Sr. AWS Cloud & DevOps Architect

Job Description

At Ascyndent we believe Digital transformation is all about leveraging information and technology to enhance the human experience. It is also about transformative execution. Our teams bring business visions and strategies into reality leveraging technology capabilities.

Our consultants leverage innovative capabilities and deep domain expertise to develop short and long-term strategies aligned with your enterprise goals, skill requirements and technology platforms. As an experienced member of our team, we look first and foremost for people who are passionate around solving business problems through innovation and engineering practices. We embrace a culture of experimentation and constantly strive for improvement and learning. You'll work in a collaborative, trusting, thought-provoking environment-one that encourages of thought and creative solutions that are in the best interests of our customers globally.

This job is for you if…

• You’re interested in a meaningful job at a growing technology company where you’ll work with a variety of technology solutions and be appreciated for doing your job well.
• You want to help shape the future of emerging technology.
• You enjoy collaborating with highly skilled professionals with a passion for selling.
• You want to join a culture that embraces dynamic individuals with a focus on innovation.

A day in the life…

• Design and architect complex AWS cloud solutions that are secure, scalable, and cost-effective.
• Lead the design and implementation of AWS infrastructure and automation solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define infrastructure requirements and ensure alignment with business goals.
• Forge the strategy for AIOps, FinOps by integrating AI/ML and NoOps principles to drive intelligent automation across cloud operations.
• Leverage machine learning models to predict incidents, automate root cause analysis, and proactively remediate issues.
• Design and implement self-healing systems that improve availability, stability, and resiliency of cloud infrastructure.
• Lead the development and implementation of CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration, testing, and deployment.
• Oversee & also be hands-on in writing IAC and other automation using tools like Artifactory, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Python, Bash, or PowerShell
• Implement automated monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to maintain system health and security
• Drive SRE practices by implementing strategies that improve reliability, availability, and scalability of cloud infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and error budgets to ensure service reliability.
• Lead incident response efforts, ensuring quick resolution and thorough post-mortems to prevent future issues.
• Implement chaos engineering practices to proactively identify and resolve potential points of failure.
• Implement and enforce security best practices across AWS environments, including and access management, encryption, and network security.
• Ensure compliance and regulatory requirements, such as HIPAA, PCI and SOC 2.
• Conduct & participate in regular security audits and vulnerability assessments.
• Monitor performance and recommend improvements to optimize resource usage and costs.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure-related issues promptly.
• Evaluate and implement new tools and technologies to improve the efficiency and reliability of cloud operations.
• Develop and implement strategies for cost forecasting, monitoring, and optimization of AWS resources.

What you’ll Love Working Here…

• A career with a company where you will be challenged, respected, and valued.
• The people here do their jobs well, care about one another, care about our customers and exercise good ethics and judgement.
• Our team members health and wellness are our priority as well as rewarding them for their hard work.
• Be a part of a team that values creative solutioning with peers and one that honors experimentation and sharing.
• Be trusted to make decisions that are in the best interests of our clients and our business. We think and act like owners. We care – and that makes all the difference.
• Results fuel our excitement, and we know how our personal accomplishments tie to the success of the company.
• We are courageous and take risks that scare us. Our enthusiasm for experimenting is how we will find the next breakthrough.