AWS Solution Architect at PriceSenz (Dallas, TX)

* Contract Position

The AWS Solution Architect will be responsible for the implementation, configuration, maintenance, and performance of critical systems, to ensure the availability and consistent performance of our clients applications. This is a hands-on position requiring solid technical skills, as well as excellent interpersonal and communication skills. The candidate is responsible for managing the operation, support, configuration, and maintenance of the UNIX and Microsoft Windows VM and AWS based Client/Server infrastructure.

Responsibilities & Required Skills

• Manage app

  lication on Unix platform through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems

• Manag

• e all VM and AWS based Windows & Unix servers including hardware/software upgrades and patching of OS and applications using scripts

• Design, build, test, and implement server solutions in both physical and virtual environments using DevOps tools Configure and maintain application servers and processes, including monitoring of system health and performance, to ensure high levels of performance, availability, and security

• Independently analyze, solve, and correct issues in real time, providing problem resolution end-to-end.

• Refine and automate regular processes, track issues and document changes

Skills and Qualifications

• Providing deep software development knowledge with respect to cloud architecture, design patterns and programming

• Advising and implementing AWS best practices

• Working as both an infrastructure and application development specialist

• Implementing DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code, continuous integration and automated deployment

• Extensive experience architecting, designing and programming applications in an AWS Cloud environment

• Experience with designing and building application using AWS services such as EC2, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS CodePipeline, AWS OpsWorks

• Experience architecting highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability and high availability

• Hands on programing skills in any of the following Python, Java, Node.js, Ruby, NET or Scala

• Understanding of application server, and network security on cloud

• Strong scripting skills (eg Powershell, Python, Bash, Ruby, Perl, etc.)

• Strong practical application development experience on Linux and Windows-based systems

• Design of Cloud environments with a focus on AWS and demonstrate technical Cloud Architectural knowledge, playing a vital role in the design of production, staging, QA and development Cloud Infrastructures running in 24x7 environments

• In depth knowledge of AWS services and prior experience in developing and provisioning systems on AWS

• Good experience in AWS Architecture and Services

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