Job Specifications
Senior AWS Architect
Location: The Woodlands, TX - Hybrid - first week 3 days and second week 2 days and so on.
We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Architect to design, implement, and govern scalable, secure, and reliable AWS cloud architectures. The role focuses on enterprise‑level cloud strategy, infrastructure design, security, and operational excellence while enabling development teams to build and deploy cloud‑native applications effectively.
The ideal candidate has deep AWS expertise, strong architecture design skills, and experience defining cloud governance, security guardrails, and best practices across multiple cloud workloads.
Responsibilities
Design end‑to‑end AWS cloud architecture for enterprise and large‑scale applications
Define multi‑account AWS strategy using AWS Organizations and Control Tower
Design highly available, fault‑tolerant, and scalable architectures
Create architecture blueprints, reference architectures, and design patterns
Define cloud security architecture following AWS Well‑Architected Framework
Implement - IAM policies and roles at scale, Network security (VPC, security groups, NACLs) and Encryption (KMS, TLS, secrets management)
Enforce governance, compliance, and security guardrails
Support compliance standards (ISO, SOC2, HIPAA, PCI‑DSS as applicable)
Design and manage - VPC architectures, Transit Gateway, Site‑to‑Site VPN, Direct Connect etc.
Support hybrid and multi‑cloud connectivity
Implement network segmentation and traffic control
Define standards for Infrastructure as Code (Iac) and Implement IaC using - AWS CloudFormation or Terraform
Automate provisioning, configuration, and environment setup
Ensure consistency across dev, test, and production environments
Design cloud‑native CI/CD pipelines
Apply AWS Well‑Architected Framework (Cost, Security, Reliability, Performance)
Optimize AWS spend using cost governance and FinOps practices
Conduct architecture reviews and performance tuning
Act as a technical advisor to development and operations teams
Required Qualifications:
5+ years of experience AWS Architecture
Strong hands‑on experience with AWS services
EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB
VPC, IAM, Route 53
Lambda, API Gateway
ECS / EKS
Advanced AWS networking and security knowledge
Experience with high‑availability and disaster recovery architectures
Experience designing cloud platforms and landing zones
Experience in large‑scale cloud migrations preferred
Strong understanding of cloud security principles
Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)
Strong SQL skills and understanding of data quality, metadata management, and performance tuning.
Excellent communication skills to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience/knowledge of SAP and Salesforce data sources is a plus.
Preferred Qualifications:
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (or Associate)
About the Company
ComTec has the experience of working with customers in multiple engagement models – Onsite, Offshore and Hybrid. We operate as a fully responsible IT partner to businesses, offering a consulting based technology solution suite that helps customers achieve their IT and business objectives. Our engagement model is customer-centric thereby giving you access to our talented pool of experts who design and develop tailor-made solutions for enterprises. Our offerings include Digital Services • Robotic Process Automation • Big Data ...
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