About this role
About this Role
We’re looking for a skilled and motivated AWS Solutions Architect with strong DevOps expertise to help lead the evolution of our cloud infrastructure. This role is central to maintaining and improving a mature, microservices-based API platform that serves millions of users across several mobile applications.
You’ll play a key role in managing our multi-account AWS Organization using tools like Control Tower and IAM Identity Center, ensuring secure, scalable, and compliant operations across teams and services. You’ll work closely with engineers and DevOps professionals to streamline CI/CD pipelines, manage large-scale data services, and support high-performance APIs. You'll get to build out solutions using cutting edge technologies that will have a global reach.
Beyond day-to-day operations, we’re looking for someone who can lead cloud cost governance, platform performance improvements, and bring fresh ideas for solving the complex challenges that come with scale. This is a hands-on role with real influence over our cloud strategy and architecture.
Why Join Us
This is more than just a technical role, it’s a chance to be part of something big. You’ll work on a platform that supports some of the world’s most iconic IPs, including Major League Baseball (MLB), WWE, Star Wars, Disney, and Marvel, with exciting new major sports partnerships launching soon. Our user base is nearly a decade old, and we serve an active and enthusiastic global community of collectors and fans. Every member of our team is dedicated to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience.
We’re also deepening our integration with Fanatics Collectibles, creating opportunities for greenfield development, innovation, and cross-team collaboration.
You’ll join a team that values smart automation, sustainable operations (with minimal after-hours work), and continuous learning. If you’re passionate about cloud architecture, eager to work with modern AWS technologies, and excited by scale and impact, this is the role for you.
The Perfect Candidate
You love fine-tuning tools, exploring new technologies, and making systems run smoothly. You’re curious, self-driven, and take full ownership of projects: from gathering requirements to delivering highimpact solutions. And you love to automate all the things!
You communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical teams, and you’re skilled at understanding diverse needs to create seamless, user-friendly systems. Whether collaborating or working independently, you drive progress with clarity and confidence. If you enjoy smart problem-solving and making a real difference, you’ll thrive in this role.
Responsibilities
- Administer and optimize our multi-account AWS Cloud Organization
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and AWS CodeDeploy; assist in migrating existing pipelines from Jenkins
- Regularly patch and update RDS Aurora PostgreSQL, Redis clusters, and other key systems
- Mentor engineers and champion DevOps maturity, architectural consistence, and scalable infrastructure patterns through well-structured testing and documentation
- Contribute to a collaborative, transparent engineering culture that values speed, quality, and craftsmanship
- Participate in an on-call rotation with the expectation of minimal after-hours responsibilities
Required Skills and Experience
AWS Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure
- Strong experience with AWS services in a Solutions Architect, Account Administrator, or similar role
- Proficiency with IAM policies and role-based access control (especially IAM Identity Center)
- Experience with S3 lifecycle policies, storage class management, and cost optimization
- Hands-on experience with AWS Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, and DynamoDB
- Experience with RDS Aurora PostgreSQL: backup, scaling, and performance tuning
- Proficiency with event-driven architecture using AWS EventBridge and SNS
- Experience with Kubernetes (EKS or self-managed) and ArgoCD
DevOps & Automation
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Strong proficiency with GitHub Actions workflows and advanced configurations
- Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform)
- Experience automating deployments and environment provisioning
Other
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Nice-to-Have Skills and Experience
AWS Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Developer)
- Experience with AWS Control Tower for multi-org account management
- Familiarity with Redis (ElastiCache or self-hosted)
- Experience with Databricks or other data warehousing tools
Programming & Scripting
- Strong scripting skills in Python for automation and tooling
- Experience with Serverless Framework
- Familiarity with Next.js, React, TypeScript, Vercel, and Tailwind
Containerization & Monitoring
- Experience with Datadog for monitoring, alerting, dashboarding, and log pipelines
LLM and Generative AI Tools
- Experience building or training generative AI tools, LLMs, or chatbots
In NYC, the salary range for this position is $170,000 - $212,000, which represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation. In Los Angeles, the salary range for this position is $153,000 - $192,000. The listed salary ranges are specific to Los Angeles or NYC and may not be applicable to other locations. When determining base pay, as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training.
Ensure your Fanatics job offer is legitimate and don’t fall victim to fraud. Fanatics never seeks payment from job applicants. Feel free to ask your recruiter for a phone call or other type of communication for interview, and ensure your communication is coming from a Fanatics email address (including @collectfanatics.com). For added security, where possible, apply through our company website at www.fanaticsinc.com/careers
Fanatics Collectibles is a new model and vision for the hobby, fundamentally changing the experience for current and future collectors, leagues, and players across many U.S. and international professional and college sports. The organization has long-term, exclusive rights to design, manufacture and distribute trading cards for several sports and entertainment properties, including MLB, MLBPA, the Premier League, MLS, UFC, Formula 1 as well as Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars, among others. In January 2022, Fanatics Collectibles announced the acquisition of Topps, establishing the preeminent licensed trading card brand as the cornerstone of Fanatics’ trading cards and collectibles business, and jumpstarted its MLB and MLBPA rights to design, manufacture and distribute trading cards
Other facts
About Fanatics
The Topps Company, Inc. is the iconic, preeminent leader in physical and digital collectibles. Acquired by Fanatics Collectibles in January 2022, Topps is the company's cornerstone licensed trading card brand.
Founded in 1938, The Topps Company started in confections with "Topps Gum" (later introducing Bazooka Bubble Gum) and released its first trading card set in 1950. Today, the company produces trading cards and collectibles, custom cards, memorabilia, sticker album collections and more related to iconic and pop culture brands such as Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, Star Wars, Bundesliga, UEFA Champions League, World Wrestling Entertainment and Garbage Pail Kids. Fanatics Collectibles has also secured long-term, exclusive rights to design, manufacture and distribute trading cards for several additional sports properties, including NBA, NBPA and NFLPA, in the coming years.
Topps’ Digital Apps division produces, develops and operates mobile applications that give you access to an exclusive digital card collection at your fingertips that are sold via the Apple and Google app stores under the brand names BUNT, KICK, NHL SKATE, Star Wars Card Trader, The Walking Dead Universe Collect, WWE SLAM, Marvel Collect! and Disney Collect! https://play.toppsapps.com/.
Headquartered in New York City, Topps maintains offices in several countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, India and Brazil.
What you'll do
- Administer and optimize the multi-account AWS Cloud Organization while building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Mentor engineers and contribute to a collaborative engineering culture focused on speed, quality, and craftsmanship.
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