NASCO

Senior Cloud Architect

NASCO

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSCloudGrafanaMicroservicesPrometheusTerraform

About the role

  • Guides the design, development, and deployment of cloud-native, elastic, resilient SaaS products aligned to AWS best practices
  • Architects secure, scalable, performant, serverless SaaS solutions ensuring high availability
  • Defines and maintains cloud architecture standards, reference architectures, and reusable design patterns using primarily AWS resources
  • Creates and maintains architectural blueprints for infrastructure, applications, and data flows
  • Establishes and enforces cloud governance frameworks, usage guardrails, and design principles
  • Ensures compliance with SOC 2, HIPAA, and other regulatory and security frameworks
  • Guides adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code and automation to streamline provisioning, configuration, and operations
  • Guides adoption of optimized CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices to improve deployment automation and delivery efficiency
  • Enforces cloud security best practices including IAM, network segmentation, encryption, and secure SaaS product design
  • Develops and guides cloud observability strategies and optimize AWS environments for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency
  • Mentors architects and engineers, and leads governance reviews to ensure scalable, secure, strategically aligned financially responsible design
  • Partners with product management, engineering, cloud operations, architecture, and security teams to communicate decisions and align cloud implementation with enterprise goals

Requirements

  • Proven experience designing, deploying, and managing large-scale SaaS solutions on AWS
  • Deep expertise in AWS cloud architecture across compute, storage, networking, integration, and serverless design
  • Proficiency in cloud-native design patterns, microservices, and event-driven architectures
  • Advanced knowledge of cloud security (IAM, encryption, secure design) and compliance frameworks
  • Strong experience with IaC tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform and modern DevOps practices
  • Skilled in observability tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with experience resolving complex issues in a cloud environment
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder-engagement skills
  • Demonstrated leadership ability and experience mentoring technical teams
  • Ability to operate across multiple projects and operate effectively in a fast-paced commercial SaaS environment
  • Knowledge of cloud governance frameworks such as CIS Benchmarks or NIST (preferred)
  • Experience integrating AI/ML capabilities on AWS, including Bedrock (preferred)
  • Ability to conduct and forecast cost–benefit and ROI analysis for proposed cloud solutions (preferred)
  • Knowledge of AWS Well Architected Framework and ability to apply those principles to SaaS design reviews (preferred)
Benefits
  • Physical and Mental Health Benefits
  • Choice of Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans
  • Telehealthcare – for Medical and Behavioral visits
  • Generous PTO with buy/sell options
  • 9 Company holidays, a floating day off, and a day off for volunteering
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Wellness program - earn insurance discounts or credit towards health-related items
  • Financial Health Benefits
  • 401K Plan with employer matching contributions
  • Company-funded spending/reimbursement accounts to help with out-of-pocket medical expenses
  • Bonus and Recognition programs
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Consultation with financial planner
  • Basic Life & AD&D Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance provided, and Supplemental Term Life Insurance is available
  • Group Discount programs - mobile, technology services, etc., to help you save money
  • E-Learning – Comprehensive and current library of e-learning and performance support assets, available on demand and at no cost
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Hard Skills & Tools
AWScloud architectureSaaS solutionsInfrastructure-as-CodeCI/CD pipelinescloud securitymicroservicesevent-driven architecturesobservabilitycost–benefit analysis
Soft Skills
analytical skillsproblem-solvingcommunicationstakeholder engagementleadershipmentoringproject managementadaptabilitycollaborationstrategic alignment