AWS Platform Architect - REMOTE

Job Description

We currently have a career opportunity for an AWS Platform Architect. While our headquarters location is St. Louis, MO, this position is remote and can be based anywhere within the United States and will be working ET zones.

The AWS Platform Architect is responsible for provisioning, operating, and managing Infrastructure on AWS cloud environments. They work with development, operations, and security teams to deploy, operate, and scale AWS environments. They are also responsible for automating and improving the AWS environment.

Perficient is always looking for the best and brightest talent and we need you! We’re a quickly-growing, global digital consulting leader, and we’re transforming the world’s largest enterprises and biggest brands. You’ll work with the latest technologies, expand your skills, and become a part of our global community of talented, diverse, and knowledgeable colleagues.

Responsibilities:

• Assists in defining automated monitoring, deployment and repair strategies using a wide variety of Ops tools and monitoring platforms.
• Builds and maintains tools for deployment, monitoring and operations as well as troubleshoots and resolves issues.
• Assists with the Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) processes and mentors teams to assist with improving their processes.
• Makes sure build and deployment processes are following known best practices.
• Assists with the management and performance of the infrastructure and deployment of applications.
• Evaluates third party software tools and libraries for enterprise needs with risk management.
• Diagnoses, isolates, and debugs application problems and performs problem resolution.
• Monitors systems capacity and performance to allow for scaling of high performance as necessary.
• Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications:

• MUST have a minimum of 10+ years of industry experience
• This position requires strong experience with AWS integration with data lake pipelines such as Glue, DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RedShift, Crawlers, Athena, workflow, Terraform, GIT, etc
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, EKS, ECS and Serverless
• General familiarity with networking, security and automated deployments
• Strong knowledge of high-availability, load-balancing and failover configurations across application, infrastructure, and platform components
• Understanding of security design for enterprise software systems
• Experience in common language (shell, Python, Java, Java script, etc.).
• Proven ability to write clear and concise technical documents including design documents, specifications, and technology roadmaps.
• Capable to stitch together terraform, AWS CLI commands and BASH scripting to run on an EC2.
• Ability to write and develop Terraform modules for different Infrastructure setup, installation and configuration.
• Recent experience with AWS CLI including S3, Glue, Athena, RedShift, EC2, ASG, ELB, SFTP, CloudFormation, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Lambda, etc.
• Experience with streaming services like Kafka, Kinesis etc.
• Integration experience with micro services and strong application architecture experience
• Proven ability to design, implement and manage secure, scalable, and reliable cloud infrastructure environments.
• Requires strong DevOps experience with Terraform, GIT, AWS CLI, BASH.
• Experience with a variety of other programming languages such as JSON, YAML, Boto3, etc.

Preferred Skills and Education:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• AWS Certifications

The salary range for this position takes into consideration a variety of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, level of experience, applicable office location, training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The new hire salary range displays the minimum and maximum salary targets for this position across all US locations, and the range has not been adjusted for any specific state differentials. It is not typical for a candidate to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the unique facts and circumstances regarding each candidate. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range for this position is $92,118 to $202,730. Please note that the salary range posted reflects the base salary only and does not include benefits or any potential equity or variable bonus programs. Information regarding the benefits available for this position are in our benefits overview.

Who We Are

Perficient is a leading global digital consultancy. We imagine, create, engineer, and run digital transformation solutions that help our clients exceed customers’ expectations, outpace competition, and grow their business. With unparalleled strategy, creative, and technology capabilities, our colleagues bring big thinking and innovative ideas, along with a practical approach to help our clients – the world’s largest enterprises and biggest brands succeed.

What We Believe

At Perficient, we promise to challenge, champion, and celebrate our people. You will experience a unique and collaborative culture that values every voice. Join our team, and you’ll become part of something truly special.

We believe in developing a workforce that is as diverse and inclusive as the clients we work with. We’re committed to actively listening, learning, and acting to further advance our organization, our communities, and our future leaders… and we’re not done yet.

Perficient, Inc. proudly provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Perficient, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Perficient, Inc. expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or covered veterans. Improper interference with the ability of Perficient, Inc. employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting removed.

Disability Accommodations:

Perficient is committed to providing a barrier-free employment process with reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us.

Disclaimer: The above statements are not intended to be a complete statement of job content, rather to act as a guide to the essential functions performed by the employee assigned to this classification. Management retains the discretion to add or change the duties of the position at any time.

About Us

Perficient is always looking for the best and brightest talent and we need you! We’re a quickly growing, global digital consulting leader, and we’re transforming the world’s largest enterprises and biggest brands. You’ll work with the latest technologies, expand your skills, experience work-life balance, and become a part of our global community of talented, diverse, and knowledgeable colleagues.