AWS Architect

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AWS Architect Location:

- San Deigo CA onsite

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DOE Key Responsibilities Conduct deep architecture reviews across AWS services (MSK, ECS, CloudWatch, Glue, S3, EC2, Lambda, Connect, Config, CloudTrail, ELB, SQS, MQ).

Identify optimization levers:

right-sizing, Graviton migration, Spot, Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, lifecycle policies, and Intelligent-Tiering. Evaluate non-production environments for shutdown windows, duplication, and shared-services consolidation. Assess emerging AWS technologies (Graviton, Outposts, Marketplace) for cost-conscious adoption. Produce monthly recommendation reports with quantified savings and implementation roadmaps. Required Skills Expert hands-on AWS across compute, storage, networking, data, and observability. Deep knowledge of AWS pricing models, Cost Explorer, Compute Optimizer, Trusted Advisor, and Cost & Usage Report (CUR). Containerization (ECS, Fargate, EKS), serverless (Lambda), streaming (MSK, Kinesis), and ETL (Glue). AWS Well-Architected Framework reviews with emphasis on the cost and performance pillars. Terraform and CloudFormation Infrastructure-as-Code familiarity. Qualifications & Certifications 10+ years in cloud engineering or architecture, 6+ years on

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Certified Solutions Architect Professional (required). AWS Specialty certification (Data, Security, or Networking) preferred.