Vice President - Cloud Engineering & Architecture

Description :

Role : Vice President - Cloud Engineering & Architecture (AWS)

Job Summary :

As a Vice President - Cloud Engineering & Architecture (AWS) at a leading Investment Banking company, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our enterprise cloud strategy and execution. This senior technical position requires 10+ years of overall experience in AWS design and DevOps engineering, with mandatory expertise (7-9 years) in building and operating a secure, multi-account AWS Landing Zone. You will be responsible for defining architectural blueprints, implementing advanced governance controls using AWS Control Tower and Terraform, driving platform evolution roadmaps, and leading the integration of core AWS constructs with existing enterprise systems.

Key Responsibilities and Duties :

Cloud Architecture & Landing Zone Governance :

• Provide architecture and design leadership for the creation of AWS account constructs within AWS Control Tower.
• Implement and enforce granular controls at the Organizational Unit (OU) and Account level, including the configuration of mandatory Service Control Policies (SCPs) and Permissions Boundaries.
• Design, test, and deploy / implement Landing Zone modular constructs for provisioning accounts based on defined policy and best practice, implemented on a foundation utilizing AWS Control Tower and Account Factory for Terraform (AFT).
• Drive the development of Cloud platform Roadmaps and the continued evolution of the AWS cloud environment.

Core Service Design and IaC Development :

Advanced Engineering and Problem Solving :

Leadership and Mentorship :

Required Experience & Skills

1. AWS Control Tower & AFT, AWS Organizations, and creation of new AWS accounts.

2. IAM roles, policies, Permissions Boundaries, Resource Based Policies, and Service Control Policies (SCPs).

3. AWS Config and AWS Service Catalogue.

Preferred Skills :

(ref : hirist.tech)