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TITLE: Senior AWS Architect

LOCATION: Remote, with possibly some travel to clients within US

DURATION: Full time/ Direct Hire position

SALARY: To be discussed

STAFF TO OVERSEE: none

HIERARCHY: Reports to VP of Client Delivery

BUDGETARY RESPONSIBILITY: no budget, other than project budgets

INDUSTRY: variety of clients

Description

Looking for Amazon AWS Architect with 5+ years of “hands-on” experience designing, delivering, and sharing solutions. The role will work with application, operations, DevOps, and security team members to architect and build solutions in AWS.

If you enjoy working in a dynamic, collaborative workplace, our client provides an environment where you will be challenged and inspired every single day. If you enjoy the freedom to bring creative, thoughtful solutions to the table, there’s no limit to what you can accomplish here.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead the AWS solutions design and deployment of enterprise-scale for clients
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert to the organization for cloud, automation, and end-to-end architecture for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions
• Analyze application portfolios, identifying dependencies & common infrastructure platform components, and assessing migration feasibility
• Define and enforce AWS Well-Architected pillars: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, and cost optimization
• Work closely with client product/development teams to develop and promote cloud-native application architectures (microservices, serverless, containers), and application development and operations practices
• Facilitate/lead discussions (technical and executive) to understand business / technical requirements that result in decision-making and drive decisions/alignment around deliverables.
• Deliver the hands-on solutions for the client in conjunction with on and offshore teams.

Education (please include your qualifications when applying)

• BA – Computer Science or related
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• MBA or related
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty

Soft skills

Listening, influencing, problem-solving, self-motivated, teamwork, adaptability with a driving attitude to get things done.

Benefits

• Health: QSEHRA
• Retirement: 401(k)
• Vacation: 2 weeks

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JOB-RELATED SCREENING QUESTIONS:

• Validation numbers for active AWS Certifications.
• Explain the most recent project (AWS), the services used, and the challenges/issues encountered?
• Tell me about a time when you have been faced with a challenge where the best way forward or strategy to adopt was not “clear cut” (i.e. there were a number of possible solutions). How did you decide the best way forward?
• Describe a time when something you tried to accomplish failed (what did you learn?).
• Give an example of a time when you motivated others or managed a team?
• Tell me about a time you took on work outside of your scope of responsibility?
• Did you come across a scenario where the deadline given to you for a project was earlier than expected? How did you deal with it and what was the result?
• Tell me about a time you solved a big problem in your company?
• Tell me about a time when you had two deadlines at the same time. How did you manage the situation?
• Tell me about a project that you wish you had done better and how you would do it differently today?
• Tell me about a decision that you made about your work and you regret now?

Note: When responding to the above questions, please provide more information about AWS services or DevOps tools used in a few sentences.

• Rate yourself on a scale of 1-10 for the required skills listed below?
  • AWS Design and implementation
  • Terraform
  • Docker/Kubernetes
  • GitHub Actions
  • Python
  • JSON/yaml ad bash scripts
  • Cloud migrations/tools
  • Windows/Linux OS (troubleshooting)
  • Azure Design and implementation

Education (please include your qualifications when applying)

• BA – Computer Science or related
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• MBA or related
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty

Diane “Di” Krehbiel-Delson

Executive and Technology Recruiting

Westlake Village, Ca 91362

805-236-3793

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