AWS Solution Architect

AWS Solution ArchitectLocation Torrance, CAWork Model Compulsory WFORole Summary• Seeking an experienced AWS Solution Architect to define secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud solutions, lead modernization and migration initiatives, and govern architecture from discovery through implementation.Architecture & Solution Design• Define end-to-end AWS solution architectures aligned with business goals, enterprise standards, and non-functional requirements.• Create current-state, target-state, integration, deployment, network, security, and data architecture views.• Select fit-for-purpose managed AWS services and define reusable architecture patterns.• Lead technical evaluations, architecture reviews, design decisions, and implementation guardrails.AWS Platform Expertise• Design solutions using services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, CloudFront, Route 53, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, Glue, Athena, and Redshift.• Apply AWS Well-Architected principles across operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability.• Design multi-account, network segmentation, identity, logging, monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability approaches.Migration & Modernization• Assess application portfolios and define migration or modernization strategies.• Develop cloud migration roadmaps, landing-zone requirements, dependency plans, and cutover considerations.• Guide refactoring toward microservices, containers, serverless, event-driven, and API-led architectures where appropriate.Security, Governance & Cost• Embed security by design, least privilege, encryption, secrets management, auditability, and compliance controls.• Define governance guardrails, tagging, policy enforcement, service standards, and architecture decision records.• Drive cost transparency, sizing, consumption optimization, and architectural trade-off decisions.DevOps & Automation• Define infrastructure-as-code and automated delivery approaches using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation or AWS CDK.• Guide CI/CD, environment promotion, observability, release, rollback, and operational-readiness practices.• Partner with engineering teams to automate repeatable provisioning and governance controls.Technical Leadership• Present architecture recommendations to Architecture Review Boards and executive stakeholders.• Lead solution workshops and collaborate with application, security, data, infrastructure, network, and operations teams.• Mentor technical teams and provide hands-on architecture guidance through delivery.Required Skills• 12+ years of IT industry experience with significant experience in cloud and solution architecture.• Deep hands-on knowledge of AWS architecture, cloud-native patterns, networking, security, integration, data, and DevOps.• Experience delivering enterprise migration, modernization, or greenfield cloud programs.• Strong understanding of NFRs, architecture documentation, risk management, and technology governance.• Excellent stakeholder communication, facilitation, and technical leadership skills.Preferred Qualifications• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional.• AWS specialty certification in Security, Networking, Data Analytics, or DevOps is advantageous.• TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification.• Manufacturing or automotive domain experience is an added advantage.