Senior AWS Cloud Architect - Remote - Contractor in USD

We are looking for a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to design, implement, secure and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure. You will work with AWS CloudFormation, Docker, CI/CD and cloud security, combining hands-on cloud architecture with DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and software development practices.
The role involves operating production AWS environments, improving infrastructure reliability and automation and using AI-assisted development tools to increase engineering efficiency.
Remote (Offshore) – Geneva working hours – Travel to Geneva when required – Fluent English
Tasks and Responsibilities
Design, implement and operate secure, scalable AWS cloud infrastructure, including multi-account environments;
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CloudFormation;
Implement cloud security, networking, identity management, encryption and cost optimization best practices;
Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments and infrastructure automation;
Apply SRE practices, including observability, service level objectives (SLOs), incident management and resilience engineering;
Implement monitoring, logging, alerting and dashboards using Amazon CloudWatch;
Improve infrastructure availability through backup and restore strategies, disaster recovery and continuous performance optimization;
Collaborate with development and operations teams, using scripting and AI-assisted engineering tools to improve delivery efficiency.
Profile
10+ years of IT experience, including at least 5 years designing and operating production AWS environments;
Strong hands-on AWS architecture experience, including IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, CloudFront, Route 53, Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/Fargate, RDS/Aurora and DynamoDB;
Experience with AWS CloudFormation, infrastructure automation and multi-account AWS environments;
Knowledge of AWS CloudWatch, KMS and Secrets Manager, including monitoring, security and access management;
Experience with Docker, Git, CI/CD pipelines, Linux and DevOps practices;
Understanding of SRE principles, observability, incident management, resilience, backup and disaster recovery;
Software development experience with at least one of Python, TypeScript/Node.js or Java;
Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools, such as GitHub Copilot or similar AI coding assistants;
Strong communication skills in written and spoken English, attention to detail and ability to work effectively in a team.
Experience with AWS CDK, Terraform, serverless integration services, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana or cloud resilience tools would be an advantage.
Additional experience with PostgreSQL, Aurora, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, Java/Angular/Node.js applications, security scanning tools or Agile environments would be beneficial. AWS cloud or DevOps certifications are also valued.
Key Technologies & Skills
AWS, Cloud Architecture, AWS CloudFormation, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, SRE, Docker, CI/CD, Amazon CloudWatch, IAM, VPC, Python, Git, Cloud Security, AI-Assisted Development

Work arrangement
Yes