Description

Skills

S3
RDS
CloudFront
Terraform
AWS Solution Architect
CloudFormation
IaC
EKS
AWS
Microservices

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Tech skills:

AWS Services Expertise – EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, CloudFront, IAM.

Cloud Architecture Design – Microservices, serverless, event-driven systems

Networking Knowledge – VPC design, subnets, routing, load balancers, DNS

Security Implementation – IAM policies, encryption (KMS), security groups, compliance

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – CloudFormation, Terraform

DevOps & CI/CD – CodePipeline, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS)

Programming/Scripting – Python, Bash, basic Java/Node.js

Database Management – RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, data modeling

Monitoring & Logging – CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-Ray

Cost Optimization – AWS pricing models, cost analysis, resource right-sizing

Functional skills:

Requirement Gathering & Analysis – Understanding business and technical needs.

Solution Design Thinking – Mapping business problems to cloud solutions

Stakeholder Communication – Working with clients, teams, and leadership

Project & Delivery Management – Ensuring timely and successful implementations

Risk Assessment & Mitigation – Identifying and managing technical risks

Documentation Skills – Architecture diagrams, design documents, SOPs

Decision Making – Selecting optimal technologies and approaches

Problem-Solving – Troubleshooting complex system issues

Collaboration & Leadership – Guiding teams and influencing decisions

Business Acumen – Aligning cloud solutions with cost, ROI, and business goals

Roles & Responsibilities

1. Design scalable, highly available, and cost-effective cloud architectures using AWS services.

2. Translate business requirements into technical solutions and architecture diagrams (HLD/LLD).

3. Select appropriate AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, etc.) for use cases.

4. Plan and execute cloud migrations (lift-and-shift, replatform, refactor).

5. Implement security best practices (IAM, encryption, network security, compliance).

6. Build and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation/Terraform).

7. Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery strategies.

8. Monitor performance and optimize systems for cost efficiency and scalability.

9. Integrate DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines, automation, containerization, Kubernetes).

10. Collaborate with stakeholders, provide technical leadership, and troubleshoot issues

Key Skills

Education

Any Graduate