AWS Solution Architect

Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Permanent
Full-time

2 months ago

THE ROLE - AWS SOLUTIONS ARCHITECTJoin us on a transformative journey as we migrate from mainframe-based applications to a cloud-based platform on AWS. As an AWS & Infrastructure Specialist, you will play a critical role in leading the migration of our infrastructure, designing scalable and secure cloud solutions, and optimizing our document and EDI platform. You'll collaborate closely with software engineers, architects, and other infrastructure teams to make key architectural decisions, ensure high performance and security, and oversee the successful transition to the cloud environment.If you're excited about leading cloud migrations, optimizing AWS infrastructure, and ensuring a seamless, scalable platform, we invite you to apply and help shape the future of our cloud infrastructure!YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead Cloud Migration: Drive the transition of data center-based infrastructure to AWS, focusing on containerization and the migration of up to 40 servers.
Architecture & Design: Collaborate with software engineers and architects to design cloud-based solutions that are scalable, secure, and optimized for performance.
Security & Compliance: Evaluate and implement security and compliance strategies, ensuring cloud environments meet industry standards.
Optimization: Continually optimize cloud infrastructure for scalability, security, and performance to ensure the reliability and efficiency of our platform.
Documentation: Develop clear, maintainable documentation for cloud systems, ensuring transparency, ease of knowledge transfer, and long-term sustainability.
Process Improvement: Review and refine cloud migration and infrastructure management processes, ensuring smooth transitions and continuous optimization.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FORTechnical

Cloud Platforms: Extensive experience with AWS services, including Amazon ECS, RDS, S3, and SQS
Performance & Scalability: Proven ability to design and implement high-performance, scalable systems, ensuring applications can handle high loads and meet business needs.
Containerization & Orchestration: Proficiency in Docker, ECS, Fargate, and container orchestration for deploying cloud-based applications.
CI/CD & Automation: Hands-on experience with GitLab CI, EC2-based runners, and automation tools like Renovate Bot and Semantic Release to streamline deployments.
Security & Compliance: Implementing best practices and company policies, working with e.g. AWS Security Hub
Infrastructure as Code: AWS CDK (Cloud Formation), TypeScript, or Terraform welcome
Database & Storage: Experience managing cloud-based databases, schema management, and scalable storage solutions like Amazon S3.
Monitoring & Observability: Familiarity with Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog and Open Telemetry for hybrid application monitoring and performance optimization.
Software Engineering: Java or other software development experience or background

Personal

Require 6+ years of technology experience with trending technologies
At least 5 years of experience in design and development of software, experience with large multinational organisations is highly preferred
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
Proactive cost reduction, automation, and improvements in process efficiency
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Highly motivated and results oriented
High Energy, able to motivate, collaborate and to generate followership
Strong communication skills with demonstrated capability in engaging a large, distributed organisation

WHAT WE OFFER

Competitive salary
Self & Family Health Insurance
Term & Life Insurance
OPD Benefits
Employees' Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme (EDLI)
Learning & Development through HL Academy
Flexible Work from Home
Leave Travel Allowance
Variable performance bonus
Recreation facilities
Privilege, Casual and Sick leaves

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