Cloud Solutions Architect- AWS

I am searching for a solid Cloud Solutions Architect for a permanent position in Dublin. This role is with a very interesting and market leading cyber security organisation as well as intelligence arms to their structure. You should have expertise in the design and delivery of innovative Cloud native solutions and will join the AWS Full Stack Development team in a hands-on role responsible for the solution architecture and the team’s development and quality assurance practices.

You will:

• Work with product owners, other architects and the development teams to define, refine and prioritize the product roadmap.
• Take end responsibility of all aspects of the solutions
• Meet business requirements using an optimal technical design such as effective CI/CD processes, security, scalability, performance and resilience
• Propose appropriate architectures (hardware sizing, deployment topologies)
• Perform risk analysis and technical assessments on incoming requirements and adequately respond.
• Evaluate new technologies, define and implement proof of concepts and validate all aspects, document architectural decisions.
• Provide input to, review and approve technical designs, Interface definitions and other documentation delivered by the development team.
• Support the safeguarding of technology IP
• Together with other architects, keep a log of architectural decisions
• Review and improve processes within and across scrum teams

Requirements:

Soft Skills:

• 2-5 years at this level in a similar role

• Ability to communicate effectively at senior levels within an organisation and with clients
• Strategic thinker, ability to simplify and communicate complex concepts
• Ability to work on a broad spectrum of tasks concurrently
• Able to work within a virtual environment and in managing and supporting teams working in distributed locations

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in one or more backend languages (Java / Typescript / GoLang)
• Experienced across multiple programming languages is an added benefit
• Hands-on experience with SOA architectural style, specifically in microservices development
• Professional experience designing and building event-driven architectures with AWS
• Advocate of Agile methodologies (e.g. Test Driven Development and Continuous Integration)
• Confident in Cloud Native Application Architecture: Serverless architecture, Lambda, API Gateway, Data stores (DynamoDB, S3), Queue and Notification systems, Event Bus, Containerization and Microservices, single page applications, and modern web applications.
• Experience across AWS Security: Compliance, Cloud Security Architecture, IAM policies/roles, encryption/KMS, Shield, WAF, Cognito etc
• DevOps and Infrastructure as Code: infrastructure and application automation using CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Serverless Application Model (SAM). CI/CD pipeline setup using AWS services such as CodeBuild/Commit/Deploy.

To apply, please submit your CV through the link provided for the attention of Ellen Byrne.