AWS Solutions Architect
- AWS
- Network Security
- IAM
- EKS
- RDS
- Aurora
- Disaster Recovery
- KMS
- Secrets Management
- FinOps
- IaC
- Terraform
- PCI DSS
- SOC2
- VPC
Client: US fintech (payments platform) ·Location: remote, LATAM, US Eastern overlap ·Level: senior / principal ·Engagement: full-time contractor
You will own the AWS architecture of a regulated payments platform: multi-account structure, network, security baseline and cost.
What you will do
Design and evolve the multi-account landing zone (Organizations, Control Tower, IAM Identity Center)
Define reference architectures for services on EKS, Lambda, RDS/Aurora and MSK
Lead multi-region resilience and disaster recovery design with tested RTO and RPO targets
Set security standards: network segmentation, KMS key strategy, secrets management
Run architecture reviews and Well-Architected assessments with engineering teams
Drive FinOps: tagging, budgets, savings plans and right-sizing
What you bring
8+ years in infrastructure or cloud engineering, 4+ architecting on AWS
Infrastructure as code at scale with Terraform or CDK
Experience in PCI DSS or SOC 2 environments
Deep networking knowledge (VPC, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink)
Ability to write clear design documents and defend trade-offs in English
Nice to have
AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Security Specialty
Previous SRE or platform engineering role
Experience with core banking or card-processing integrations
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