AWS Solution Architect

Job Title: AWS Solution Architect

Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Onsite)

Fulltime

Roles & Responsibilities:

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Tech skills:

AWS Services Expertise EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, CloudFront, IAM.

Cloud Architecture Design Microservices, serverless, event-driven systems.

Networking Knowledge VPC design, subnets, routing, load balancers, DNS.

Security Implementation IAM policies, encryption (KMS), security groups, compliance.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) CloudFormation, Terraform.

DevOps & CI/CD CodePipeline, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS).

Programming/Scripting Python, Bash, basic Java/Node.js

Database Management RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, data modeling.

Monitoring & Logging CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-Ray.

Cost Optimization AWS pricing models, cost analysis, resource right-sizing

Functional skills:

Requirement Gathering & Analysis Understanding business and technical needs.

Solution Design Thinking Mapping business problems to cloud solutions.

Stakeholder Communication Working with clients, teams, and leadership.

Project & Delivery Management Ensuring timely and successful implementations.

Risk Assessment & Mitigation Identifying and managing technical risks.

Documentation Skills Architecture diagrams, design documents, SOPs.

Decision Making Selecting optimal technologies and approaches.

Problem-Solving Troubleshooting complex system issues.

Collaboration & Leadership Guiding teams and influencing decisions.

Business Acumen Aligning cloud solutions with cost, ROI, and business goals

Roles & Responsibilities:

Design scalable, highly available, and cost-effective cloud architectures using AWS services.

Translate business requirements into technical solutions and architecture diagrams (HLD/LLD).

Select appropriate AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, etc.) for use cases.

Plan and execute cloud migrations (lift-and-shift, replatform, refactor).

Implement security best practices (IAM, encryption, network security, compliance).

Build and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation/Terraform).

Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery strategies.

Monitor performance and optimize systems for cost efficiency and scalability.

Integrate DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines, automation, containerization, Kubernetes).

Collaborate with stakeholders, provide technical leadership, and troubleshoot issues.