AWS DevOps Architect - Cloud Infrastructure
First seen by Alion on Oct 29, 2026.
AWS DevOps Architect
Work Location : Chennai (Mandatory)
Key Responsibilities :
Infrastructure Architecture, Design & Management :
- Understand the existing architecture to identify and implement improvements.
- Design and execute the initial implementation of infrastructure.
- Defining end-to-end DevOps architecture aligned with business goals and technical requirements.
- Architect and manage AWS cloud infrastructure for scalability, high availability, and cost efficiency using services like EC2, Auto Scaling, Load Balancers, and Route 53 to ensure high availability and fault tolerance.
- Design and implement secure network architectures using VPCs, subnets, NAT gateways, security groups, NACLs, and private endpoints.
- CI/CD Pipeline Management : Design, build, test and maintain AWS DevOps pipelines for automated deployments across multiple environments (dev, staging, production).
- Security & Compliance: Enforce least privilege access controls to enhance security.
- Monitoring & Optimization : Centralize monitoring with AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and third-party tools and set up metrics, dashboards, alerts.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) :
- Write, maintain, and optimize Terraform templates/AWS CloudFormation/AWS CDK for infrastructure provisioning.
- Automate resource deployment across multiple environments (DEV, QA, UAT & Prod) and configuration management.
- Managing infrastructure lifecycle through version-controlled code.
- Modular and reusable IaC design.
License Management :
- Use AWS License Manager to track and enforce software license usage.
- Manage BYOL (Bring Your Own License) models for third-party tools like GraphDB.
- Integrate license tracking with AWS Systems Manager, EC2, and CloudWatch.
- Define custom license rules and monitor compliance across accounts using AWS Organizations.
Documentation & Governance :
- Create and maintain detailed architectural documentation.
- Participate in code and design reviews to ensure compliance with architectural standards.
- Establish architectural standards and best practices for scalability, security, and maintainability across development and operations teams.
Interpersonal Skills :
- Effective communication and collaboration with stakeholders to gather and understand technical and business requirements.
- Strong grasp of Agile and Scrum methodologies for iterative development and team coordination.
- Mentoring and guiding DevOps engineers while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and DevOps best practices.
Required Skills & Experience :
- 5 - 7 years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure design, maintenance, and operations.
- Deep understanding & strong hands-on of AWS services.
- Compute : EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS.
- Storage : S3, EBS, EFS.
- Networking : VPC, Subnets, Route 53, NAT Gateways, VPN.
- Database : RDS.
- Security : IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, GuardDuty, Inspector.
- Monitoring & Logging : CloudWatch, CloudTrail.
- Infrastructure Management : CloudFormation, AWS CDK, AWS Config.
- Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines using AWS DevOps Tools : CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy.
- Third-Party Integrations : GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines.
- Git & GitOps : Branching strategies, version control best practices.
- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Tools : AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Terraform.
- Proficiency in Automation & Scripting Languages/Tools : AWS CLI, PowerShell, Python.
- Architecture & Governance Frameworks : AWS Well-Architected Framework, Shared Responsibility Model.
- Design Principles : Scalability, security, high availability, cost optimization.
- Specialized Skills Graph Databases : AWS Neptune or GraphDB provisioning.
- License Management : AWS License Manager, AWS Organizations.
Skills
AWS, DevOps Architect, Cloud Infrastructure, Load Balancing Tools, IAC Terraform, CloudFormation, CI/CD Pipeline, AWS Lambda, Scripting, AWS Neptune