Cloud Solution Architect (AWS)

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design and implement highly available, scalable, and secure architectures on AWS.

• Translate business requirements into technical designs and cloud architecture solutions.

• Evaluate existing infrastructure and provide recommendations for cloud migration and

optimization.

• Collaborate with DevOps, development, and operations teams to ensure best practices are

applied in deployment and automation.

• Define and enforce security, compliance, and governance standards for AWS environments.

• Lead cloud adoption initiatives, including migration planning, cost optimization, and

performance tuning.

• Create architecture diagrams, documentation, and solution blueprints for stakeholders and

technical teams.

• Provide guidance on IaC (Infrastructure as Code) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar

tools.

• Advise on monitoring, observability, and operational excellence strategies in AWS.

• Stay up-to-date on AWS services, new features, and cloud best practices, and evangelize their

adoption internally.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect or Cloud Architect, ideally with AWS focus.

• Strong experience with AWS core services: EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFront,

CloudWatch, ECS/EKS, Route 53, and more.

• Hands-on experience with cloud architecture design, deployment, and automation.

• Knowledge of IaC tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or CDK.

• Strong understanding of cloud security best practices, including IAM policies, KMS, VPC security,

and compliance frameworks.

• Experience with highly available, fault-tolerant, and cost-optimized cloud solutions.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS), and

monitoring/logging tools.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• AWS Certifications preferred:

o AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional

o AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (optional but a plus)

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in multi-region deployments and hybrid cloud architectures.

• Knowledge of serverless architectures (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB).

• Familiarity with microservices and event-driven architectures.

• Experience with cost management and cloud optimization strategies.

• Strong knowledge of networking, DNS, CDN, load balancing, and caching in AWS.