What are the responsibilities and job description for the AWS Solutions Architect position at Elegant Enterprise- Wide Solutions Inc?
About this Position:Job Title: AWS Solutions ArchitectResponsibilities:Design scalable, secure, and cost-optimized AWS architectures, including multi-account, multi-region, and DR strategies.Develop architecture diagrams, migration roadmaps, hybrid connectivity designs, and IaC templates.Implement AWS infrastructure using EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, networking, and security services.Configure VPCs, routing, Direct Connect/VPN, Transit Gateway, load balancers, and auto-scaling.Implement IAM, security controls, logging/monitoring, backup, DR, and compliance configurations.Design and deploy enterprise-scale API Gateway solutions with authentication, throttling, caching, logging, and lifecycle governance.Build and manage EKS clusters, networking, service mesh, autoscaling, GitOps, deployments, storage, and container security.Implement cloud security best practices including GuardDuty, Security Hub, Inspector, Macie, KMS, WAF, and Shield.Conduct security assessments, audits, vulnerability remediation, encryption, IAM least-privilege, and incident response.Gather business requirements, document technical specifications, SLAs, compliance needs, and produce architecture decisions.Provide AWS operations support: monitoring, incident/problem management, cost optimization, patching, performance tuning, and reporting.Deliver knowledge transfer through documentation, training, runbooks, and operational guides. Mandatory Qualifications:Seven (7) years of applying Enterprise Architecture principles. At least five (5) years of that experience must be in a lead capacity.Seven (7) years of expert level IT experience with five (5) years in AWS cloud architectures supporting multi- account AWS Organizations environments.Five (5) years of expert level experience in assessing, architecting, implementing, supporting multiple enterprise hybrid cloud application migrations using industry best practiceprocesses, and supporting AWS technologies (e.g., Network, Security, Servers, Storage, Backup, and Disaster Recovery).Five (5) years of expert level experience with infrastructure-as-code tools, including HashiCorp Terraform and AWS CloudFormationFive (5) years of expert level experience with designing and implementing enterprise API Gateway architectures.Five (5) years of expert level experience with architecting and supporting Kubernetes/EKS environments.Five (5) years of expert level experience providing executive level presentations, reports, diagrams, and analysis.Possession of an AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification: Professional (required)*Possession of a bachelor’s degree in a technology-related field.* Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.Desirable Qualifications:Seven (7) years of experience leading enterprise-wide modernization or transformation initiatives impacting multiple programs, departments, or business domains.Seven (7) years of experience conducting AWS Well-Architected Reviews and implementing remediation or optimization recommendations.Seven (7) or more years of experience aligning IT systems with organizational business processes. At least five (5) years of that experience must be in a lead capacity.Seven (7) years of Experience designing reusable IaC modules, blueprints, or architecture patterns for enterprise deployment (Terraform modules, CloudFormation nested stacks, CDK constructs).Experience implementing enterprise API lifecycle management, including versioning standards, developer onboarding, governance policies, and API documentation frameworks.Possession of a Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification or equivalent*Possession of an AWS Certified Security certification: Specialty*
Salary : $69 - $91