AWS Architect

Application Deadline

26 October 2024

About Us

Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. We help clients synchronize strategy and talent to drive superior performance. We work with organizations to design their structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people to bring their strategy to life. And we advise them on how to reward, develop, and motivate their people.

Our 10,000 colleagues serve clients in more than 50 countries. We offer five core solutions:

• Organizational Strategy
• Assessment and Succession
• Talent Acquisition
• Leadership Development
• Total Rewards
  
  

Job Description

OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE YOUR CAREER - It’s about exceeding your potential.

The AWS Architect will be an integral part of the Infrastructure Technology Services team, dedicated to elevating our company's global business initiatives and client experiences. In this dynamic role, you'll provide cutting-edge technology architecture and support services, driving innovation and excellence across our global cloud infrastructure operations. You will work independently collaborating directly with company management, vendor personnel, audit advisors and local/international IT staff. The position reports directly to the Senior Director, Infrastructure Technology Services team, and receives direction from the VP of Technology Operations, and CIO regarding corporate objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in planning, implementation, and growth of our AWS foundational footprint.
• Monitor and manage implementation to ensure high quality and alignment with defined requirements.
• Deliver quality results in cross-functional work environments and teams.
• Provide recommendations for solutions in the areas of DevOps, Security, Governance, CI/CD, and/or Containerization.
• Maintain knowledge of current systems architecture and configuration.
• Infrastructure and Commercial Applications documentation (as built, procedures, network).
• Work alongside project management teams to successfully monitor progress and implementation of initiatives.
• Understanding customer requirements and project KPIs.
• Encouraging and building automated processes wherever possible.
• Identifying and deploying cybersecurity measures by continuously performing vulnerability assessment and risk management.
• Incidence management and root cause analysis.
• Strive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration, continuous development, and constant deployment pipeline (CI/CD Pipeline).
  
  

Professional Experience/Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience working in IT within a highly matrixed, complex organization.
• 5+ years architecting, implementing, and supporting AWS infrastructure and topologies.
• Project experience implementing core infrastructure, networking and cloud-based services for business teams or consumers.
• Deep product knowledge and understanding of product features including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Solutions.
• High Availability and Disaster Recovery principles, patterns, and usage.
• Experience configuring and tuning virtual private clouds.
• Experience supporting Production applications or workloads in a cloud-based environment.
• Performance analysis, troubleshooting and remediation techniques.
• Experience with networking principles and technologies (DNS, Load Balancers, Reverse Proxies).
• Practical experience sizing hardware and storage needs.
• Strong analytical problem-solving ability.
• Awareness of critical concepts in DevOps and Agile principles.
• Experience working on Linux based infrastructure.
• Experience working on Windows based infrastructure.
• Experience with PowerShell or Bash shell scripting.
• Experience with information security and data privacy, including Safe Harbor data protection standards, is a huge plus.
• Fluency with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Fluency with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform.
• Fluency in web standards like HTTP, JSON and RESTful APIs.
• Fluency with source code management tools (Git, AWS CodeCommit).
• Familiarity with SQL and relational databases (DynamoDB, MySQL, MongoDB, MSSQL).
• Familiarity with a high-level scripting language (Python, Ruby, PHP, etc).
• Current understanding of best practices regarding system security measures.
• Ability to work independently without extensive oversight.
• Good communications and interpersonal skills.
• Positive customer service attitude.
• Organized and focused on quality.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Good verbal and written skills.
  
  

EDUCATION

• An undergraduate degree in Information Technology or related field is highly desirable. Relevant certifications (such as AWS Certified Security, etc.) are also very desirable for this position.
  
  

Salary Range

$145,000.00 - $175,000.00

Salary range represents the compensation Korn Ferry expects to pay to a candidate with the requirements for the job posted. Korn Ferry offers competitive compensation and benefits commensurate with experience.

Korn Ferry Benefits

The Korn Ferry Cares Wellbeing Platform offers Employees health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment), Critical Illness, Accident Injury, Hospital Indemnity, and Legal Insurance. Employees are eligible to enroll in Korn Ferry's Tax Deferred Savings plan 401(k). Employee Stock Purchase Program is available to all permanent employees who work 20 hours or more after 6 months of service.

Employees are eligible to receive a total of 15 days vacation annually plus paid time off for 16 company holidays. Full time eligible employees will accrue sick time commencing on the first date of employment at the rate of 3.33 hours per pay period for an annualized maximum of 80 hours.

Internal Mobility at Korn Ferry

If you currently work for Korn Ferry or one of our affiliates, you must be eligible to apply for a different position within Korn Ferry to use the Careers Site. If you accept such a position, your benefits programs and Human Resources policies may change. Please consult with your HR contact for the new position concerning application eligibility, including any immigration/visa needs, benefit programs, and HR policies applicable to that position.

Korn Ferry is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative

Action Employer - Minority/Female/Disability/ Veteran

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.