Lead enterprise cloud transformation and shape the future of AWS architecture.
About Sophinea
Sophinea is a forward-thinking technology company focused on building scalable, high-performance software solutions. The team champions innovation, modernization, and cloud-native engineering at an enterprise scale. As the company expands its cloud footprint, Sophinea is looking for a seasoned AWS thought leader to guide strategy, mentor teams, and architect the infrastructure that drives long-term success.
Schedule
- Full time
- Fully remote within the United States
- Collaboration with distributed engineering and architecture teams
- Occasional priority-based escalation support depending on project needs
Responsibilities
- Serve as the strategic lead for AWS cloud architecture and modernization initiatives
- Guide and mentor distributed teams of developers and architects
- Define high-level cloud architectures aligned with enterprise IT transformation goals
- Establish cloud adoption standards, frameworks, and best practices
- Architect scalable, secure, reliable AWS environments across multiple business units
- Evaluate solution-level architectures and drive modernization strategies
- Create cloud migration plans, integration paths, and transition roadmaps
- Conduct IT requirements analyses and develop baseline architectural models
- Implement Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform or CloudFormation
- Oversee CI/CD architecture and automation workflows
- Optimize cloud operations for performance, cost efficiency, and security
- Research emerging technologies and recommend improvements to infrastructure, observability, and DevOps tooling
- Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure cloud architecture alignment across the organization
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 10+ years designing and managing cloud architectures, with deep AWS specialization
- Expertise with EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, Lambda, ECS, EKS, IAM, API Gateway, and related services
- 7+ years of advanced Kubernetes experience (multi-cluster, scaling, security)
- Mastery of Terraform and CloudFormation for enterprise-scale IaC
- Proven success architecting CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Spinnaker)
- Expert Git user with strong version control and GitOps skills
- Strong foundation in microservices architecture, service discovery, and deployment strategies
- Advanced observability experience (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Datadog, OpenTelemetry)
- Performance engineering skills: bottleneck analysis, resource optimization, reliability tuning
- Deep container orchestration knowledge (security, network policies, auto-scaling)
- Strong security background: IAM, encryption, DR/BCP, failover strategy
- Scripting/automation experience in Python, Bash, or Go, including serverless architectures
- Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and guiding cloud strategy
- Preferred certifications: AWS Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer, CKA, Terraform Associate
- Excellent communicator with strong documentation and cross-team collaboration skills
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement plan (401k, IRA)
- Life insurance (basic, voluntary, AD&D)
- Paid vacation, sick time, and public holidays
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Training and development opportunities
- Fully remote work environment
Join a team where cloud leadership, innovation, and technical excellence drive real impact.
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