Cloud Architect (AWS)

Company: American Chemical Society
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The American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world’s largest scientific membership association, with a mission to “advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people”. ACS Publications is a Division of the ACS responsible for publishing journals and related services that support the chemical enterprise.

Position Summary

As a Cloud Architect at ACS, a leading source of scientific information, you will be instrumental in implementing and managing cloud solutions. This role requires a deep understanding of cloud services, especially in AWS, with GCP experience being a substantial advantage. Your expertise will drive the development and management of our cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration and efficient operation across our publications, conferences, and related services.

Responsibilities

  • Minimum 10+ years of application development/solution architecture experience required for this position.
  • Design, implement, and manage cloud solutions in AWS, with GCP experience as an added advantage.
  • Take ownership of provisioning of Cloud services and products. Develop and manage infrastructure automation focusing on scalability and security.
  • Collaborate with software and AI engineer teams to meet project acceptance criteria, document requirements, support continuous integration and delivery, and mentor junior staff in cloud technologies and best practices.
  • Experience with design, development, and management of dev, test, and production environments, ensuring robust software configuration management throughout the application development lifecycle.
  • Extensive understanding of cloud-agnostic architectures using Kubernetes and related solutions.
  • Extensive experience implementing AWS EKS clusters, managing and scaling clusters with knowledge of VPC/subnet configurations and gateways. Linux experience is a plus.
  • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, ensuring smooth deployments using GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and containerization strategies.
  • Manage Kubernetes clusters within cloud environments, optimizing for performance and reliability.
  • Utilize Terraform and other Infrastructure as Code tools to automate cloud infrastructure.
  • Work with serverless computing frameworks on AWS to enhance scalability and efficiency.
  • Define efficient operating models for publication assets through Org Units and IAM roles.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile setting to provide architecture support on AWS.
  • Integrate and help manage legacy workflows using ArgoCD, Airflow, Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Bamboo pipelines.
  • Act as a tech owner of independent software products and align with stakeholders.
  • Present cloud solutions and architectures to technical and business stakeholders.
  • Take ownership of cloud design and infrastructure operations.
  • Learn and apply new cloud and AI technologies to advise and architect modern solutions.
  • Mentor cloud engineers and build a capable Cloud Operations team.
  • Assist and manage the roadmap for DevOps in established operations, including continuous delivery and enterprise DevOps toolsets.
  • Support DevSecOps practices, including secret management, privilege management, and tool integrations to enhance baseline security.
  • AWS Solutions Architect Professional and Kubernetes certifications are a plus.

Location

This role can be based in one of the following offices: Washington, D.C.; Columbus, OH; or Oxford, UK. A competitive compensation range is listed for each location.

  • DC Based: between $130,000-$160,000 per year.
  • OH Based: between $115,000-$140,000 per year.
  • UK: between £74,000- £100,000 per year.

Benefits

ACS provides benefits including paid vacation leave, paid sick leave, paid holidays, health insurance, flexible spending accounts, dental insurance, life insurance, vision insurance, retirement benefits, short- and long-term disability, and a 4-week work-from-anywhere policy. Benefits are subject to plan terms and vary by location.

Employment type

  • Full-time

Seniority level

  • Mid-Senior level

Job function

  • Engineering and Information Technology
  • Industries: Non-profit Organizations

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Posted: September 4th, 2025