Senior Amazon Web Services (AWS) Architect

Req ID: 362530 

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

We are currently seeking a Senior Amazon Web Services (AWS) Architect to join our team in Austin, Texas (US-TX), United States (US).

Job Title: Senior Amazon Web Services (AWS) Architect 

Employment Type: Full-time or Contract Context

**Prior to Applying, please review and comply accordingly:

• Must be a US citizen or Green card holder to proceed with applying.

• Security & Compliance Requirements: Please know, an FBI CJIS Background check is administered every 12 months.
• Commitment to complete CJIS security awareness training, adhere to personnel screening protocols, and follow strict access controls for systems potentially involving Criminal Justice Information (CJI).
• Ability to obtain and maintain required security clearances, attestations, or role-based access privileges under the DIR PCM contract and CJIS Security Policy.
• No disqualifying criminal history as defined by FBI CJIS standards (final determination by authorized agency).
• This position aligns with supporting a 24*7 operations production support model.

Job Summary We are seeking a strategic, highly experienced Senior AWS Architect to lead the design, governance, and optimization of enterprise-scale AWS environments for Texas public sector customers under the PCM program. This senior role emphasizes the creation of secure, scalable, cost-effective, and fully compliant architectures—particularly for regulated workloads that may involve or access Criminal Justice Information (CJI)—while aligning with PCM service requirements, controls, CJIS Security Policy, NIST standards, and state data protection mandates. Position supports strategic cloud architecture and managed public cloud services under a contract, delivering secure, compliant, and innovative Google Cloud solutions to state agencies, higher education institutions, local governments, and other eligible public entities. The successful candidate must successfully complete and maintain an FBI CJIS background check (fingerprint-based national criminal history check) upon hire and renewed every 12 months.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Management

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of cloud engineers and administrators.

Allocate resources, manage schedules, and ensure adherence to SLAs and KPIs.

Conduct regular team meetings, performance reviews, and training sessions.

Cloud Operations Management

Provide oversight for the daily operations, incident management, change management, and problem resolution across customer cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI).

Supervise deployment, maintenance, and optimization of cloud infrastructure following best practices and security standards.

Ensure monitoring, backup, patching, and disaster recovery configurations are properly implemented.

Conduct root cause analyses for critical incidents and drive corrective/preventive actions.

Customer/Stakeholder Engagement

Act as escalation point for customers during incidents or critical issues.

Participate in client meetings, provide technical guidance, and support cloud solution discussions.

Prepare and present operational reports, incident summaries, and optimization recommendations.

Automation & Continuous Improvement

Oversee the development and implementation of automation tools/scripts for provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, and reporting.

Identify areas for operational improvement and cost optimization.

Advocate and implement DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) philosophies.

Governance, Compliance, Security

Ensure all managed environments are operated according to organizational policies, compliance frameworks, and industry best practices.

Collaborate with security teams for vulnerability management, cloud security compliance, and incident investigation.

Be able to support Microsoft Sentinel integration with each cloud.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in cloud architecture and engineering, with at least 5+ years focused on Amazon Web Services (AWS) in large-scale enterprise or production environments.
• Demonstrated success designing secure, compliant AWS architectures for regulated sectors (government, public safety, criminal justice, healthcare, finance) subject to CJIS, FedRAMP or equivalent standards.
• Expert-level knowledge across AWS Well-Architected Framework pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability.
• Deep hands-on expertise with core AWS services: Compute (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda), Networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect), Storage & Databases (S3, EBS, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB), Security & Identity (IAM, Organizations, KMS, Secrets Manager), Management & Governance (Control Tower, Config, CloudTrail), and Observability (CloudWatch, X-Ray, OpenSearch).
• Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred; AWS CloudFormation/CDK a plus) and CI/CD automation patterns.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience architecting AWS GovCloud (US) environments or AWS for Government/regulated workloads.
• Familiarity with Texas DIR contracts, TxRAMP authorization processes, or multi-cloud governance in public sector contexts.
• Prior support of Texas state agencies, criminal justice information systems, or public safety cloud programs.
• Knowledge of advanced AWS capabilities: AWS Outposts, AWS Local Zones/Wavelength, AWS Nitro Enclaves, AWS Clean Rooms, or AWS HealthLake.
• Experience presenting to C-level stakeholders, leading architecture governance boards, or contributing to procurement/RFP responses

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Relevant certifications required or highly preferred:
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (mandatory)
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (strongly preferred)

Where required by law, NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for specific roles. The starting pay range for this role will depend on the nature of the role offered and will either be $104,000- $154,000 or up to $100/hr if the role is hired as a temporary position. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate’s relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications.

This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance. If the position offered in temporary, the position will not be eligible for incentive compensation.

This position is eligible for company benefits that will depend on the nature of the role offered. Company benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending or health savings account, life and AD&D insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally-required benefits.

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