AWS Cloud Solutions Architect

Beacon Systems - Austin, TX

Full-time

Austin, TX

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The AWS Cloud Solutions Architect at Beacon Systems Inc is responsible for designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS. This role involves providing architectural guidance throughout the project lifecycle, collaborating with various teams to implement robust cloud solutions, and ensuring that all solutions align with security standards. The architect will also assess existing infrastructures and recommend necessary modifications while educating teams on architectural principles and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS.
• Provide architectural guidance and oversight throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with different technical and nontechnical teams to develop and implement robust cloud solutions.
• Select appropriate AWS services based on data, compute, database, or security requirements.
• Hands-on experience designing distributed systems and applications on the AWS Cloud.
• Identify and gather requirements to define a solution to be built and operated on cloud infrastructure.
• Assess the existing infrastructure and recommend modifications as necessary.
• Educate on architectural principles and best practices on various technical levels.
• Ensure solutions and infrastructures align with TIERS security standards.
• Lead technical and design discussions to help speed the adoption of new technologies and practices.
• Working knowledge of storage and backup solutions provided by AWS.
• Experience with ITIL - ticketing using Remedy and ServiceNow.
• Experience managing Archer GRC.

Requirements

• Expertise in operating systems such as Red Hat Linux and Windows.
• Hands-on experience designing distributed systems and applications on the AWS Cloud.
• Experience with ITIL - ticketing using Remedy and ServiceNow.
• Experience managing Archer GRC.

Nice-to-haves

• Comprehensive knowledge of networking concepts such as IP addresses, DNS, TCP/IP, and other standard networking protocols.
• General knowledge of database software such as Oracle, MSSQL, Postgres, etc.
• Knowledge of identity and access management as well as additional cybersecurity principles.
• Keep abreast of the newest cloud computing developments and work to improve the organization's cloud infrastructure.
• AWS Solutions Architect Certification.

Benefits

• Compensation based on a wide array of factors including office location, role, skill set, and level of experience.