Key Responsibilities
Architecture Design
Design and implement scalable secure and high performance architectures using AWS services
Create API first solutions leveraging Amazon API Gateway with integrations to Lambda microservices and backend systems
Architect secure and isolated Amazon VPC environments including subnets routing NAT security groups and NACL configurations
Implement authentication and authorization flows using Amazon Cognito including user pools identity pools federation and OAuth flows
Design resilient content delivery and edge security solutions using Amazon CloudFront and AWS WAF
Ensure secure secrets storage and rotation using AWS Secrets Manager
Security Compliance
Implement best practices for cloud security IAM network segmentation and data protection
Develop WAF rulesets to mitigate OWASP top10 risks and other applicationlevel threats
Ensure designs comply with security frameworks CIS NIST ISO etc
Operational Excellence
Build Infrastructure as Code IaC using CloudFormation or Terraform
Optimize system performance cost and reliability using AWS Well Architected principles
Troubleshoot production issues across networking authentication API management and edge delivery layers
Implement monitoring logging and observability using CloudWatch XRay or equivalent tools
Collaboration
Work closely with developers DevOps security teams and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical designs
Participate in architectural reviews and provide guidance on AWS best practices
Required Skills Experience
10 years of handson AWS cloud architecture or engineering experience
Strong expertise in
API Gateway REST APIs JWT authorizers throttling usage plans
VPC peering PrivateLink transit gateway subnet design
Cognito MFA hosted UI federation token management
WAF rule groups bot mitigation CloudFront integration
CloudFront cache policies edge functions origin configuration
Secrets Manager rotation access control kms integration
Strong understanding of networking fundamentals TCPIP DNS VPN routing load balancing
Experience with serverless or microservices architectures Lambda ECS Fargate
Proficiency with IaC tools Cloud Formation Terraform
Solid understanding of IAM policies and identity management"