciate any referrals.

Please review the role details below and let me know your interest.

Please share your updated resume.

Job Title: AWS Cloud Architect

Location: – Erie, PA, Hybrid(open for relocation)

Job Type: Contract

Responsibilities:

Job Description:

• AWS Cloud Architect- (Focus on Standards, Controls and Framework)
• Project Kickoff: Conduct project kickoff, finalize any required access, and conduct initial discovery meetings with stakeholders.
• AWS CCoE Support: Assist the Client’s CCoE team in defining Cloud 2.0 and providing technical feedback and recommendations to help with the efficiency of AWS migration.
• Assist with implementation planning for rollout of Cloud 2.0 for internal customers.
• Assist with creating best practices and identifying patterns to increase the velocity of migration into AWS.
• Evaluate legacy application and establish a migration/modernization plan.
• Assist in ensuring design patterns are adopted and consumed correctly.
• Participate in quarterly and/or big room planning exercises to plan for an effective migration and modernization roadmap
• Proactively engage with teams and stakeholders to assist/advise with current needs.

Activities:

Cloud Architecture Standards & Best Practices

• AWS Cloud Architecture Blueprint
• Help develop standardized AWS architecture templates for networking, security, compute, storage, and automation.
• Assist the team in ensuring all new AWS workloads follow the AWS Well-Architected Framework across performance, security, reliability, cost, and operational excellence.
• Work to create and publish position papers and Architecture Decision Records (ADR) on various topics including cloud architectures, monitoring, and AWS service usage.
• Multi-Account Strategy & Governance Playbook
• Help to define multi-account strategies using AWS Organizations, Control Tower, SCPs, and Landing Zones.
• Work to establish best practices for hybrid cloud and multi-cloud connectivity.
• Cloud Architecture Review Process
• Work with the application teams to review and create application designs for the cloud migration.
• Contribute to the definition of guidelines for peer reviews, stakeholder engagement, and approval processes.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation

• Work with the Client’s cloud platform team in defining the best practices and options on the TFE module creation and making sure the ArcheTypes are updated accordingly.

Security & Compliance Enablement

• AWS Security Controls & Reference Architectures Document
• Help to establish security guardrails with the application of safe landing practices for AWS services.
• Work to define secure AWS networking best practices (VPC peering, PrivateLink, Transit Gateway, etc.).
• Cloud Compliance & Risk Management
• Work with Information Security team in alignment of cloud compliance and security best practices
• Cloud Operations
• Assist the team to create a well-documented response plan for security incidents, outages, and misconfigurations.
• Work to establish AWS security logging, monitoring, and threat detection using CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and SIEM tools (Splunk, Datadog, AWS Security Hub).

Observability & Cost Management (FinOpsCloud Observability & Monitoring Framework)

• Help to define monitoring standards using CloudWatch, Splunk, and DataDog.
• AWS FinOps & Cost Optimization Strategy
• Contribute to developing FinOps practices to reduce AWS costs through right-sizing, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and cost allocation tagging.
• Assist teams to provide teams with automated cost reporting dashboards for better cloud cost visibility.

Cloud Training & Knowledge Sharing

• Collaborate with the team to participate in AWS training sessions for developers, architects, and engineers during the engagement.
• Cloud Architecture Documentation Repository:
• Assist in maintaining a centralized knowledge base with Cloud Architecture Playbooks, IaC templates, and AWS security guidelines.
• Assist with cross-team collaboration through regular architecture discussions and best practice sharing.

Thanks & Regards

Prachi