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AWS Cloud Architect

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  • Shaping AWS-based cloud architectures and technical decisions for SaaS, PaaS, web application, and enterprise cloud environments
  • Design and implementation of Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Pulumi
  • Providing technical leadership and mentoring to cloud engineers, DevOps engineers, and development teams
  • Review and improvement of existing cloud environments for performance, security, automation, observability, and resilience
  • Design and optimization of CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows using GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, and related automation platforms
  • Architecting and operating containerized production environments using Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, or similar technologies
  • Design, implementation, and maintenance of observability, monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for high-availability production systems
  • Leading infrastructure planning for complex client projects including migrations, modernization initiatives, disaster recovery planning, and multi-environment setups
  • Collaboration with clients, product owners, developers, and technical stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions
  • Creation and maintenance of technical documentation, architectural diagrams, implementation plans, and operational runbooks
  • Support of sales and pre-sales activities by contributing to technical proposals, solution designs, estimations, and client discussions
  • Establishment of cloud engineering standards, reusable patterns, best practices, and internal tooling for development teams
  • Staying up to date with AWS, DevOps, cloud-native, and AI infrastructure trends and introducing relevant technologies
  • Design and support of infrastructure for modern AI/GenAI workloads including AWS Bedrock-based solutions, RAG systems, vector databases, scalable inference environments, and automation workflows
  • 6+ years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, infrastructure, or platform engineering roles
  • 4+ years of practical experience designing, building, and operating AWS-based infrastructure
  • Proven experience architecting and operating production-grade cloud environments including high availability, scalability, performance tuning, cost optimization, backup strategies, disaster recovery, and incident response
  • Strong knowledge of AWS core services including compute, networking, storage, IAM, databases, monitoring, security, and automation services
  • Advanced experience with at least one Infrastructure as Code tool such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Pulumi, or similar
  • Strong experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, or Amazon EKS
  • Deep understanding of CI/CD concepts, deployment automation, branching strategies, release workflows, and environment management
  • Strong Linux system administration skills including shell scripting, networking, process management, package management, and troubleshooting
  • Experience designing observability solutions using tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, or similar platforms
  • Solid understanding of cloud security best practices including IAM design, secrets management, network segmentation, encryption, compliance considerations, and secure deployment patterns
  • Strong ownership, problem-solving, architectural thinking, and communication skills
  • Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
  • Active AWS certifications especially AWS Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional, Security Specialty, or Advanced Networking Specialty
  • Experience working in an agency, consultancy, or client-facing technical environment
  • Advanced GitLab experience including GitLab CI/CD, Runner infrastructure, security features, or administration
  • Experience with AI/GenAI-related cloud architectures including LLM integrations, vector databases, inference workloads, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems
  • Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
  • Programming experience in Python, Go, TypeScript, or similar languages
  • Experience building internal developer platforms, self-service infrastructure, or reusable DevOps tooling
  • Experience with advanced AWS architecture patterns such as serverless, event-driven systems, multi-account environments, AWS Organizations, Control Tower, Landing Zones, cloud migrations, or hybrid infrastructure
  • Experience with automated testing for infrastructure, security scanning, policy-as-code, or compliance automation
  • Knowledge of Drupal hosting, web application infrastructure, CDN configuration, caching layers, and high-traffic website operations
  • Contributions to relevant open-source projects or technical communities
  • Participation in interesting, complex, and long-term cloud infrastructure projects for international clients across Europe and the USA
  • Strategic technical role with real influence on cloud architecture, DevOps practices, and engineering standards
  • Opportunities for continuous professional growth and valuable training including AWS certifications
  • Access to modern cloud-native, AI/GenAI, and automation technologies used in real-world enterprise environments
  • Company English lessons with a native teacher
  • Flexible working hours, home office options, and a healthy work-life balance
  • Dog-friendly downtown office in Budapest

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