Cloud Architect-AWS

Job Description Overview:  

We are seeking a motivated and passionate Cloud Architect to join Insight’s Cloud Infrastructure Consulting Practice, focused on delivering innovative solutions for enterprise customers. This role requires a blend of technical expertise and consulting acumen, with the ability to provide thought leadership, design scalable and secure cloud architectures, and lead the implementation of complex solutions across AWS, Azure, and multi-cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Cloud and DevOps, a proven track record of success in customer-facing engagements, and the ability to translate business requirements into actionable cloud strategies that drive value for large-scale enterprise clients. 

What you’ll do for Insight:   

• Design, plan, and implement AWS infrastructure solutions, including core services such as compute, networking, storage, identity, and governance. 

• Lead and deliver enterprise AWS projects encompassing cloud architecture, migration assessments, proof-of-concept deployments, and full-scale implementations. 

• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients by providing AWS subject-matter expertise, recommending best-fit solutions, and aligning architecture decisions with business objectives and industry best practices. 

• Provide in-depth advisory on enterprise networking, hybrid connectivity, identity, and security architecture within AWS and hybrid cloud environments. 

• Demonstrate thought leadership through internal enablement, customer workshops, and executive briefings, focusing on AWS trends, cloud-native design patterns, and platform innovation. 

• Contribute to the growth of Insight’s knowledge base and IP by developing reusable templates, automation scripts, and documentation around AWS landing zones, DevOps, and infrastructure-as-code. 

• Collaborate with practice leadership to co-develop offerings, accelerators, and reference architectures, including AWS migration toolkits, cloud readiness frameworks, and pilot environments. 

• Engage with AWS and other strategic partners to co-develop AWS-centric solutions, ensuring alignment with partner roadmaps and Insight’s go-to-market strategy. 

• Stay passionate and current on AWS platform advancements, industry cloud adoption trends, and emerging technologies such as AI, edge computing, and platform engineering in the AWS ecosystem. 

REQUIREMENTS  

Background and Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field preferred; MBA or advanced degree is a plus. 

• 7+ years of experience in cloud consulting or services delivery, with a strong focus on architecting and implementing cloud solutions in client environments. 

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including design, deployment, and operational management of cloud-native and hybrid workloads. 

• Proven track record of client-facing consulting engagements, including assessments, architecture design sessions, migration planning, and post-deployment advisory. 

• Demonstrated success in presales roles, including scoping, solution development, proposal support, and collaboration with sales teams to position cloud services and offerings. 

• 5+ years of experience working in or with cloud integrators, MSPs, or channel service providers, with a strong understanding of service packaging, go-to-market execution, and customer value realization. 

• 3+ years of experience leading or collaborating within cross-functional delivery teams on large-scale cloud transformation projects or modernization initiatives. 

Technical Skills 

• Hands-on experience delivering public cloud infrastructure solutions, with a focus on designing and deploying secure, scalable, and resilient architectures in AWS environments. 

• Proven experience in large-scale application modernization efforts, including re-platforming and refactoring legacy applications using AWS-native services such as ECS, EKS, Lambda, and API Gateway. 

• Deep knowledge and hands-on experience with container architectures and deployment strategies, including Kubernetes orchestration (EKS), container registries (ECR), service mesh (App Mesh or Istio), and CI/CD integration using AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, or third-party tools. 

• Extensive expertise in AWS core services including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudFormation, and Control Tower, with a focus on identity and access management, governance, hybrid networking, and cost optimization. 

• Strong proficiency in infrastructure as code using Terraform to define, provision, and manage AWS infrastructure at scale, including modular design, remote state management, and CI/CD integration. 

• Practical experience implementing DevOps practices and pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery, leveraging tools such as AWS CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, Terraform Cloud, and GitHub Actions for automation. 

• Solid networking foundation with hands-on experience in designing and implementing AWS networking components such as VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups, Network ACLs, NAT gateways, transit gateways, and private endpoints. 

• Experience implementing enterprise-grade AWS Landing Zones using best practices and frameworks aligned with AWS Well-Architected and Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF), with embedded governance, security, and automation controls. 

Consulting Experience 

• Demonstrated experience developing cloud-based products and service offerings, including reference architectures, accelerators, and reusable assets. 

• Experience applying product development methodologies and frameworks to create scalable and repeatable consulting solutions. 

• Proven understanding of go-to-market strategies and release methodologies for launching consulting services and offerings. 

• Knowledge of full product and service lifecycle management, from concept through launch, evolution, and retirement.