The Public Cloud Architect (AWS Specialist) analyzes, recommends, and selects optimal cloud solutions to maximize the organization’s production capacity and operational efficiency. With deep expertise in AWS services and cloud architecture, this role establishes cloud resource budgets and is accountable for cloud platform performance, security, and scalability. By supporting both new and existing cloud initiatives, the architect produces reference architectures and sets out best practices for development and operations teams.
You will work from the architecture team, composed of 16 multi-skills architects and including 2 other Public Cloud architects, and in close collaboration of the Public Cloud Operations team, composed of 5 Dev-Net-Ops).
Responsibilities:
- Define the technological vision and lead the design of new cloud-native solutions, features, and tools when current options do not meet project needs.
- Determine necessary enhancements to AWS infrastructure and services to meet project requirements and ensure the feasibility of these upgrades.
- Ensure the coherence, efficiency, scalability, modularity, and compatibility of cloud solutions developed by the team.
- Analyze and resolve engineering issues related to AWS services, cloud tools, and middleware.
- Collaborate with technical directors and stakeholders to communicate cloud constraints, opportunities, and best practices to inform production options.
- Define and implement measures to ensure optimal cloud performance (cost, latency, reliability, security, etc.).
- Act as a point of contact for all technical issues pertaining to AWS cloud architecture and tools.
- Ensure that project teams (development, operations, security, etc.) have the cloud resources and tools required to produce and manage content efficiently.
- Evaluate existing AWS services and third-party cloud tools to determine their strengths and weaknesses and recommend those that best meet project objectives and expectations.
- Anticipate technological advances in cloud computing, understand the impact of new AWS features and services, and implement systems that support these changes.
- Draft documentation on cloud architecture, AWS services, and tools for later use or reference.