AWS Infra Architect

About the role

AWS Infrastructure Architect with 10+ years of IT experience, including 5–7+ years in AWS cloud architecture.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise-level AWS cloud architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Design highly available, scalable, and secure architectures aligned to business goals.
• Lead cloud transformation and migration initiatives (on-prem → AWS / hybrid).
• Establish architecture standards, governance frameworks, and best practices.
• Architect and implement solutions using core AWS services: Compute, Storage, Databases, Networking.
• Design multi-region and disaster recovery (DR) strategies.
• Act as a technical leader and mentor for engineering teams.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product teams, and leadership.
• Drive architectural discussions and decision-making across teams.
• Implement enterprise-grade security using: IAM, KMS, GuardDuty, AWS Security Hub, WAF, Shield.
• Ensure compliance with frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, etc.).
• Define security architectures including zero-trust and least privilege principles.
• Lead adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using: Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK.
• Automate provisioning, scaling, and configuration management.
• Integrate infrastructure with CI/CD pipelines.
• Design and manage complex AWS networking environments: Multi-VPC architecture, peering, Transit Gateway, Hybrid connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect).
• Optimize network performance, latency, and security.
• Enable DevOps best practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Support containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).
• Implement cost optimization strategies (FinOps): Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Right-sizing.
• Optimize application performance using auto-scaling, caching, and load balancing.
• Implement observability using: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-Ray, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Define SLAs, SLOs, and error budgets.
• Lead incident management, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT experience, with 5–7+ years in AWS cloud architecture.
• Proven experience designing large-scale, enterprise-grade AWS environments.
• Strong hands-on expertise in: AWS core services and architecture patterns, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation / CDK), Linux/Windows systems administration.
• Strong understanding of: Cloud security and governance, Networking (DNS, TCP/IP, VPN, Load Balancers).
• Experience with scripting or programming: Python, Bash, PowerShell.

Skills

• Strong technical skills in AWS services and architecture.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Hands-on experience with cloud security and governance.
• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to lead and mentor technical teams.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Benefits

TCS Employee Benefits Summary: Discretionary Annual Incentive, Comprehensive Medical Coverage, Maternal & Parental Leaves, Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Commuter Benefits, Certification & Training Reimbursement, Time Off, Legal & Financial Assistance (Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing).