AWS Solutions Architect Job Description

AWS Solutions Architect Job Description Template

Our company is looking for a AWS Solutions Architect to join our team.

Responsibilities:

  • Participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed to meet customer’s needs;
  • Advise on ways to improve applications by leveraging AWS and or other cloud services, which result in cost savings or functionality improvement;
  • Define a solution using architectural design principles based on requirements;
  • Provide implementation guidance based on best practices to the team throughout the life cycle of the project.

Requirements:

  • 10+ years of System Architecture experience (Infrastructure, Network, Security);
  • 7+ years of experience with Cloud technologies;
  • Strong experience with design and migration of on premise infrastructure to AWS;
  • AWS Certification (Solution Architect) is highly preferred;
  • Position may require 25 – 30 % travel;
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills (content creation such as whitepapers, proof of concepts, patents, etc.);
  • 5+ Years of AWS Architecture Experience with designing, deploying, maintaining and optimizing solutions on AWS;
  • An understanding of security features and tools that AWS provides and how they relate to traditional services;
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a closely related field;
  • An understanding of network technologies as they relate to AWS;
  • Current Certification in AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional;
  • Ability to architect and deploy secure and robust applications on AWS technologies;
  • An understanding of the basic architectural principles of building on the AWS Cloud;
  • Ability to identify and define technical requirements for an AWS-based application;
  • Ability to identify which AWS services meet a given technical requirement.