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.
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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