AWS DevOps Architect
First seen by Alion on Oct 14, 2026.
Role Overview :
We are seeking an experienced AWS DevOps Architect to design and implement scalable, secure, highly automated DevOps solutions on AWS.
This role will define cloud infrastructure architecture, CI/CD standards, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), container platforms, security controls, observability, and operational best practices.
Key Responsibilities :
- Define enterprise AWS DevOps architecture, standards, reusable patterns, and reference architectures.
- Design and implement highly available, scalable, secure, and resilient AWS environments.
- Architect CI/CD pipelines for applications, APIs, integrations, data workloads, and infrastructure.
- Establish Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CDK/CDKTF, and CloudFormation.
- Design containerized platforms using Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, and Amazon ECR.
- Define deployment strategies including Blue/Green, Canary, Rolling, and automated rollback.
- Automate provisioning and configuration of AWS infrastructure across development, test, staging, and production environments.
- Implement DevSecOps practices including SAST/DAST, vulnerability scanning, secrets management, IAM controls, and policy enforcement.
- Design AWS networking patterns involving VPCs, subnets, security groups, Route 53, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink/VPC endpoints, load balancers, and hybrid connectivity.
- Establish centralized logging, monitoring, tracing, alerting, and operational dashboards.
- Implement observability using Amazon CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS X-Ray, OpenSearch, Prometheus, and Grafana.
- Design IAM and security models following least-privilege and Zero Trust principles.
- Implement secrets and encryption management using AWS Secrets Manager, Systems Manager Parameter Store, and AWS KMS.
- Design solutions for high availability, disaster recovery, backup, auto-scaling, and business continuity.
- Build reusable Terraform/CDK modules, pipeline templates, and automation accelerators.
- Support migration and modernization of legacy applications and integration workloads onto AWS.
- Establish governance across multiple AWS accounts using AWS Organizations, Control Tower, IAM, SCPs, tagging standards, and centralized logging.
- Work closely with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, Development, Integration, Data Engineering, and Operations teams.
- Mentor DevOps engineers and provide architectural guidance and technical leadership.
Required Experience :
- 10+ years of overall IT experience with 5+ years of AWS/DevOps experience.
- 3+ years in a DevOps Architect, Cloud Architect, Platform Architect, or Lead DevOps Engineer role.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda, ECS/EKS, ECR, API Gateway, Route 53, ALB/NLB, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Secrets Manager, KMS, EventBridge, SNS, SQS, and Step Functions.
- Strong expertise in Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, AWS CDK/CDKTF, and CloudFormation.
- Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes/EKS.
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline and CodeBuild.
- Strong scripting skills using Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell.
- Strong understanding of AWS networking, security, IAM, encryption, certificates, and private connectivity.
- Experience implementing enterprise DevSecOps and security automation.
- Experience designing monitoring and observability solutions.
- Strong understanding of Git workflows, artifact management, release management, and environment promotion.
DevSecOps Responsibilities :
- The architect should establish automated controls for SAST/DAST and dependency scanning, container image scanning, infrastructure vulnerability scanning, Terraform/IaC security validation, secrets detection, IAM and policy validation, automated compliance checks, artifact and container security, and audit logging and traceability.
Skills
DevOps, AWS, IAC Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, CI/CD Pipeline, DevOps Architect, DevSecOps, Cloud Infrastructure, AWS Architect