Job Title: Systems Engineer and Applications ArchitectEssential Responsibilities: Although not all inclusive, additional responsibilities, expectations and skills will include:
- Architect secure, fault-tolerant, and scalable cloud infrastructure, including VPCs, networking, and storage, ensuring actions are aligned with business and technology strategies.
- Implement security controls (IAM, KMS, encryption, RBAC) and ensuring adherence to standards (SOC2, GDPR), technical roadmaps, and best practices.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to existing systems.
- Design APIs, integration frameworks, and middleware solutions as required.
- Implement automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation for automated provisioning.
- Monitor system performance and optimize application availability, reliability, and scalability.
- Perform capacity planning, disaster recovery planning, and business continuity initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with security standards, governance policies, and regulatory requirements.
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and application issues.
- Lead technical reviews, architecture governance, and design documentation.
- Mentor and provide technical leadership across project teams.
- Participate in project planning, budgeting, and vendor evaluations.
Qualifications, Skills, and Experience AquaPhoenix Scientific considers applicants with diverse backgrounds, education, and work experience; however, applicants for the
Systems Engineer and Applications Architect position will frequently have a combined education and/or work experience that is at minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience. Plus 10-15 years of experience in Systems Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering. Post gradate coursework is desirable but not required. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer-sponsored visa sponsorship.
Additional experience include but not limited to:
- 5+ years of hands-on AWS Cloud Platform experience with deep working knowledge of programs software, and tools such as:
Infrastructure: EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, EKS, ECS, Lambda, CloudFormation, Route 53, CloudWatch, Auto Scaling, ELB/ALB/NLB
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, AWS CloudFormation
Automation: Python, Bash, PowerShell
Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS
CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions
Monitoring: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, Datadog
Security: IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, Security Hub, GuardDuty, AWS Config
- Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
- Excellent analytical, decision-making, problem-solving, team and time management skills
- Ability to utilize judgment in decision making process and decisions related to job tasks
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences of various levels in the organization.
- Ability to persuade and influence others with a non-authoritative presence.
If you are looking for a great work environment, competitive pay, bonus opportunities, career growth, and exceptional benefits that include health, dental, vision, 401(k), STD/LTD, and generous paid time off consider a career with AquaPhoenix Scientific.
