AWS Solutions Architect

About the Company

Our client is a leading financial services company with an excellent reputation as a great place to work.

They have an immediate requirement for an AWS Solution Architect initially for a 12 month contract.

About the Position


AWS Solution Architect – Platform Operations

They are recruiting a senior software engineer with a passion for AWS, serverless and event-driven architectures. You will work with highly skilled AWS engineers to design, build, and roll out their new cloud platform. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment. 


Key Responsibilities
The Role:

• Develop and deploy high-quality platform features, that are well-tested, clearly documented, and delivered continuously to production on AWS.
• Work closely with development teams to support onboarding and development on the platform. 
• Collaborate cross-functionally with architects, development squads, and other enablement teams to determine beneficial platform features and achieve high-quality solutions. 
• Provide ongoing maintenance and support for the platform, ensuring high levels of scalability, performance, resiliency, and cost optimization. 
• Contribute to shaping overall systems strategy and development process on AWS.
• Keep up to date and critically evaluate new and updated AWS services and independent technology solutions. 
• Effectively communicate with management. 
• Contribute to a culture of innovation and be a day-to-day champion for AWS development best practices.

• Experience developing and delivering solutions on a cloud platform, particularly AWS – AWS certification is an advantage. 
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code deployment tooling such as CloudFormation, Serverless Framework, or Cloud Development Kit. 
• A distinct advantage is a passion for serverless with commercial serverless experience using technologies such as Lambda, API Gateway, and data stores like Dynamo DB.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and working with messaging technologies like Apache Kafka or AWS Event Bridge. 
• Experience working with the Python ecosystem but not afraid to try and adopt new development languages when the need arises.
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery. 
• Passionate about the importance of non-functional architecture characteristics. 

Remuneration Package
 

They offer a long contract with potential for extension, a hybrid working model and an excellent company culture. They use modern tech and offer a chance to gain valuable experience.  This is an opportunity to join an excellent company - Please apply today for full details.
 

Contact
Please contact Derek Smyth on 01 5927861 or email or simply click the apply button.
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