AWS Architect_ San Diego, CA

Position: AWS Architect
Location: San Deigo CA
Rate: $60/hr to $80/hr

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct deep architecture reviews across AWS services (MSK, ECS, CloudWatch, Glue, S3, EC2, Lambda, Connect, Config, CloudTrail, ELB, SQS, MQ).
• Identify optimization levers: right-sizing, Graviton migration, Spot, Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, lifecycle policies, and Intelligent-Tiering.
• Evaluate non-production environments for shutdown windows, duplication, and shared-services consolidation.
• Assess emerging AWS technologies (Graviton, Outposts, Marketplace) for cost-conscious adoption.
• Produce monthly recommendation reports with quantified savings and implementation roadmaps.

Required Skills

• Expert hands-on AWS across compute, storage, networking, data, and observability.
• Deep knowledge of AWS pricing models, Cost Explorer, Compute Optimizer, Trusted Advisor, and Cost & Usage Report (CUR).
• Containerization (ECS, Fargate, EKS), serverless (Lambda), streaming (MSK, Kinesis), and ETL (Glue).
• AWS Well-Architected Framework reviews with emphasis on the cost and performance pillars.
• Terraform and CloudFormation Infrastructure-as-Code familiarity.

Qualifications & Certifications

• 10+ years in cloud engineering or architecture, 6+ years on AWS.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (required).
• AWS Specialty certification (Data, Security, or Networking) preferred.