IT - DSS - Information Systems Architect - Project Lead

AWS Developer/Administrator

Location: Remote
Duration: 12+ Months
Employment Type: Contract (C2C / W2)
Experience Required: 7+ Years

Project Scope:

Seeking an experienced AWS Developer / Administrator to support cloud modernization initiatives and maintain AWS-based infrastructure and applications. The role involves designing, developing, deploying, and managing secure, scalable cloud environments while supporting both cloud-native and hybrid workloads. The candidate will collaborate with engineering, development, security, and operations teams to ensure high availability, performance, and compliance of AWS services.

Key Responsibilities:

· Design, deploy, and administer AWS environments following industry best practices.

· Manage AWS account structures, IAM roles, policies, and least-privilege access controls.

· Build and maintain solutions using core AWS services including EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, Lambda, Auto Scaling, and Elastic Load Balancing.

· Configure and manage network infrastructure, including VPCs, subnets, routing tables, and security groups.

· Implement and manage storage services such as S3, EBS, and EFS with lifecycle policies.

· Develop serverless applications using Lambda and API Gateway.

· Monitor and maintain cloud environments using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Config.

· Develop and support Amazon Connect contact center environments, including contact flows, queues, routing profiles, and integrations with APIs and Lambda functions.

· Design and integrate AI-enabled solutions using Amazon Bedrock when required.

· Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like CloudFormation or Terraform.

· Support CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows for application deployments.

· Monitor performance, availability, and optimize cloud costs.

· Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues across production and non-production environments.

· Work with security teams to ensure encryption, logging, monitoring, and compliance standards are met.

· Maintain documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams.

· Provide technical mentoring and knowledge transfer to team members.

· Participate in maintenance, upgrades, and occasional after-hours support.

Required Skills & Experience:

· 6+ years of overall IT experience supporting enterprise systems.

· 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS development and administration.

· Strong experience with core AWS services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, and Lambda.

· 3+ years of experience working with Amazon Connect or contact center technologies.

· Experience integrating APIs, serverless architectures, and cloud services.

· Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code and automation.

· Knowledge of AWS security best practices, logging, and monitoring.

· Scripting experience with Python, Bash, or similar languages.

Preferred Skills:

· Experience with AI/ML integrations and prompt engineering.

· Experience with hybrid cloud architectures and third-party integrations.

· Knowledge of cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices.

· Experience with Azure cloud services.

· Strong experience building integrations using APIs and serverless technologies.

Required Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
OR
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

Preferred Certifications

Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-305)

Tools & Technologies

Amazon Web Services (AWS),Amazon Connect, Amazon Bedrock, AWS Lambda, AWS CloudFormation / Terraform, CloudWatch / CloudTrail, API Gateway, CI/CD tools, Git-based version control systems

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