Cloud Architect
: Job Details :

Senior Cloud Architect

Contract role (12 months, can be extended or converted perm)

NYC (10038) - Hybrid (2x a week onsite, preferably Tues/Wed)

Rate: $75-$85/hr W2

Solution Design:

- Design optimum solution for migrating on premise applications to AWS cloud

- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements, translating them into technical solutions.

- Ensure best practices are followed in the design, development, and deployment of applications to AWS.

Team Collaboration & Leadership:

- Work closely with developers, administrators, and other IT teams to ensure cohesive and efficient development processes.

Stakeholder Engagement:

- Engage with business leaders and stakeholders to understand their needs and provide technical solutions.

- Present architectural solutions to stakeholders.

Compliance & Security:

- Ensure that solutions comply with industry and bank standards and security policies.

Continuous Improvement:

- Stay current with industry trends and advancements in integration related technologies.

- Identify opportunities for process improvements and recommend innovative solutions to enhance platform capabilities.

Education & Experience:

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.

- 10+ years of experience in IT, with at least 5 years of experience as a Cloud Architect or similar role.

Technical Skills:

- In-depth knowledge of mainstream architectures, and technologies in an AWS environment - more specifically, AWS services such as EC2, ECS, RDS, Lambda. VPC and ELB.

- Detailed and low-level knowledge, experience, and understanding of security and integration patterns, and protocols including REST API, Messaging, Basic Auth, OAUTH, SAML, OIDC.

- Ability to produce actionable technical design documents for critical and complex scoped items collaborating with developers.

- Must have broad understanding of enterprise integration and able to influence the right solution approach taking all stakeholder viewpoints.

Professional Skills:

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.

- Proven ability to lead and mentor technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working in Agile development environments.

- Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools