Cloud Architect - AWS

Who You'll Work With

If you are interested in helping clients in their efforts to address some of their most complex business problems through the effective application of technology and want to do this in an exciting environment, then our Cloud Advisory Services practice can be a career fit for you.

As a member of an entrepreneurial Cloud Advisory Services practice, you will have the opportunity to learn first-hand how we help many of the world's most influential companies develop their information technology strategy and enhance their technology investments.

You will work with a diverse group of people across many different industries, business competencies, and technologies.

You will have the opportunity to demonstrate leadership and teamwork and can gain increased responsibilities through multiple client experiences. As an example, you may be a part of a focused team assisting a client in determining how the IT function can more effectively support the enterprise strategy, or you may have the chance to contribute to a team working to help a client advance their preparedness for an adverse event (e.g., ransomware, natural disaster) impacting business as usual.

Slalom is AWS's National System Integrator of the year 2021, and we invest heavily in our partnership. Our team is experiencing unrestricted growth and is actively seeking new members ranging from early career to leadership.

What You'll Do

• Empower our clients to implement cloud-based solutions utilizing the AWS platform.
• Responsible for setting the overall direction of the technical solution and implementation of enterprise applications
• Provide designs for engineers on the project on how to deliver programmatic elements of the implementation
• Own the content and lead workshops on technical topics with the client
• Develop architectural artifacts to lead the delivery of a successful implementation
• Engage with technical stakeholders of the client and third parties to understand how their systems work
• Get closer to business stakeholders and shaping solutions that deliver business outcomes
• Work flexibly including virtual, onsite, and may include regional travel up to 30%

What You'll Bring

An AWS Cloud Architect should be proficient to advanced in several of the technologies below and should have demonstrated expertise in one or more areas:

Experience architecting a wide range of AWS solutions including multi-account landing zones, advanced hybrid network integrations, migrations, cloud-native applications, microservices, or data streaming.

• Experience architecting and delivering custom production enterprise applications on AWS
• Experience transforming legacy applications into cloud-native applications
• Experience in application lifecycle management (ALM) and DevOps automation including CI/CD pipeline architecture using tools such as CodePipeline, GitHub, and GitLab CI/CD
• Knowledge of serverless & micro-service management using Lambda, ECS, and EKS
• Knowledge of modern system integration & analytics services like API Gateway, Eventbridge, Kinesis, Step Functions, SNS, SQS, and OpenSearch Service (formerly Elasticsearch)
• Experience with identity and security administration platforms such as IAM, Directory Services, AD Connector, Config, GuardDuty, Inspector, and Security Hub
• Knowledgeable in AWS Platform Data services such as Redshift, Dynamo, S3, and RDS
• Experience performing AWS well-architected framework reviews and other similar environment evaluations

About Us

Slalom is a modern consulting firm focused on strategy, technology, and business transformation. In 40 markets around the world, Slalom'steams have autonomy to move fast and do what's right. They are backed byregional innovation hubs, a global culture of collaboration, and partnerships with the world's top technology providers. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Seattle, Slalom has organically grown to over 9,000 employees. Slalom has been named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For five years running and is regularly recognized byemployees as a best place to work. Learn more at slalom.com.

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include: meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer additional benefits such as a yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being related expenses as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veterans status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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