Cloud Solution Architect AWS
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
What success looks like in this role:
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of AWS cloud solutions that align to client outcomes industry best practices and the AWS Well-Architected Framework ensuring scalability resilience security and cost efficiency.
- Own end-to-end solution architecture for cloud migration modernization and cloud-native implementations covering discovery requirements design estimations and executive-level solution presentations.
- Translate business goals into actionable architecture decisions and roadmaps; identify additional value opportunities (optimization modernization automation) and articulate benefits clearly to stakeholders.
- Define target-state cloud architectures across hybrid and multi-cloud environments including connectivity/integration patterns between AWS and on-premises platforms.
- Establish automation-first delivery patterns using Infrastructure as Code and DevOps practices to enable repeatable governed and scalable implementations.
- Drive cloud security architecture ensuring compliance with relevant standards and regulations; design security controls across IAM network security encryption logging/auditing and continuous control validation.
- Provide cost governance and optimization thought leadership including cost estimation right-sizing strategies and designing cost-effective architectures.
- Partner with enterprise architects cloud engineering delivery teams and innovation stakeholders to govern technical decisions ensure solution quality and accelerate delivery.
- Lead workshops architecture reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions; mentor architects/engineers and set technical standards and best practices.
- Stay current with emerging cloud technologies and assess applicability to client use cases including innovative services and delivery accelerators.
You will be successful in this role if you have:
Skills (Must-have)
- Strong AWS architecture expertise across core domains: compute storage networking security databases identity observability and container services; ability to design end-to-end solutions.
- Proven solution architecture experience delivering cloud migrations modernization programs and cloud-native solutions including integration with on-prem/hybrid environments.
- Strong knowledge of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and ability to apply it to designs reviews and remediation plans.
- Deep security architecture capability: IAM strategy encryption/KMS network segmentation logging/auditing threat detection controls and compliance-driven design.
- Strong Infrastructure as Code capability using Terraform (preferred) and/or equivalent tools including reusable patterns standards version control and automation governance.
- Strong CI/CD and DevOps engineering knowledge: pipeline design release governance and toolchain integration (e.g. Git CI servers artifact repositories code quality/security scanning).
- Hands-on scripting/programming skills in one or more: Python Java Go Shell (ability to build utilities automation and integration scripts).
- Strong architecture communication skills: ability to present and defend designs to technical and executive stakeholders and produce clear architecture documentation.
- Strong understanding of cloud networking and connectivity patterns (DNS firewalls routing load balancing VPN/private connectivity concepts).
- Strong cost-optimization and estimation skills: TCO sizing assumptions pricing model understanding and cost-aware design decisions.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering (or equivalent combination of experience and certifications).
- 10 years of experience designing and delivering technology solutions with significant experience in cloud architecture and client-facing delivery (including solution presentations and stakeholder management).
- AWS Professional certification requirement: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional (or equivalent demonstrated expertise).
- Experience delivering solutions in on-prem hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Good to Have / Desirable Skills
- Multi-cloud experience (AWS Azure/GCP) including vendor/product positioning and comparative architecture trade-offs.
- Experience designing and delivering container platforms and workloads (Docker image pipelines container orchestration exposure).
- Experience with advanced DevSecOps tooling and practices (e.g. Sonar Fortify SAST/DAST policy-as-code security gate controls).
- Experience with cloud migration tooling and frameworks including large-scale transformation planning and phased cutovers.
- Experience with DR/BCP architecture and testing programs across cloud and on-prem environments.
- Experience with agile delivery tools and ways of working (Jira Bitbucket Confluence; SAFe exposure).
- Knowledge of 12-factor app methodology and modern application architecture patterns.
- Exposure to AI/ML solution design and cloud-native data/analytics architectures.
- Enterprise/architecture certifications such as TOGAF; delivery/process certifications such as ITIL PMP SAFe Agile.
- Masters degree in Computer Science / IT / related field.
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