Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. HMG AMERICA LLC is seeking an experienced Principal AWS Cloud Platform Architect to lead a large-scale cloud modernization initiative. The role involves providing architecture leadership, customer advisory services, and overseeing production migration, focusing on AWS architecture and Kubernetes platform engineering.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the lead architect for AWS platform modernization initiatives
- Define target-state cloud architecture and multi-region deployment patterns
- Lead architecture workshops, technical reviews, and design governance activities
- Establish cloud-native architecture standards and best practices
- Design and review large-scale Amazon EKS environments
- Provide guidance on Kubernetes architecture, scaling, resiliency, and operational readiness
- Define deployment strategies for highly available and fault-tolerant workloads
- Review infrastructure-as-code strategies and platform automation approaches
- Architect AWS networking solutions including:
- VPCs
- Transit Gateway
- PrivateLink
- Route53
- Hybrid connectivity
- Design security and access patterns leveraging:
- AWS WAF
- API Gateway
- IAM
- Security services
- Define multi-region high-availability and disaster recovery strategies
- Lead observability and monitoring strategy development
- Support operational readiness reviews and production cutover activities
- Define rollback and business continuity approaches
- Act as the primary architecture advisor for customer stakeholders
- Work with engineering, operations, infrastructure, and product teams
- Present architecture recommendations to executive and technical audiences
Skills
- 12+ years of experience in cloud architecture, platform engineering, or infrastructure consulting
- 5+ years architecting enterprise-scale AWS environments
- Deep expertise with: Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, AWS Networking, Infrastructure as Code, Cloud Security
- Experience designing highly available multi-region architectures
- Strong understanding of: API Gateway, PrivateLink, WAF, CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Amazon S3, Relational databases
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
- AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
Benefits
- Remote
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