Principal Solutions Architect

About the Role

AFS is seeking an Principal Solutions Architect to lead the design, build, and automation of our cutting-edge cloud infrastructure in a DevSecOps environment. The ideal candidate is passionate about building secure, scalable, and highly available platforms to meet business needs.

As a subject-matter expert in AWS, your deep knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Amazon EKS for container orchestration, and advanced CI/CD pipelines will be instrumental in enabling our development teams to leverage a powerful, secure, and scalable self-service cloud platform.

While our primary focus is AWS, experience in a hybrid environment and private cloud platforms such as VMware or Openshift will make you stand out.

Responsibilities

• AWS Infrastructure & Architecture:
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure environments primarily within AWS using frameworks such as the Well-Architected framework.
  • Implement and manage core AWS services, including networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Route53), Kubernetes (EKS), compute (EC2, Lambda), storage (S3, EBS), and databases (RDS).
  • Architect and operate containerized workloads using Amazon EKS, including cluster management, scaling, and security.
  • Implement AWS IAM, creating and managing roles, policies, and permissions based on the principle of least privilege.
  • Design immutable infrastructure.
• DevSecOps & Automation:
  • Champion and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform to automate cloud resource provisioning and management.
  • Develop, manage, and optimize robust CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid and reliable software delivery, integrate security best practices directly into the platform and pipelines.
  • Develop custom automation scripts and tooling (e.g., using Python, Go, or Bash) to streamline operations and eliminate manual processes, heavily focusing on the usage of APIs.
• Team Enablement & Collaboration:
  • Act as a cloud subject matter expert, providing guidance and support to development teams to optimize their use of the platform.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to evaluate new cloud-native technologies and recommend solutions that enhance efficiency and capability.
  • Champion foundational best practices, including Git workflows and the proficient use of AI tools to accelerate development and problem-solving.