Pay Range: $55.00hr - $60.00hr

Job Overview:

Our client is seeking a highly skilled AWS API Lead Architect to lead the architecture, design, governance, and implementation of enterprise API and cloud-native solutions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with AWS services, API management platforms, microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and integration technologies. This role will drive API strategy, establish governance frameworks, and provide technical leadership across multiple enterprise initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

- Define and drive enterprise API strategy, standards, and best practices.
- Design scalable, secure, and reusable RESTful, GraphQL, and event-driven APIs.
- Establish API governance, lifecycle management, versioning, and security standards.
- Create API reference architectures and reusable integration patterns.
- Lead API-first transformation initiatives across business domains.
- Perform architecture reviews and ensure compliance with enterprise standards.
- Design and implement cloud-native solutions using AWS services.
- Build highly available, scalable, and resilient architectures.
- Design hybrid and multi-cloud integrations where applicable.
- Define infrastructure automation and cloud deployment strategies.
- Establish disaster recovery and business continuity architectures.
- Design and architect microservices-based applications.
- Develop service mesh and container orchestration strategies.
- Define synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns.
- Implement event-driven architectures leveraging AWS messaging services.
- Collaborate with application teams to modernize legacy integrations.




- Lead implementation and administration of Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft, Kong, and Azure API Management (preferred).
- Define API cataloging, monitoring, throttling, and analytics standards.
- Establish developer portal and API onboarding processes.
- Define API security frameworks using OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, Mutual TLS, and AWS IAM.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise security policies and regulatory requirements.
- Conduct architecture risk assessments and security reviews.
- Design CI/CD pipelines for API and cloud deployments.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Automate build, deployment, monitoring, and operational processes.
- Implement observability strategies including logging, tracing, and metrics.
- Lead teams of architects, developers, and integration engineers.
- Partner with business stakeholders and product owners to define solutions.
- Mentor team members on AWS, API architecture, and integration best practices.
- Drive architecture governance boards and technical decision-making.

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10 15 years of relevant experience.
- Strong experience with AWS services including AWS API Gateway,



AWS Lambda, ECS/EKS, EC2, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, Step Functions, CloudWatch, IAM, Secrets Manager, and CloudFormation.
- Strong experience with API & Integration Technologies including REST APIs, GraphQL, SOAP Web Services, OpenAPI / Swagger, Async APIs, API Lifecycle Management, and API Security Standards.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, Node.js, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Experience with Containerization & Orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, and Service Mesh (Istio preferred).
- Experience with DevOps & Automation tools including Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, and Azure DevOps.
- Hands-on experience with databases including DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora, MongoDB, and Redis.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience implementing enterprise-scale digital transformation programs.
- Experience with Banking, Insurance, Healthcare, Retail, or Telecommunications domains.
- Knowledge of serverless architecture and event-driven design patterns.
- Exposure to GenAI integration through APIs and cloud-native AI services.
- Experience with hybrid cloud and multi-cloud integration architectures.
- Familiarity with Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP).
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Skilled.
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional.
- AWS Certified Developer Associate.
- Apigee Certified API Engineer.
- MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect.
- Kong Gateway Certifications.
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
- HashiCorp Terraform Associate.

📌 AWS API Lead Architect (Mississauga)
🏢 Cynet Systems
📍 Mississauga