IntelliTrans, (ITL), a subsidiary of Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ROP) is seeking an Infrastructure Architect to join our team, hybrid in Atlanta, GA.
TITLE: Infrastructure Architect
LOCATION: Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)
REPORTS TO: Chief Architect
Job Summary
The Infrastructure Architect will lead the strategic design and implementation of enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure solutions on AWS. This senior role architects scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure supporting multi-tenant SaaS applications, comprehensive monitoring systems, and mission-critical operations. The position requires deep AWS expertise, multi-tenant architecture proficiency, and ability to integrate AWS Marketplace and third-party solutions while delivering robust, cost-effective infrastructure at scale.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Define infrastructure architecture strategy and roadmap aligned with business objectives
- Design scalable, secure AWS infrastructure following Well-Architected Framework and SaaS Lens principles
- Architect multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure with tenant isolation, resource segregation, and automated provisioning
- Develop production-grade Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CDK, and CloudFormation
- Create reusable, modular infrastructure components and tenant-aware templates
- Design CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD for infrastructure deployment with automated testing and security scanning
- Implement deployment strategies (blue-green, canary, rolling) for infrastructure and containerized workloads (ECS/EKS)
- Design enterprise monitoring and observability using Nagios, CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana
- Establish tenant-aware monitoring with APM, distributed tracing (X-Ray), log aggregation, and intelligent alerting
- Architect solutions leveraging AWS Marketplace products for monitoring, security, and infrastructure management
- Establish secure integration patterns with third-party SaaS platforms (OAuth, SAML, API gateways)
- Design tenant isolation strategies across compute, storage, network, and database layers
- Implement metering, usage tracking, and cost allocation systems for multi-tenant environments
- Establish tenant tiering (free/standard/premium) with resource quotas, SLAs, and performance isolation
- Establish infrastructure standards, governance frameworks, and policy-as-code (Config, SCPs, OPA)
- Design disaster recovery, backup strategies, and business continuity procedures
- Design multi-account strategies using AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and Landing Zone
- Lead technical architecture reviews and recommend optimal AWS infrastructure solutions
- Mentor engineering teams on AWS best practices, infrastructure patterns, and DevOps practices
- Lead incident response, post-mortems, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Document architectural decisions, infrastructure designs, and operational procedures
- Work effectively across global teams and different time zones
QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUND
Education
Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems
Preferred: Master's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems
Certifications Required: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
Experience
Required:
- 10+ years in infrastructure architecture and cloud engineering
- Extensive hands-on AWS infrastructure expertise across core services
- Deep expertise with Terraform, AWS CDK, and CloudFormation Templates (CFT)
- Proven track record architecting production-grade AWS infrastructure for enterprise environments
- Expert-level infrastructure CI/CD pipeline design using GitLab CI/CD
- Strong proficiency in SaaS infrastructure and multi-tenant design principles
- Experience architecting large-scale infrastructure for multi-tenant SaaS platforms
- Proven success integrating AWS Marketplace products and third-party SaaS platforms
- Experience with enterprise monitoring and observability platforms including Nagios
Preferred:
- Experience building/operating SaaS infrastructure at scale
- Multi-cloud experience (Azure, GCP)
- AWS SaaS Factory program participation
- AWS Marketplace seller/ISV experience
- Advanced FinOps and infrastructure cost optimization expertise
Skills
AWS Cloud Infrastructure (Expert Level):
- Compute: EC2, ECS/Fargate, EKS, Lambda, Auto Scaling, Batch
- Storage: S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, Storage Gateway, Backup
- Database: RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, ElastiCache, DocumentDB
- Networking: VPC, Route 53, CloudFront, API Gateway, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, VPN
- Security: IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, Cognito, GuardDuty, Security Hub, WAF, Shield, Macie
- Management: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Systems Manager, Config, Control Tower, Organizations, Service Catalog
Infrastructure as Code (Advanced):
- Terraform (advanced modules, state management, workspaces, complex architectures)
- AWS CDK (TypeScript/Python with constructs, patterns, custom resources)
- CloudFormation (nested stacks, StackSets, custom resources, drift detection)
- Policy-as-code (AWS Config Rules, Service Control Policies, OPA)
- Git version control with GitFlow and trunk-based development
SaaS & Multi-Tenant Infrastructure:
- Tenant isolation patterns (VPC isolation, account-level, database-level, row-level security)
- Identity & access management (Cognito, tenant-aware IAM, RBAC)
- API Gateway (usage plans, tenant routing, rate limiting, throttling)
- Metering, billing, usage tracking, cost allocation tags
- Resource pooling, capacity planning, workload management
- Well-Architected SaaS Lens implementation
CI/CD & Infrastructure Automation:
- GitLab CI/CD (advanced pipelines, runners, security scanning, artifact management)
- AWS Developer Tools (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodeArtifact)
- Containers (Docker, ECS/Fargate, EKS, ECR, Helm charts, Kubernetes operators)
- Deployment strategies (blue-green, canary, rolling updates, feature flags)
- GitOps practices and infrastructure drift detection
- Infrastructure testing frameworks
Monitoring & Observability:
- Nagios (Core/XI, NRPE, NCPA, custom plugin development)
- CloudWatch (Metrics, Logs, Alarms, Dashboards, Synthetics, Insights), X-Ray
- Prometheus, Grafana, Managed Prometheus, Managed Grafana
- Log management (CloudWatch Logs Insights, OpenSearch Service)
- Distributed tracing (X-Ray, OpenTelemetry)
- Alerting (SNS, EventBridge, PagerDuty, Opsgenie)
- APM tools integration (Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace)
- Tenant-aware monitoring with isolated metrics and dashboards
Security & Compliance:
- IAM policies, roles, SCPs, permission boundaries
- Encryption (KMS, at-rest, in-transit), secrets management, data masking
- Zero-trust architectures and least privilege principles
- Compliance frameworks (HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001)
- Security scanning, vulnerability management, AWS Security Hub
- Network security (security groups, NACLs, WAF, Shield)
Infrastructure Optimization:
- Cost optimization (Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor, Compute Optimizer, Savings Plans, RI, Spot)
- Performance tuning and capacity planning
- High availability and fault tolerance design
- Disaster recovery and backup strategies (AWS Backup, cross-region replication)
- Multi-region and multi-account architectures
Development & Automation:
- Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell, Go)
- Git workflows and version control
- REST APIs, GraphQL integration
- AWS CLI and SDKs (boto3)
- Configuration management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet - preferred)
Competencies
Strategic & Technical Leadership:
- Exceptional strategic thinking and infrastructure vision
- Strong executive presence communicating complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Track record building and mentoring high-performing infrastructure teams
- Experience managing infrastructure budgets, resource allocation, and vendor relationships
- Problem-solving skills balancing technical excellence with business pragmatism
Communication & Collaboration:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work across global teams and time zones
- Translate business requirements into infrastructure solutions
- Experience representing organization in technical forums
Analytical & Decision-Making:
- Strong analytical and decision-making under pressure
- Data-driven with ability to evaluate infrastructure trade-offs
- Detail-oriented with focus on reliability, scalability, and security
- Drive to uncover root causes and implement solutions
Professional Excellence:
- Self-motivated with strong ownership and accountability
- Proactive infrastructure monitoring and problem resolution
- Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with AWS innovations
- Passion for building scalable, reliable infrastructure
Business & Customer Focus:
- Understanding of SaaS business models and infrastructure economics
- Customer-centric mindset for multi-tenant infrastructure
- Balance technical decisions with business value and cost
- Experience with FinOps and infrastructure cost optimizatio
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