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About the role
AWS Architecture & Multi-Account Design
Design and implement a best-practice multi-account AWS architecture using AWS Organizations and Control Tower
Define account strategies for customers, environments (Prod / Non-Prod), and shared services
Establish and maintain an AWS Landing Zone aligned with security and compliance requirements
Reduce operational and security risk by eliminating single-account blast radius
Migration & Execution
Plan and execute phased migrations of existing workloads from a monolithic AWS account to multiple accounts
Minimize downtime and risk through careful migration planning, testing, and rollback strategies
Work closely with application and platform teams during migration and cutover
Infrastructure as Code & Automation
Codify account provisioning and baseline infrastructure using Terraform
Automate guardrails, networking, IAM, logging, and security controls
Use CI/CD pipelines to support infrastructure as code, not as an application DevOps role
Security & Governance
Design and enforce security guardrails using SCPs, IAM boundaries, and least-privilege accessImplement and manage centralized security services including CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Security Hub, and AWS Config
Support compliance and audit requirements (e.g. ISO 27001) through strong segregation of duties and logging
Networking
Design and operate AWS networking at scale, including:
VPC design and segmentation
Centralized networking models
Transit Gateway (nice to have)
Hybrid connectivity (VPN / Direct Connect where applicable)
Apply strong TCP/IP, DNS, and routing fundamentals
Cost Management & Chargeback
Implement cost monitoring, budgeting, and reporting using AWS Cost Explorer and Budgets
Enable cost separation and chargeback/showback per customer or account
Support long-term FinOps visibility as the AWS environment scales
Operating Systems & Infrastructure Operations
Apply strong Linux and/or Windows systems engineering knowledge
Support OS-level hardening, patching, access control, and troubleshooting
Understand how cloud infrastructure maps to underlying OS and network behavior
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