Infrastructure Architect

IntelliTrans, (ITL), a subsidiary of Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ROP) is seeking an Infrastructure Architect to join our team, hybrid in Atlanta, GA.

TITLE: Infrastructure Architect

LOCATION: Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)

REPORTS TO: Chief Architect

Job Summary

The Infrastructure Architect will lead the strategic design and implementation of enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure solutions on AWS. This senior role architects scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure supporting multi-tenant SaaS applications, comprehensive monitoring systems, and mission-critical operations. The position requires deep AWS expertise, multi-tenant architecture proficiency, and ability to integrate AWS Marketplace and third-party solutions while delivering robust, cost-effective infrastructure at scale.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Define infrastructure architecture strategy and roadmap aligned with business objectives
• Design scalable, secure AWS infrastructure following Well-Architected Framework and SaaS Lens principles
• Architect multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure with tenant isolation, resource segregation, and automated provisioning
• Develop production-grade Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CDK, and CloudFormation
• Create reusable, modular infrastructure components and tenant-aware templates
• Design CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD for infrastructure deployment with automated testing and security scanning
• Implement deployment strategies (blue-green, canary, rolling) for infrastructure and containerized workloads (ECS/EKS)
• Design enterprise monitoring and observability using Nagios, CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana
• Establish tenant-aware monitoring with APM, distributed tracing (X-Ray), log aggregation, and intelligent alerting
• Architect solutions leveraging AWS Marketplace products for monitoring, security, and infrastructure management
• Establish secure integration patterns with third-party SaaS platforms (OAuth, SAML, API gateways)
• Design tenant isolation strategies across compute, storage, network, and database layers
• Implement metering, usage tracking, and cost allocation systems for multi-tenant environments
• Establish tenant tiering (free/standard/premium) with resource quotas, SLAs, and performance isolation
• Establish infrastructure standards, governance frameworks, and policy-as-code (Config, SCPs, OPA)
• Design disaster recovery, backup strategies, and business continuity procedures
• Design multi-account strategies using AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and Landing Zone
• Lead technical architecture reviews and recommend optimal AWS infrastructure solutions
• Mentor engineering teams on AWS best practices, infrastructure patterns, and DevOps practices
• Lead incident response, post-mortems, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Document architectural decisions, infrastructure designs, and operational procedures
• Work effectively across global teams and different time zones

QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUND

Education

Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Preferred: Master's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Certifications Required: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

Experience

Required:

• 10+ years in infrastructure architecture and cloud engineering
• Extensive hands-on AWS infrastructure expertise across core services
• Deep expertise with Terraform, AWS CDK, and CloudFormation Templates (CFT)
• Proven track record architecting production-grade AWS infrastructure for enterprise environments
• Expert-level infrastructure CI/CD pipeline design using GitLab CI/CD
• Strong proficiency in SaaS infrastructure and multi-tenant design principles
• Experience architecting large-scale infrastructure for multi-tenant SaaS platforms
• Proven success integrating AWS Marketplace products and third-party SaaS platforms
• Experience with enterprise monitoring and observability platforms including Nagios

Preferred:

• Experience building/operating SaaS infrastructure at scale
• Multi-cloud experience (Azure, GCP)
• AWS SaaS Factory program participation
• AWS Marketplace seller/ISV experience
• Advanced FinOps and infrastructure cost optimization expertise

Skills

AWS Cloud Infrastructure (Expert Level):

• Compute: EC2, ECS/Fargate, EKS, Lambda, Auto Scaling, Batch
• Storage: S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, Storage Gateway, Backup
• Database: RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, ElastiCache, DocumentDB
• Networking: VPC, Route 53, CloudFront, API Gateway, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, VPN
• Security: IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, Cognito, GuardDuty, Security Hub, WAF, Shield, Macie
• Management: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Systems Manager, Config, Control Tower, Organizations, Service Catalog

Infrastructure as Code (Advanced):

• Terraform (advanced modules, state management, workspaces, complex architectures)
• AWS CDK (TypeScript/Python with constructs, patterns, custom resources)
• CloudFormation (nested stacks, StackSets, custom resources, drift detection)
• Policy-as-code (AWS Config Rules, Service Control Policies, OPA)
• Git version control with GitFlow and trunk-based development

SaaS & Multi-Tenant Infrastructure:

• Tenant isolation patterns (VPC isolation, account-level, database-level, row-level security)
• Identity & access management (Cognito, tenant-aware IAM, RBAC)
• API Gateway (usage plans, tenant routing, rate limiting, throttling)
• Metering, billing, usage tracking, cost allocation tags
• Resource pooling, capacity planning, workload management
• Well-Architected SaaS Lens implementation

CI/CD & Infrastructure Automation:

• GitLab CI/CD (advanced pipelines, runners, security scanning, artifact management)
• AWS Developer Tools (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodeArtifact)
• Containers (Docker, ECS/Fargate, EKS, ECR, Helm charts, Kubernetes operators)
• Deployment strategies (blue-green, canary, rolling updates, feature flags)
• GitOps practices and infrastructure drift detection
• Infrastructure testing frameworks

Monitoring & Observability:

• Nagios (Core/XI, NRPE, NCPA, custom plugin development)
• CloudWatch (Metrics, Logs, Alarms, Dashboards, Synthetics, Insights), X-Ray
• Prometheus, Grafana, Managed Prometheus, Managed Grafana
• Log management (CloudWatch Logs Insights, OpenSearch Service)
• Distributed tracing (X-Ray, OpenTelemetry)
• Alerting (SNS, EventBridge, PagerDuty, Opsgenie)
• APM tools integration (Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace)
• Tenant-aware monitoring with isolated metrics and dashboards

Security & Compliance:

• IAM policies, roles, SCPs, permission boundaries
• Encryption (KMS, at-rest, in-transit), secrets management, data masking
• Zero-trust architectures and least privilege principles
• Compliance frameworks (HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001)
• Security scanning, vulnerability management, AWS Security Hub
• Network security (security groups, NACLs, WAF, Shield)

Infrastructure Optimization:

• Cost optimization (Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor, Compute Optimizer, Savings Plans, RI, Spot)
• Performance tuning and capacity planning
• High availability and fault tolerance design
• Disaster recovery and backup strategies (AWS Backup, cross-region replication)
• Multi-region and multi-account architectures

Development & Automation:

• Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell, Go)
• Git workflows and version control
• REST APIs, GraphQL integration
• AWS CLI and SDKs (boto3)
• Configuration management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet - preferred)

Competencies

Strategic & Technical Leadership:

• Exceptional strategic thinking and infrastructure vision
• Strong executive presence communicating complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Track record building and mentoring high-performing infrastructure teams
• Experience managing infrastructure budgets, resource allocation, and vendor relationships
• Problem-solving skills balancing technical excellence with business pragmatism

Communication & Collaboration:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work across global teams and time zones
• Translate business requirements into infrastructure solutions
• Experience representing organization in technical forums

Analytical & Decision-Making:

• Strong analytical and decision-making under pressure
• Data-driven with ability to evaluate infrastructure trade-offs
• Detail-oriented with focus on reliability, scalability, and security
• Drive to uncover root causes and implement solutions

Professional Excellence:

• Self-motivated with strong ownership and accountability
• Proactive infrastructure monitoring and problem resolution
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with AWS innovations
• Passion for building scalable, reliable infrastructure

Business & Customer Focus:

• Understanding of SaaS business models and infrastructure economics
• Customer-centric mindset for multi-tenant infrastructure
• Balance technical decisions with business value and cost
• Experience with FinOps and infrastructure cost optimizatio

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