Solutions Architect

About the Company

As an Solutions Architect, your primary responsibility will be to design and deploy secure, scalable, and highly available cloud-based solutions for clients. You will work closely with our team, understanding their business requirements, and architecting cost-effective and efficient solutions that align with their goals. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, engineers, and project managers, to ensure successful implementation and delivery of solutions.

About the Role

Your primary responsibility will be to design and deploy secure, scalable, and highly available AWS cloud-based solutions for clients.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect AWS cloud-based solutions that meet client requirements, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and performance.
• Collaborate with clients to understand their business needs and translate them into technical requirements and solution designs.
• Assess existing infrastructure and systems, identify opportunities for migration or adoption of AWS services, and create migration plans.
• Develop highly available and fault-tolerant architecture patterns using AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and others.
• Create technical documentation including solution architecture diagrams, design documents, and deployment guides.
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance to development teams to ensure adherence to AWS best practices and standards.
• Implement and configure AWS services, infrastructure automation, and orchestration using tools like AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or Ansible.
• Monitor and optimize AWS resources and services, identifying opportunities for cost optimization and performance improvements.
• Collaborate with operations teams to ensure smooth deployment and ongoing management of AWS solutions.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest AWS technologies, services, and best practices, sharing knowledge and insights with the team and clients.

Qualifications

• Proven 5+ years of experience as an AWS Solution Architect or similar role, designing and implementing AWS cloud-based solutions.
• Strong understanding of AWS services and experience with core services like EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Route 53, Lambda, and CloudFront.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation and provisioning tools such as AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or Ansible.
• Proficient in scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestrators like Kubernetes.
• Strong knowledge of network and security concepts within AWS, including IAM, Security Groups, VPC peering, and VPN.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of AWS services.
• Experience with core services like EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Route 53, Lambda, and CloudFront.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation tools.
• Proficient in scripting languages.
• Familiarity with containerization & Orchestration technologies.
• Strong knowledge of network and security concepts within AWS.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Cloud Infrastructure, Terraform, or Ansible.
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.