AWS SRE Architect

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionHi,My name is Kevin Smith, and I am a staffing specialist at Navtech USA. I have an open opportunity that you may be a good fit for. If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please get in touch with me as soon as possible at kevin@navtechusa.com with your most recent resume, your ideal time and number for communication, and the expected pay rate for C2C/1099/W2.Job Title: AWS SRE Architect
Location: Chicago, IL
Duration: 6-12 months contract
Passport number is mandatory at the time of submission for H1/EAD applicants
Max Rate: $65 on C2C
Experience Requirement: 8+ years of relevant experience
Location Preference: Chicago local or Illinois-based candidates only for an final F2F Interview
Job Summary:We are seeking a highly skilled AWS SRE Architect to design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure solutions on AWS. The ideal candidate will lead reliability engineering practices, ensure service uptime, and architect infrastructure to support modern cloud- applications with high performance and resilience.Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and implement resilient cloud infrastructure using AWS services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudFormation, etc.
• Lead SRE practices such as monitoring, alerting, incident response, and post-mortems.
• Design and enforce infrastructure-as-code (IaC) strategies using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and testing.
• Establish observability frameworks using tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Datadog.
• Define and monitor SLOs/SLIs, conduct capacity planning, and performance tuning.
• Implement automated remediation and runbook automation.
• Collaborate with security, development, and operations teams to ensure end-to-end system reliability and compliance.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive DevOps and SRE best practices across teams.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years in IT operations or DevOps roles, with 3+ years in a cloud architect or SRE capacity.
• Strong expertise with AWS cloud services and architecture.
• Proficiency in Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar IaC tools.
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS ), containers, and microservices.
• Deep understanding of CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Solid experience in monitoring and alerting systems.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, etc.).
• Excellent problem-solving and incident management skills.

Qualifications:

• AWS Certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer).
• Experience with multi-account AWS landing zones and service control policies (SCPs).
• Knowledge of FinOps, cost optimization, and security best practices.
• Familiarity with service mesh (Istio, Linkerd) and GitOps practices.

Thanks for your valuable time!!! Best Regards, Kevin Smith | kevin@navtechusa.comTalent Acquisition Lead | NAVTECH INC www.navtechusa.com