AWS Architect

Role

AWS Architect

Location

Toronto ON

Terms

Full Time

Key Responsibilities

• AWS Architecture Design & Implementation

Design & Support

Architect and amend cloud infrastructure with a focus on high availability, fault tolerance, and workload optimization.

Core Networking

Administer and optimize advanced AWS networking, including VPCs, Transit Gateway (TGW), VPNs, VPC Endpoints, PrivateLink, Peering, Route Tables, and NACLs.

Traffic Management

Configure and manage Application Load Balancers (ALB) and Network Load Balancers (NLB)

IP Management

Handle VPC subnetting and CIDR block/mask administration.

• Disaster Recovery (DR) & Business Continuity

DR Strategy

Design and implement robust DR solutions utilizing AWS native services to meet strict business RTO and RPO objectives.

Replication & Backup

Leverage AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (EDR), AWS Backup, S3 Multi-Region Access Points (MRAP), and RDS/Redshift cross-region replication.

Cross-Region Operations

Lead upcoming DR testing initiatives to ensure infrastructure and applications seamlessly restore in us-east-1 within established RTOs.

• Security, Governance & Identity Management

Access Control

Manage IAM, AWS Identity Center, Control Tower, and AWS Landing Zone environments.

Data Protection

Utilize multi-region AWS Custom KMS keys for data encryption.

Compliance & Auditing

Analyze AWS Security Hub findings, drive remediation efforts, and enforce compliance using AWS Config and strict resource tagging policies.

• DevOps, Automation & CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code (IaaC)

Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform or CloudFormation.

Pipeline Management

Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab (or similar Git tools) and configure GitLab Runners.

Configuration Management

Utilize Ansible for automated configuration and deployment.

Repository Governance

Administer Git branching strategies, including permissions, code promotion, and pull request reviews.

• System Administration & Operations

OS Support

Perform system administration, troubleshooting, and resource provisioning across both Windows and Linux environments.

Patching & Vulnerability

Conduct routine vulnerability assessments and manage monthly system patching cycles.

Data & AI Provisioning

Spin up and manage Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, and standard compute instances.

L1 Troubleshooting

Support basic troubleshooting for AWS Lambda functions and AWS Glue data jobs.

• Financial & Performance Optimization

Cost Optimization

Analyze AWS Cost Optimizer data to identify savings opportunities.

Executive Reporting

Deliver weekly and monthly billing and utilization reports for HCCA management.

Monitoring & Observability

Build custom CloudWatch Dashboards.