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Senior Amazon Web Services (AWS) Architect

United States, Austin Employment contract, B2B 104000.00 - 154000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted April 16, 2026
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The Senior AWS Architect will lead the design, governance, and optimization of enterprise-scale AWS environments for Texas public sector customers. This role requires a strategic mindset and extensive experience in cloud architecture, particularly with AWS. The successful candidate will ensure compliance with security standards and manage a team of cloud engineers. A strong background in AWS services and architecture is essential, along with relevant certifications.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of cloud engineers and administrators
  • Allocate resources, manage schedules, and ensure adherence to SLAs and KPIs
  • Conduct regular team meetings, performance reviews, and training sessions
  • Provide oversight for the daily operations, incident management, change management, and problem resolution across customer cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI)
  • Supervise deployment, maintenance, and optimization of cloud infrastructure following best practices and security standards
  • Ensure monitoring, backup, patching, and disaster recovery configurations are properly implemented
  • Conduct root cause analyses for critical incidents and drive corrective/preventive actions
  • Act as escalation point for customers during incidents or critical issues
  • Participate in client meetings, provide technical guidance, and support cloud solution discussions
  • Prepare and present operational reports, incident summaries, and optimization recommendations
  • Oversee the development and implementation of automation tools/scripts for provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, and reporting
  • Identify areas for operational improvement and cost optimization
  • Advocate and implement DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) philosophies
  • Ensure all managed environments are operated according to organizational policies, compliance frameworks, and industry best practices
  • Collaborate with security teams for vulnerability management, cloud security compliance, and incident investigation
  • Be able to support Microsoft Sentinel integration with each cloud

Requirements

  • Must be a US citizen or Green card holder to proceed with applying
  • Security & Compliance Requirements:Please know, an FBI CJIS Background check is administered every 12 months
  • Commitment to complete CJIS security awareness training, adhere to personnel screening protocols, and follow strict access controls for systems potentially involving Criminal Justice Information (CJI)
  • Ability to obtain and maintain required security clearances, attestations, or role-based access privileges under the DIR PCM contract and CJIS Security Policy
  • No disqualifying criminal history as defined by FBI CJIS standards (final determination by authorized agency)
  • This position aligns with supporting a 24*7 operations production support model
  • 8+ years of professional experience in cloud architecture and engineering, with at least 5+ years focused on Amazon Web Services (AWS) in large-scale enterprise or production environments
  • Demonstrated success designing secure, compliant AWS architectures for regulated sectors (government, public safety, criminal justice, healthcare, finance) subject to CJIS, FedRAMP or equivalent standards
  • Expert-level knowledge across AWS Well-Architected Framework pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability
  • Deep hands-on expertise with core AWS services: Compute (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda), Networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect), Storage & Databases (S3, EBS, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB), Security & Identity (IAM, Organizations, KMS, Secrets Manager), Management & Governance (Control Tower, Config, CloudTrail), and Observability (CloudWatch, X-Ray, OpenSearch)
  • Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred
  • AWS CloudFormation/CDK a plus) and CI/CD automation patterns

Nice to have

  • Experience architecting AWS GovCloud (US) environments or AWS for Government/regulated workloads
  • Familiarity with Texas DIR contracts, TxRAMP authorization processes, or multi-cloud governance in public sector contexts
  • Prior support of Texas state agencies, criminal justice information systems, or public safety cloud programs
  • Knowledge of advanced AWS capabilities: AWS Outposts, AWS Local Zones/Wavelength, AWS Nitro Enclaves, AWS Clean Rooms, or AWS HealthLake
  • Experience presenting to C-level stakeholders, leading architecture governance boards, or contributing to procurement/RFP responses
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Relevant certifications required or highly preferred: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (mandatory)
  • AWS Certified Security – Specialty
  • AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (strongly preferred)

What we offer

  • medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • flexible spending or health savings account
  • life and AD&D insurance
  • short and long term disability coverage
  • paid time off
  • employee assistance
  • participation in a 401k program with company match
  • additional voluntary or legally-required benefits

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