AWS Cloud Architect

Company Description

About Veolia North America

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

Job Description

Position Purpose:

We are seeking an experienced and skilled Cloud Architect to join our Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) team. In this role, this Subject Matter Expert with comprehensive cloud expertise to lead enterprise-scale cloud transformations, will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing cloud architectures on the AWS platform. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements, assess cloud readiness, and design scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions on the AWS platform.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

• Design and implement cloud architecture on AWS, following best practices and well-architected framework principles and advanced architectural patterns.
• Develop and maintain advanced cloud architecture standards, guidelines, and comprehensive documentation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to cross-functional teams including development, operations, and infrastructure teams.
• Lead cloud migration projects from legacy systems to 100% cloud-based ecosystems.
• Oversee the deployment and integration of cloud services, ensuring alignment with architectural principles and business requirements.
• Optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency, achieving significant operational cost reductions.
• Ensure cloud security and compliance with industry standards (GDPR, PCI DSS, NIST) and regulatory requirements.
• Stay up-to-date with AWS services, features, and best practices, and recommend improvements or new solutions as needed.
• Participate in the development of cloud strategies, roadmaps, and governance frameworks.
• Author thought leadership content including whitepapers and technical blog posts.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Background:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 15+ years of experience in cloud architecture and design, with a strong focus on AWS.
• Proven experience designing and implementing cloud architectures on AWS.
• Extensive knowledge of AWS services, including compute, storage, networking, security, and management tools.
• Experience with developing and designing scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant cloud architectures and infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, such as AWS CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Familiarity with DevOps principles and practices.
• Strong understanding of cloud security best practices and compliance requirements.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• In-depth knowledge of AWS cloud computing concepts, architectures, and best practices and Implement cost-effective solutions and recommend appropriate instance types and pricing models.
• In-depth knowledge of AWS well-architected framework and cloud adoption framework.
• Strong expertise in AWS services, including EC2, EBS, VPC, S3, RDS, Lambda, and IAM.
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, such as AWS CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Familiarity with DevOps principles and practices, including CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of cloud security best practices and compliance requirements.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills to work with cross-functional teams (developers, operations, security).

Required Certification/Licenses/Training:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional - required.
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional - required.
• Other relevant and advanced AWS certifications, and Specialty, is a plus.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying up-to-date with AWS services and best practices.

Additional Information

Benefits: Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.