- Company Name
- Elegant Enterprise-Wide Solutions, Inc.
- Job Title
- AWS Solutions Architect
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** AWS Solutions Architect
**Role Summary:**
Senior cloud architect responsible for designing, deploying, and optimizing multi‑account, multi‑region AWS environments. Drives security, compliance, cost‑efficiency, and operational excellence for enterprise‑scale solutions, and leads modernization and migration initiatives across business domains.
**Expectations:**
* Lead enterprise‑wide cloud architecture and modernization projects.
* Conduct Well‑Architected Reviews and implement remediation.
* Deliver executive‑level presentations, architecture decisions, and cost reports.
* Champion cloud security best practices and incident response.
* Mentor and manage cross‑functional teams.
**Key Responsibilities:**
* Design scalable, secure, and cost‑optimized AWS architectures, including multi‑account, multi‑region, and DR strategies.
* Create architecture diagrams, migration roadmaps, hybrid connectivity designs, and IaC templates (Terraform & CloudFormation).
* Build and manage AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, networking, security services).
* Configure VPCs, routing, Direct Connect/VPN, Transit Gateway, load balancers, auto‑scaling, IAM, logging/monitoring, backup, and compliance settings.
* Deploy enterprise‑scale API Gateway solutions with authentication, throttling, caching, and lifecycle governance.
* Build, secure, and operate EKS clusters, service mesh, GitOps workflows, and container security.
* Implement cloud security controls (GuardDuty, Security Hub, Inspector, Macie, KMS, WAF, Shield).
* Conduct security assessments, vulnerability remediation, IAM least‑privilege enforcement, and incident response.
* Gather business requirements, produce technical specifications, SLAs, and architecture decisions.
* Provide ongoing AWS operations support: monitoring, incident/problem management, cost optimization, patching, performance tuning, and reporting.
* Deliver knowledge transfer through documentation, training, runbooks, and operational guides.
**Required Skills:**
* 7+ years of enterprise architecture experience, 5+ years in a lead role.
* 7+ years of AWS cloud architecture experience with multi‑account AWS Organizations.
* 5+ years designing and implementing hybrid cloud migrations.
* 5+ years expertise in Terraform, CloudFormation, and IaC.
* 5+ years designing and supporting API Gateway architectures.
* 5+ years architecting and supporting Kubernetes/EKS environments.
* Strong security focus: IAM, encryption, monitoring, Well‑Architected Framework, and incident response.
* Proven ability to develop executive‑level presentations, reports, and architecture diagrams.
* Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and project leadership.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
* Bachelor’s degree in a technology‑related field (or equivalent experience).
* AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (required).
* Optional but advantageous: AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or equivalent certifications.
Sacramento, United states
On site
Senior
10-12-2025