• Strong Automation Architect Profile with cloud-based automation strategy and framework architecture • Important (Experience 1) – Must have 8+ years of total experience with the last 6 years focused continuously on hands-on automation, including automation strategy and framework architecture • Important (Experience 2) – Must have hands-on expertise building automation using industry automation tools and frameworks. • Important (Experience 3) – Must have a proven record designing scalable automation solutions and leading automation initiatives end to end. • Important (Experience 4) – Must have deep Terraform knowledge, including reusable module design covering AWS networking, IAM, EKS, ECS, RDS, and security controls — with CI/CD integration (GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps) including automated testing, linting, drift detection, and policy enforcement • Important (Experience 5) – Must have solid AWS architecture knowledge, including serverless and event-driven automation (Lambda, Step Functions, Event Bridge, SNS/SQS, S3 triggers, Systems Manager), IAM design, cross-account automation across AWS Organizations, and multi-account networking aligned with CIS, NIST, and AWS Well-Architected standards • Important (Experience 6) – Must have experience with security and compliance automation including CIS benchmark enforcement, vulnerability remediation, infrastructure hardening, certificate lifecycle management, and integration with CyberArk, AWS Secrets Manager, and SSM Parameter Store • Important (Skill) – Must have proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation scripting, with proven ability to build production-grade automation frameworks end-to-end • Important (Title) – Current title must include "Architect". Candidates currently titled Automation Engineer, QA Automation Lead, DevOps Engineer, Cloud Engineer, or other non-architect profiles will not be considered • Primary (Skill 1) – Experience with policy-as-code (OPA, Gatekeeper, Conftest) and IaC testing tools (Molecule, Terratest, Checkov, tfsec) • Primary (Skill 2) – Experience with multi-account AWS automation, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), and ITSM integration (SymphonyAI or equivalent — ticketing, approval flows, CMDB updates, change management)