AWS Cloud Architect (Sydney/Melbourne)

Company Description

We are a customer-obsessed, “one stop shop” for all things data-related.  We are deliberately narrow in our focus areas but we go deep in each of them.  We provide solutions, services and training in the data strategy, data governance, data security, data management, data classification, data wrangling, data lake, data analytics, data visualisation, artificial intelligence, machine learning and IoT areas.  Our solutions and services help transform customer organisations by teaching them how to turn their data into insight!

We build on AWS, using the latest AWS services, best practices and reference architectures.  We deliberately focus on large public sector customers that are data-heavy but insight-light – federal & state government departments, universities, public sector agencies, public health organisations, and public utilities. 

We are an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner and an AWS Public Sector Partner, working towards our Data & Analytics and Government competencies.  We are also a registered technology supplier to the Federal, New South Wales, Victorian and Western Australian governments and we have a Master Services Agreement in place with AWS Professional Services.

Job Description

As an AWS Cloud Architect, you will play a crucial role in collaborating with customers to understand their business requirements, mapping these requirements to their data capabilities, and working with our internal Data Engineers and Data Analysts to design and build elegant solutions. Your primary responsibilities will include: 

• Collaborate with clients and stakeholders to understand business requirements and objectives 
• Design highly scalable, reliable, and secure cloud architectures on the AWS platform 
• Develop architectural blueprints and documentation for cloud solutions, including infrastructure as code (IaC) templates 
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to project teams throughout the implementation process 
• Evaluate existing systems and applications to identify opportunities for migration to the cloud 
• Design and implement cloud migration strategies, including lift-and-shift, re-platforming, and re-factoring 
• Implement best practices for security, performance, and cost optimisation in AWS environments 
• Configure and deploy AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, and IAM 
• Implement automation and orchestration using AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or other automation tools 
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines 
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise cloud infrastructure and applications for performance and cost efficiency 
• Stay current with AWS services, industry trends, and best practices to continually improve cloud architectures and solutions 

Expectations 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Maths or a related field 
• AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional 
• Enjoy honing your technical skills and developing new ones, so you can make a strong contribution to deep architecture discussions.   
• Regularly take part in further education and training to help you develop high-quality and highly-performant solutions.  
• Have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about solutions to business, product, and technical challenges.  
• Possess an innate awareness of technology trends and how they impact the way businesses consume IT.  
• Have a reasonable understanding of IT security and governance including security standards, access policies, and data classification schema.  
• Love what you do and instinctively know how to make work fun  
• Be dynamic, creative, and willing to take on challenges that have the potential to make a big impact.  
• Relish a ground floor opportunity to work in a small, agile, startup environment and play a role in shaping its business and technical goals.  

Qualifications

Technical Requirements: 

• 2+ years of: 
  - Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes 
  - IT implementation experience, with primary AWS services (EC2, ELB, RDS, Route53, S3 etc) 
  - Experience with software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile/iterative methodologies 
  - Familiarity with serverless computing concepts and technologies such as AWS Lambda and AWS Fargate 
  - Knowledge of networking concepts and protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, and VPN 
  - Experience with data analytics and big data technologies such as Amazon Redshift, Amazon EMR, or AWS Glue 

• A basic understanding of fundamental data concepts including databases, data schema, data classification, data security, data governance, data analysis, data transformation, data engineering and data science. 
• A basic understanding of fundamental networking concepts. 

Additional Information

Join our team

• We’re passionate about the technical community we are a part of, and believe in contributing to open source and AWS initiatives 
• We care about climate change and are always looking at ways to reduce our carbon footprint 
• We support and contribute to a different cause each quarter 
• We’re committed to developing your career with customised individual growth and development plans 
• We’re committed to ensuring all our staff feel welcome, included and respected every day they work for The Data Foundry 

Can’t pass up this awesome opportunity? Apply now!