ONLY W2 CANDIDATES APPLY: AWS Cloud Architect: 100% Remote 1+Year Project: $ 85-88/hr W2

100% Remote Project except initial 2 Days onsite at Columbia SC for training, badge etc. However candidate MUST be willing to relocate to SC if ordered by Govt (Governor).

REQUIRED SKILLS

In order of importance:

· 6+ years of overall IT experience supporting enterprise systems

· 3+ years of hands-on AWS experience in development and/or administration

· 3+ years of experience with AWS core services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, and Lambda)

· 3+ years of experience with Amazon Connect and/or contact center technologies

· 3+ years of experience integrating APIs, serverless functions, and cloud-native services

· 3+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation

· 3+ years of experience with security best practices, logging, and monitoring in AWS

· 3+ years of scripting experience (Python, Bash, or equivalent)

PREFERRED SKILLS

In order of importance :

· Experience with AI/ML integrations and prompt engineering

· Experience with hybrid cloud or third-party integrations

· Cost optimization and FinOps experience

· Experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud Services and Hybrid Cloud Architectures

REQUIRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional OR AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

PREFERRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:

Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-305)

Additional Skills:

· Strong written and verbal communication skills

· Ability to mentor junior engineers

· Strong documentation and operational discipline

ENVIRONMENTS AND TOOLS

· Amazon Web Services (AWS)

· Amazon Connect

· Amazon Bedrock

· AWS Lambda

· AWS CloudFormation / Terraform

· CloudWatch / CloudTrail

· API Gateway

· CI/CD tools (AWS-native or third-party)

· Git-based version control systems