If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families. We are seeking a seasoned Enterprise Architect with deep expertise in AWS, Istio, and containerization technologies to lead the design and implementation of our cloud-native architecture. This role requires a problem solver who can lead the transformation of enterprise applications into scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient cloud solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise in microservices, container orchestration, service mesh (Istio), and AWS cloud services, as well as experience leading large-scale architectural initiatives. Key Responsibilities: Cloud Architecture and AWS Expertise: * Design, implement, and manage cloud architectures leveraging AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, and more. * Develop and maintain AWS infrastructure best practices, including security, performance optimization, and cost efficiency. * Ensure alignment with cloud governance, monitoring, and compliance frameworks.

Istio and Service Mesh: * Lead the implementation and optimization of service mesh architectures using Istio. * Manage traffic routing, observability, security, and resiliency across microservices in distributed systems. * Collaborate with development teams to integrate Istio with Kubernetes clusters for effective service discovery and policy management. Containerization and Kubernetes: * Architect scalable and resilient containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes. * Optimize container orchestration strategies to improve application performance and reliability. * Oversee the deployment, scaling, and monitoring of containerized workloads in cloud environments. Enterprise Systems and Integration: * Define and communicate the enterprise architecture vision and roadmap in alignment with business objectives. * Drive the integration of cloud-native solutions with legacy systems, ensuring seamless interoperability. * Lead efforts to modernize infrastructure, focusing on decoupling monolithic systems into containerized microservices. Security and Compliance: * Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations, including data privacy, security, and operational resilience. * Establish IAM (Identity and Access Management) policies and multi-factor authentication strategies within cloud environments. Collaboration and Leadership: * Work closely with cross-functional teams, including DevOps, development, and IT operations, to deliver cohesive and innovative solutions. * Mentor and guide engineering teams on best practices for cloud-native architectures and service mesh technologies. Required Skills and Qualifications: * Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect with deep expertise in AWS (Amazon Web Services). * Hands-on experience with Istio and managing service mesh architectures in production... For full info follow application link.

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