AWS Solution Architect

DBiz.ai; Geelong; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

DBiz.ai is seeking an AWS Solution Architect in Geelong, Australia. The ideal candidate will lead the design and implementation of robust AWS architectures aligned with business goals. Responsibilities include architecting landing zones and leading migration programs, along with integrating AI and ML services to enhance product offerings. Applicants should have over 7 years of AWS experience, hold relevant certifications, and possess strong communication skills. Join us to drive our cloud-first strategy and transformation efforts.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in IT with 7+ years hands-on AWS work.
• Deep proficiency in core AWS services.
• Strong knowledge of AWS security services.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable AWS architectures.
• Architect AWS landing zones and lead migration engagements.
• Integrate AWS security services for robust protection.

Skills

AWS architecture design

Hands-on AWS experience

AWS migration strategies

AI/ML services integration

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering

Tools

CloudFormation

Terraform

AWS CLI

Job description

Amazon Web Services — Architecture, Migration & AI Integration | 10+ Years

About the Role

As an AWS Solution Architect, you will be at the forefront of designing and implementing robust, scalable solutions on Amazon Web Services. Your deep expertise in AWS infrastructure, security services, and AI/ML capabilities will drive innovation and efficiency across the organisation. Collaborating with cross‑functional teams, you will architect landing zones, lead migration programmes, and integrate AI and ML services across the AWS platform contributing to the company’s cloud‑first strategy and digital transformation goals. This role demands deep, hands‑on AWS expertise combined with the ability to communicate complex architectures to both technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable AWS architectures that align with business objectives, Well‑Architected Framework principles, and industry standards.
• Architect AWS landing zones using Control Tower, Organizations, and multi‑account strategies with guardrails, SCPs, and security baselines.
• Design VPC architectures, subnet strategies, security groups, NACLs, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Private Link, Route 53, and multi‑region connectivity.
• Lead AWS migration engagements end‑to‑end, assess on‑premises workloads, define migration strategies, and architect target environments using MGN, DMS, and Migration Hub.
• Oversee the integration of AWS security services, IAM, Security Hub, Guard Duty, KMS, WAF, Config, and Secrets Manager to ensure robust protection of data and applications.
• Drive the adoption of AWS AI and ML services like Bedrock, SageMaker to enhance product offerings and enable intelligent automation.
• Design high‑availability and disaster recovery architectures, multi‑AZ, multi‑region, Route 53 failover, cross‑region replication, and pilot light/warm standby patterns.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform for repeatable, auditable, and version‑controlled deployments across all environments.
• Optimize AWS costs, rightsizing with Compute Optimizer, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, S3 lifecycle policies, gp2‑to‑gp3 conversions, and idle resource detection.
• Architect containerised and serverless workloads, ECS, EKS, Fargate, Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, and EventBridge.
• Conduct Well‑Architected Reviews across all six pillars and remediate findings. Facilitate workshops and training to promote AWS best practices across engineering teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into AWS‑specific technical requirements, architecture diagrams, and delivery plans.

Experience

• 10+ years in IT with 7+ years hands‑on designing and operating AWS workloads in production at enterprise scale.
• Deep proficiency in core AWS services: EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, RDS/Aurora, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFormation/CDK, Route 53, ALB/NLB, and CloudWatch.
• Strong knowledge of AWS security services: IAM policies, KMS, Security Hub, Guard Duty, Config, WAF, Inspector, Secrets Manager, and Certificate Manager.
• Practical experience with AWS AI and ML services: Bedrock, SageMaker and familiarity with generative AI and agentic AI concepts.
• Expertise in AWS networking: VPC design, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Private Link, Route 53, CloudFront, and multi‑region architectures.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code skills with CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform for AWS provisioning at scale. Proficiency with Python, Boto3, and AWS CLI.
• Proven experience leading AWS migration program using MGN, Migration Hub, Application Discovery Service, and Database Migration Service.
• Experience with containerised workloads (ECS, EKS, Fargate) and serverless architectures (Lambda, Step Functions) in production.
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional (SAP‑C02) preferred. Additional specialty certifications (Security, Networking, Database, DevOps) are a strong plus.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Tools & Technologies

Compute

VPC, ALB/NLB, Route 53, CloudFront, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Private Link, Global Accelerator

Storage & DB

S3, EBS (gp3/io2), EFS, RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Elasticache, Redshift

Security

IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, Security Hub, Guard Duty, WAF, Shield, Config, Inspector, Macie

Migration

MGN, Migration Hub, DMS, Application Discovery Service, Snow Family

AI / ML

Bedrock, SageMaker

IaC & DevOps

CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform, Code Pipeline, Code Build, GitHub Actions, Boto3, AWS CLI

Monitoring & Cost

CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X‑Ray, Trusted Advisor, Cost Explorer, Compute Optimizer, Budgets