BrainRidge Consulting is a premium FinTech Technology Consulting firm with the energy of a startup and experience of an enterprise. With a mission to empower financial institutions and organizations to thrive in the digital age, we provide cutting-edge technology solutions and strategic guidance to drive innovation and growth. As we continue to grow, we are seeking a motivated and experienced Cloud Architect - AWS.

BrainRidge Consulting is looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Senior Cloud Architect (AWS) to support short and medium-term business and technology cloud initiatives, collaborating with Enterprise Architecture and business technology stakeholders.

Responsibilities

- Drive the design and patterns for secure cloud application environments, platform enhancements, application architecture, data services, and cloud service integrations
- Conduct technical audits of existing architectures, including infrastructure, performance, data security, and scalability
- Architect and implement cloud solutions for various application architectures, integrating cloud applications, data services, and infrastructure programmatically
- Develop application data architecture models to enable effective service-oriented delivery
- Review application solution designs for cloud compatibility and optimize deployment patterns for reusability
- Assist Lines of Business in architecting scalable, highly available application solutions leveraging cloud services
- Collaborate with architects and operational/infrastructure and delivery teams to align new services with application and infrastructure roadmaps




- Offer technical guidance to Lines of Business restructuring applications for cloud deployment, adhering to 12-factor development practices
- Collaborate with stakeholders to formulate cloud migration and transformation strategies and infrastructure roadmaps
- Identify gaps in cloud infrastructure architecture and propose new technologies, running pilot projects and POCs
- Document and maintain a repository of best practices and standardized templates
- Lead meetings with subject matter experts across infrastructure, operations, applications, and vendors

Qualifications

- Deep understanding of cloud design patterns, Cloud Native Architecture principles, cloud operations, and cloud security models
- 4-5 years of demonstrated hands-on experience designing and configuring secure and scalable cloud platform patterns on AWS
- Programming abilities encompassing API and webhook development in languages such as Java, Python, Node.js, Ruby, PowerShell, or Shell Scripting
- In-depth knowledge of cloud services including application integration, functions, cloud databases, data warehouse and analytics, machine learning, developer tools, and security/identity management
- Proven experience architecting, designing, and implementing high-volume, high-availability cloud applications with a high degree of automation
- Ability to communicate both abstract and concrete concepts to different audiences
- Solid facilitation, negotiation, interpersonal, and collaboration skills
- Ability to lead client meetings and workshops covering discovery, cloud compliance, and security

📌 Cloud Architect (Toronto)
🏢 BrainRidge consulting
📍 Toronto