[Remote] SRE Cloud Architect - AWS

Note:The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Iodine Software, now part of Waystar, is dedicated to using clinical AI technology to enhance healthcare processes. They are seeking a highly skilled AWS Cloud Architect with Site Reliability Engineering expertise to design, build, and optimize their cloud infrastructure, ensuring reliability, security, and cost efficiency while mentoring junior team members. Responsibilities• Help define and implement the cloud roadmap and strategy to drive scalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency.• Lead and contribute in cloud adoption initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives. • Provide technical leadership and expertise on cloud governance, architectural best practices, and modernization strategies. • Design and build highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant AWS architecture using AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, DocumentDB, Lambda, EKS, Secrets Manager, SSM, API Gateway, and CloudFront and other related technologies such as Hashicorp Terraform, Vault and Consul and Ansible (AWX).• Architect and implement resilient storage, compute, and database solutions optimized for performance and cost. • Help define multi-region disaster recovery (DR) and backup strategies. • Provide subject matter expertise in the design and implementation of Kubernetes-based infrastructure, including Amazon EKS and containerized workloads. • Continuously monitor and optimize AWS infrastructure costs using AWS Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor, and Savings Plans/Reserved Instances. • Drive FinOps culture, ensuring teams design and deploy cost-efficient cloud solutions.• Implement auto-scaling, rightsizing strategies, and storage lifecycle policies to reduce costs. • Ensure cloud security best practices are embedded into all solutions, including IAM policies, VPC security, encryption, and compliance with industry standards (such as SOC 2, HIPAA). • Implement least privilege access, network segmentation, and automated security controls across AWS services. • Collaborate with InfoSec teams to enforce threat detection, logging, and security monitoring using tools such as AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, Reliaquest Greymatter and Google Chronicle.• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK for fully automated provisioning and deployment. • Implement self-healing, fault-tolerant architectures that can automatically recover from failures. • Optimize infrastructure monitoring and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Mimir, AWS CloudWatch, AWS Cloudtrail and New Relic. • Approve merge and pull requests, ensuring high-quality, scalable, and secure infrastructure code. • Mentor and upskill the junior members of the SRE team, fostering a culture of continuous learning.• Participate in architecture discussions with product engineering teams for onboarding new services, ensuring they are scalable, cost-optimized, and aligned with best engineering practices. • Collaborate with software developers to optimize application performance and cloud-native designs. • Participate and help refine incident management processes for the SRE team, ensuring minimal downtime and fast recovery. • Collaborate with Engineering and other teams to define SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets to drive system reliability.• Participate in post-mortems and root cause analysis to prevent recurring issues. Skills• 7+ years of experience in AWS cloud architecture and SRE/DevOps roles• Hands-on expertise with AWS services, including EC2, S3, Lambda, EKS, VPC, IAM, Secrets Manager, SSM and technologies such as Haschicorp Vault and Consul• Strong knowledge of cost optimization techniques in AWS, including autoscaling, right-sizing, storage lifecycle policies, and Reserved Instances/Savings Plans• Deep experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible• Proficiency in Linux Administration, Python, or Bash scripting for automation• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, and container orchestration• Strong security and compliance knowledge, including IAM, security groups, encryption, WAF, and logging with CloudTrail• Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, AWS CloudWatch, Loki, and New Relic• Experience in approving merge and pull requests, ensuring high-quality infrastructure code• Strong leadership, mentoring, and communication skills• AWS Certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer)• Experience with multi-account AWS organizations and AWS Control Tower• Familiarity with service meshes (Istio, Linkerd) and API gateways• Experience with Fortinet (FortiGate) firewalls and AWS networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, etc.)• Background in database administration (PostgreSQL, MySQL, DocumentDB, or NoSQL databases)• Experience implementing resilience testing and chaos engineeringBenefits• Comprehensive Healthcare: Fully covered medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees, plus generous dependent coverage.• Telehealth Services: Convenient access to telehealth services tailored for remote work. • Savings Accounts: Tax-advantaged savings accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses. • AncillaryBenefits: Life, AD&D, and disability insurance paid by Iodine for peace of mind. • Retirement Plan: Competitive 401(k) retirement plan with a considerable company match. • Extra Life Insurance: Optional additional life insurance coverage for you and your dependents. • Accident Insurance: Financial protection against unexpected accidents and critical health issues.• Critical Illness Insurance: Provides financial support for medical costs and living expenses during serious illness. • Hospital Indemnity Insurance: Additional support for hospital-related expenses through indemnity insurance. • Pet Insurance: Affordable options for discounted pet insurance. • Legal and Identity Protection: Legal and ID theft protection to safeguard personal information. • Employee Assistance: Confidential employee assistance program for personal and professional challenges. • Education Allowance: Annual funding for educational pursuits and continuing education to support professional development and skill enhancement.• Reimbursements: Annual reimbursement for eligible wellness expenses, monthly reimbursement for cell phone and WiFi costs, and a one-time equipment allowance for creating a comfortable home office. Company Overview• Iodine Software is now part of Waystar, bringing one of the largest clinical datasets to Waystar’s AI-powered software platform. It was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website isCompany H1B Sponsorship• Iodine Software, now part of Waystar has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2024.Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply tot his job