Job AWS Enterprise Architect with State of California is shared with you

[Sheldon Fernandez]

Hope you are doing well. We have an open position for a Senior Enterprise Architect at Sacramento, California ( Onsite Role with some flexibility for remote). Please review the description below and let me know your interest. If you are interested, please share your resume, rate/salary expectations, and the best time to reach you.

Client: State of California - Employment Development Department
Location: Sacramento, California (Onsite Role with some flexibility for remote work)
Job ID: 3546

Responsibilities:

• Design scalable, secure, and cost-optimized AWS enterprise architectures, including multi-account Organizations, hybrid connectivity, DR/BCP strategies, and migration roadmaps.
• Develop architecture artifacts such as diagrams, Well-Architected assessments, technical specifications, and cloud modernization strategies.
• Lead implementation of AWS infrastructure and core services using EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, ECS/EKS, and serverless technologies.
• Drive Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) adoption using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK for consistent, automated environment provisioning.
• Architect secure VPC networks and cloud connectivity solutions, including Transit Gateway, Direct Connect/VPN, routing, load balancing, and auto-scaling.
• Design and govern enterprise API platforms using API Gateway, including authentication (Cognito/OIDC), lifecycle management, integrations, and API governance.
• Architect and oversee Kubernetes/EKS environments, including cluster design, multi-tenancy, networking, GitOps pipelines, observability, and deployment strategies.
• Lead cloud security architecture by implementing AWS/CIS best practices, GuardDuty/Security Hub/Inspector, IAM least privilege, KMS, WAF/Shield, and compliance automation.
• Conduct business requirements discovery and stakeholder engagement, translating functional needs into cloud architectures, cost models, SLAs/OLAs, and technical recommendations.
• Provide operational governance and knowledge transfer, ensuring monitoring, performance tuning, cost optimization, documentation, and enabling staff to operate cloud environments independently.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• 7 years experience applying Enterprise Architecture principles (5 years in lead role).
• 7 years expert IT experience; 5 years in AWS multi-account Organizations.
• 5 years experience supporting hybrid cloud migrations across AWS services (network, security, servers, storage, backup, DR).
• 5 years experience with IaC tools: Terraform & CloudFormation.
• 5 years experience designing/implementing enterprise API Gateway architectures.
• 5 years experience architecting & supporting Kubernetes/EKS.
• 5 years experience delivering executive-level presentations and technical documents.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (required).
• Bachelor’s degree in technology field (or experience substitution allowed).

Desirable Qualifications:

• 7 years leading enterprise modernization initiatives across departments.
• 7 years conducting AWS Well-Architected Reviews and applying remediations.
• 7+ years aligning IT systems with business processes (5 years in lead role).
• 7 years designing reusable IaC modules/patterns (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK).
• Experience implementing enterprise API lifecycle management/governance.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or equivalent.
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty.

Thanks,
Sheldon Fernandez
she...@elegantsolutions.us      

Elegant Enterprise-Wide Solutions, Inc

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