The Data Foundry
The Data Foundry is a company that specializes in transforming data into actionable insights at the speed of the cloud. They work with both private and public sector clients, helping them reinvent their operations through data. The Data Foundry provides secure, fast, low-cost, reliable, and scalable data solutions using world-class practices and AWS technology. Their mission is to enable organizations and their teams to make better, faster, data-driven decisions.
Data • Analytics • Visualisation • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning
AWS Cloud Architect
November 8, 2024
The Data Foundry
The Data Foundry is a company that specializes in transforming data into actionable insights at the speed of the cloud. They work with both private and public sector clients, helping them reinvent their operations through data. The Data Foundry provides secure, fast, low-cost, reliable, and scalable data solutions using world-class practices and AWS technology. Their mission is to enable organizations and their teams to make better, faster, data-driven decisions.
Data • Analytics • Visualisation • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning
Description
• Collaborate with clients and stakeholders to understand business requirements and objectives. • Design highly scalable, reliable, and secure cloud architectures on the AWS platform. • Develop architectural blueprints and documentation for cloud solutions, including infrastructure as code (IaC) templates. • Provide technical leadership and guidance to project teams throughout the implementation process. • Evaluate existing systems and applications to identify opportunities for migration to the cloud. • Design and implement cloud migration strategies, including lift-and-shift, re-platforming, and re-factoring. • Implement best practices for security, performance, and cost optimisation in AWS environments. • Configure and deploy AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, and IAM. • Implement automation and orchestration using AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or other automation tools. • Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. • Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise cloud infrastructure and applications for performance and cost efficiency. • Stay current with AWS services, industry trends, and best practices to continually improve cloud architectures and solutions.
Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Maths or a related field. • AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional. • 2+ years of experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. • IT implementation experience with primary AWS services (EC2, ELB, RDS, Route53, S3 etc). • Experience with software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile/iterative methodologies. • Familiarity with serverless computing concepts and technologies such as AWS Lambda and AWS Fargate. • Knowledge of networking concepts and protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, and VPN. • Experience with data analytics and big data technologies such as Amazon Redshift, Amazon EMR, or AWS Glue.
Benefits
• Contributing to open source and AWS initiatives. • Commitment to reducing carbon footprint. • Supporting a different cause each quarter. • Individual growth and development plans.
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