What are the responsibilities and job description for the AWS ARCHITECT - ECOMMERCE position at Storage Asset Management?
Storage Asset Management is a property management and consulting company that specializes in self-storage. With over 70 years of executive industry experience, SAM employs an incredible team of employees on every level. Voted Best Places to work in PA 2021 ,2022 ,2023, 2024, and 2025
Storage Asset Management is proud to have over 900 employees at the store, regional and corporate office level.
Benefits of Joining SAM:
- A dynamic company with an award-winning culture
- A clear path for advancement within our thriving company
- Competitive pay with bonus potential
- Paid holidays
- Paid time Off
- Paid maternity and paternity leave
- Comprehensive healthcare and 401(k) plan
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability insurance
- Flexible Scheduling
- Tuition reimbursement
- Dental Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Vision Insurance
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Design and architect AWS ecommerce infrastructure — Create scalable, multi-tenant AWS architectures (using EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, Aurora, S3, CloudFront, Route 53) to support 600 WordPress-based ecommerce sites with high availability and performance.
- Implement tiered “Good, Better, Best” shopping cart logic — Architect API-driven integration patterns that enable dynamic product tiering, upselling, and cross-selling workflows similar to travel/hotel booking engines, ensuring seamless UX across all client sites.
- Lead API integration strategy — Design and manage integrations between WordPress sites and external platforms (inventory management, payment gateways, CRM, ERP, shipping, and booking engines) using REST/GraphQL APIs, AWS API Gateway, and event-driven architectures (SQS, SNS, EventBridge).
- Optimize performance, security, and cost — Implement auto-scaling groups, load balancing, caching (ElastiCache, CloudFront), WAF, Shield, and encryption standards; conduct cost analysis and right-sizing to optimize AWS spend across hundreds of clients.
- Ensure CI/CD and DevOps excellence — Establish automated deployment pipelines (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins) for WordPress sites and APIs; implement infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve system reliability — Deploy monitoring and alerting (CloudWatch, Datadog, X-Ray); lead incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives to maintain 99.9% uptime.
- Guide client-specific customization within a scalable framework — Balance standardized platform architecture with client-specific customizations, ensuring maintainability and repeatable deployment patterns across all the client portfolio.
- Collaborate with engineering and product teams — Partner with developers, product owners, and UX designers to translate business requirements into technical solutions that deliver intuitive, conversion-optimized ecommerce experiences.
- Mentor technical staff and set architectural standards — Provide leadership to cloud engineers and WordPress developers; define best practices, review architecture, and ensure adherence to AWS Well-Architected Framework principles.
- Crosstrain on Azure architecture – Gain proficiency in Azure cloud services (Azure Virtual Machines, Azure App Service, Azure SQL, Azure Active Directory, Azure Monitor, Azure Gen2 Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Data Bricks) to support potential multi-cloud strategies, disaster recovery planning, and hybrid cloud scenarios.
- In office scheduling requirements are determined by your supervisor and are subject to change at any time.
- Additional duties as assigned.
Essential physical demands of the role that can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Walking
- Standing
- Sitting
- Talking in person
- Talking on phone
- Hearing on phone
- Vision for close work
- Driving
- Color/depth perception
- Bending/Stooping
- Repetitive motion
- Keyboarding
- Using hands to feel/hold
- Lifting up to 25 lbs.
- Reaching
Education and/or Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field; master’s degree preferred.
- 5 years of experience in cloud architecture, with 3 years specifically designing AWS ecommerce solutions at scale.
- AWS certifications preferred: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (or equivalent expertise); additional certifications in AWS DevOps, Security, or Database specialties preferred.
- Willingness and ability to cross-train on Microsoft Azure architecture and services; prior Azure experience or Azure Fundamentals certification (AZ-900) is a plus.
- Deep expertise in WordPress architecture at scale, including plugin management, headless WordPress patterns, and high-traffic site optimization.
- Proven track record designing API-first ecommerce platforms with tiered product models (Good, Better, Best) and integrations similar to travel/hotel booking engines (dynamic pricing, availability checks, multi-step checkout).
- Strong experience with serverless architectures, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), database design (RDS MySQL, Aurora), and CDN strategies for global performance.
- Familiarity with ecommerce payment systems (Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net), PCI-DSS compliance, and secure data handling for multi-client environments.
SAM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected statuses as required by applicable law.