Career Opportunity

AWS Associate Architect (Techno Managerial) Bangalore, India, Onsite

Ref #:

W143444

Department:

Information Technology

City:

Bangalore

State/Province:

Karnataka

Country:

India

Pay Range Max

Pay Range Min

Company Description

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced AWS Administrator to join our dynamic analytics team. This role combines advanced expertise in AWS administration with a strong focus on managing and executing production deployments. The ideal candidate should possess a deep understanding of AWS services, infrastructure management, and deployment best practices, along with the ability to lead and guide a team through successful production releases.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Responsibilities:
1. AWS Engineer:
  • Manage and maintain a complex and scalable AWS environment, ensuring optimal performance, security, and reliability.
  • Implement and monitor AWS services, including EC2 instances, S3 storage, EMR, RDS databases, Lambda functions, and more.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues, network connectivity problems, and performance bottlenecks.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement solutions that align with business needs.
2. Production Deployment:
  • Lead and execute the end-to-end process of production deployments, and release coordination.
  • Develop and maintain deployment pipelines using tools such as AWS Code Pipeline, Jenkins, or similar.
  • Implement best practices for version control, configuration management, and infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Git and CloudFormation.
  • Perform release management, rollback procedures, and ensure zero-downtime deployments.
  • Collaborate with development and QA teams to ensure proper testing and validation of deployment processes.
3. Infrastructure Automation:
  • Automate routine operational tasks, such as provisioning and scaling of resources, using infrastructure automation tools.
  • Create and maintain scripts and templates for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
  • Networking  – VPC, Internet GW , SG , FW and 
  • DC Connectivity, Route 56 , DNS 
  • Inter Cloud Connectivity ( Azure , Google , OIC)
  • Deep knowledge on Troubleshooting 
  • Managing the SLA of services 
4. Security and Compliance:
  • Implement security best practices for AWS environments, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and monitoring.
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations, and actively participate in security audits and assessments.
5. Performance Optimization:
  • Monitor system performance and make recommendations for improvements to ensure high availability and scalability.
  • Optimize AWS resources to maximize cost efficiency while maintaining performance.
6. Documentation and Knowledge Sharing:
  • Document system architecture, configurations, and deployment processes. Runbook and SOP updating 
  • Share knowledge and mentor junior team members in AWS administration and production deployment practices.
7- Cost Management 
  • Manage Cost Optimization 
  • Keep Budget in Control 
8- Cloud Service Delivery 
  • Managed smaller teams for daily Operation. 
  • Well versed in ITSM /ITIL process for cloud operation and releases 
  • Capture the project demand, design the solution, implement the cloud infrastructure, and manage the performance to support the business priorities. 
  • Design and implement the essential processes to run the IT operations on the cloud for the Core Infrastructure, OS management, storage, databases, alerting, monitoring, patching, network, security, virus protection and backup. 
  • Partner with IT application leadership to develop automated engineering platforms (AWS and Azure DevOps) 
  • Report weekly status for project execution and monthly business review for SLA performance and consumption.

Experience, Skills & Knowledge

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • At least 15 + years of hands-on experience as an OS /VMware/ Storage Administration and Management , Cloud Administrator and management 
  • At least 8 Years work experience in Cloud Platform with a proven track record of managing complex AWS environments.
  • At least 3 to 4 years IT architect role in Cloud or DC 
  • Strong expertise in deploying applications in production environments and managing release pipelines. Handson Exp in Deploying Cloud services and Documentation 
  • Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) and infrastructure as code tools (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform). 
  • Deep understanding of networking concepts, security best practices, and AWS services, ITIL process 
  • Delivery of IT Infrastructure services to Business through Cloud Platforms
  • AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer) are a plus.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.