Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect – AWS

Frontend Arts brings together deep industry expertise and the latest IT advancements to deliver world-class digital transformation services to our clients. We partner with leading companies across industries to create innovative solutions that drive performance and growth. We are focused in technology innovation to accelerate the digital transformation of our customers, end users with a modern process driven development cycle ensuring high quality and scalable solutions that is compliant, secure, high performance and reliable.

We are seeking an exceptional Cloud Infrastructure Architect with deep, hands-on expertise in AWS, large-scale cloud migrations, Infrastructure-as-Code, and container orchestration. This role combines senior individual contribution with architectural leadership — owning cloud strategy, driving major migration programs, and guiding engineering teams while engaging executive stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities :

Cloud Migration Leadership

- Lead complex, multi-phase AWS migration programs from discovery and assessment through architecture, execution, cutover, and stabilization. - Develop migration wave plans using AWS 6R models and perform detailed cloud readiness assessments. - Own runbooks, cutover/rollback strategies, deployment workflows, and go-live governance. - Identify risks, interdependencies, and architecture patterns across diverse application portfolios.

AWS Architecture & Multi-Account Design

- Architect enterprise-grade AWS Landing Zones leveraging Control Tower, Organizations, SCPs, and Service Catalog. - Build secure, scalable, and compliant architectures aligned with AWS Well-Architected Framework pillars. - Define standards for compute, storage, networking, identity, observability, and operational excellence.

IaC, Automation & DevSecOps

- Design and deliver automated infrastructure using Terraform (modular design, reusable components, remote state, workspaces). - Implement CI/CD pipelines integrating DevSecOps controls — security scanning, policy-as-code, SAST/DAST, and compliance automation. - Build automation scripts and tooling using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

Container Platforms (EKS Focus)

- Architect and manage Amazon EKS clusters with strong focus on: - IRSA / fine-grained IAM - VPC CNI networking - Autoscaling and cluster lifecycle management - Container security hardening and observability - Enable scalable, resilient containerized application deployment strategies.

Cloud Security & Networking

- Define and implement cloud security architecture — IAM, KMS, encryption, network boundaries, and compliance controls. - Architect advanced AWS networking: Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, PrivateLink, and enterprise DNS patterns (Route53).

Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement

- Serve as the trusted technical authority for AWS infrastructure, cloud migration, and modernization strategy. - Partner with product, engineering, and security leaders to align cloud initiatives with business objectives. - Mentor engineers and promote cloud best practices across teams.

Required Qualifications

- 10+ years of IT experience with 5+ years in Cloud Architecture or Principal Cloud Engineering roles. - Deep, hands-on expertise with core AWS services: - EC2, VPC, EKS, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, EFS, API Gateway, CloudFront, IAM, KMS, Route53, CloudWatch, CloudTrail. - Proven success leading large-scale, complex cloud migration programs (rehost, replatform, refactor). - Expert-level Terraform experience — module architecture, state management, workspaces, CI/CD/GitOps integration. - Strong expertise in Amazon EKS, networking, cluster operations, and security. - Hands-on experience with AWS networking and hybrid connectivity (TGW, DX, VPN, PrivateLink). - Deep understanding of DevSecOps, cloud security principles, and compliance frameworks. - Strong scripting/automation skills: Python, Bash, or PowerShell. - Excellent communication, documentation, and architectural storytelling skills. - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or Engineering.

Frontend Arts is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and contractors. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.