Cloud Architect
Haystack · United States · 2 days ago
RemoteRemoteEngineeringFull-time
About the role
Harden and modernise infrastructure across multiple AWS accounts. Clean up IAM configurations and enforce least-privilege principles. Secure S3 buckets, ensuring compliance and data protection. Rationalise RDS and Aurora instances for optimal performance and cost-efficiency. Migrate workloads from EC2 to EKS where appropriate. Implement and maintain all changes via Terraform, ensuring clean, reviewable Infrastructure as Code.
What You'll Need
- 5+ years of hands-on AWS experience across IAM, compute, storage, and networking
- Valid AWS Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional certification (AWS Security Specialty a strong plus)
- Expert proficiency in Terraform for authoring, refactoring, and managing infrastructure
- Deep knowledge of AWS IAM, including policy evaluation, OIDC federation, and cross-account roles
- Strong experience with S3 for policy authoring, KMS integration, and access controls
- Proficiency with RDS/Aurora for right-sizing, performance insights, and security hardening
- Experience with Kubernetes/EKS for cluster operations, IRSA, RBAC, Helm, and workload migrations
What's On Offer
- Opportunity to significantly impact and improve critical cloud infrastructure
- Engage in high-impact projects focused on security and modernisation
- Work with cutting-edge cloud technologies and best practices
- Collaborative environment focused on delivering robust and secure solutions