AWS Solution Architect

Applab Systems Inc

  • Torrance, CA
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    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. Role 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.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationTorrance, CA

    Description

    Job Title : AWS Solution Architect
    Job Location : Torrance, CA – Onsite (4 Days Onsite)
    Job Duration : 6 month(s)+ (Contract)



    Role 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.
    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.

    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.
    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.

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