AWS ECS Architect

Position: AWS ECS Architect

Location: Chicago, IL (Onsite)

Duration: 12+ months

AWS ECS Architect who owns end-to-end container strategy, infrastructure design, and setting up the infrastructure.

Key responsibilities include designing distributed systems, leading multi-cloud/hybrid integrations, and driving cost-optimization.

Core Responsibilities

·       Architecture Design: Build scalable, highly available microservices using Amazon ECS, Fargate, and Docker.

·       Infrastructure as Code: Manage cloud resources using Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.

·       CI/CD Pipelines: Implement automated deployment workflows with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.

·       Security & Compliance: Enforce IAM roles, VPC network security, and container vulnerability scanning.

·       Monitoring & Reliability: Set up observability via Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, Bedrock AgentCore and Prometheus.

Requirements & Skills

·       Experience: 15+ years in IT with 7+ years specializing in AWS cloud architecture and containerization.

·       Deep Expertise: Advanced mastery of Amazon ECS task definitions, cluster management, service discovery, and load balancing

·       Networking Knowledge: Strong grasp of VPCs, subnets, security groups, and API gateways.

·       Client Service: Understand client landscape, create needed requests to do set-up, own and lead the end to end infrastructure set-up and deployment In higher environments post set-up