About this role
AWS Architect Location: Markham, ON L6G 0G1 Work Arrangement: Hybrid 3 days/week in office (Monday Wednesday) Employment Type: Full-Time / Contract Salary: CAD $140K $150K Contract Rate: CAD 55/hr C2C
Job Summary We are seeking an experienced AWS Architect to design, implement, and operate enterprise AWS environments while working within established cloud governance and managed-services frameworks.
Required Skills 12+ years of IT infrastructure experience, including 6+ years of hands-on AWS architecture and operations.
Strong expertise in AWS VPC, EC2, ECS, Lambda, RDS, IAM, EventBridge, CloudWatch, and Backup/DR.
Strong Terraform / Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience, including modules, state management, and CI/CD deployments.
Experience with Azure DevOps/GitHub, ServiceNow, CAB, and change management.
Knowledge of enterprise observability tools such as Dynatrace, Datadog, Instana, and CloudWatch.
Experience working within enterprise Landing Zones, Control Tower, and IAM governance.
Strong understanding of hybrid cloud environments and coordination with on-premises/middleware teams.
AWS Professional certification (Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer Professional) strongly preferred.
Nice to Have BFSI/Insurance industry experience.
Exposure to WMB, JBoss Fuse, ActiveMQ, DataPower, Spring Boot, and batch scheduling.
Managed services, transition, steady-state operations, and multi-vendor delivery experience.
Interview Process: First round will be virtual; the second/customer round will be in person. Candidates should be informed of this requirement.