AWS Solution Architect

VDart Inc; Calgary; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm in Calgary is seeking an experienced AWS Solution Architect. This role involves owning end-to-end solution architecture ensuring scalable and secure designs aligned with business goals. You will be responsible for translating requirements into target architecture, defining reference architectures, and leading cloud architecture initiatives. Candidates should have extensive experience with AWS, Kafka, and CI/CD processes. The position is onsite and full-time, offering a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• 15 years in solution design; 3-5 years as architect on cloud-native platforms.
• Knowledge in marketing portal design/development cloud (AWS) containers/K8s/OpenShift API.
• Excellent communication and ability to simplify complex designs for diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Translate business and non-functional requirements into target architecture.
• Produce HLD/LLD sequence diagrams data models API/interface specs.
• Define reference architectures and guardrails for frontend backend APIs.

Skills

AWS Certified

Kafka

Architect

Retail/E-Commerce background

Microservices REST

GraphQL messaging

CI/CD

Observability (Prometheus/Grafana)

Education

AWS SA Pro/Azure Architect Expert TOGAF CKA/CKAD Security certs

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

Role: AWS Solution Architect

Location: Calgary AB (Onsite)

Duration: Contract

Job Description

The key search parameters should include AWS Certified Kafka Architect and Retail/E-Commerce background.

15 years in solution design; 3 5 years as architect on cloud-native platforms. MUST BE AWS Certified

Knowledge in marketing portal design/development cloud (AWS) containers/K8s/OpenShift API gateways event streaming (Kafka)

Role Purpose: Own end-to-end solution architecture ensuring scalable secure cost-effective designs aligned to business goals and enterprise standards

Responsibilities

• Translate business and non-functional requirements into target architecture (app data integration security)
• Produce HLD/LLD sequence diagrams data models API/interface specs Integration contracts
• Define reference architectures and guardrails for frontend backend APIs data and CI/CD/DevSecOps
• Architect for reliability/observability (SLOs tracing logging alerting) performance and resiliency (DR/BCP)
• Lead cloud architecture (AWS/Azure) container platforms (Kubernetes/OpenShift) and service mesh
• GitOps automated testing security-by-design (OAuth2/OIDC SSO secrets KMS)
• Review designs code pipelines and SAST/DAST results; drive remediation and performance tuning
• Partner with product/PMO on build-vs-buy cost models and scalability/capacity planning
• Align with Enterprise Architecture ensure compliance and support audits/risk assessments
• Lead PoCs/spikes and coach squads on architecture patterns and NFR implementation
• Required Skills:
• Knowledge in commercetools cloud (AWS) containers/K8s/OpenShift API gateways event streaming (Kafka)
• Strong knowledge of microservices REST/GraphQL messaging caching/CDN and databases (RDBMS/NoSQL)
• Proficiency with CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Jenkins/Azure DevOps) security (OAuth2 SAML TLS) and observability (Prometheus/Grafana/ELK/APM)
• Solid understanding of networking performance engineering and cost optimization
• Excellent communication and ability to simplify complex designs for diverse stakeholders
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Certifications: AWS SA Pro/Azure Architect Expert TOGAF CKA/CKAD Security certs (e.g. CCSP)
• Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC2 ISO 27001 PCI GDPR) and FinOps
• Success Metrics (KPIs):
• SLO/SLA attainment performance benchmarks security issue closure time cost vs. design budget
• Defect escape rate (architecture-related) reusability/adoption of reference components time-to-market gains

Key Skills Business Process,VMware,Cloud,HTML5,Windows,Project managements,AWS,Infrastructure,Web Services,JQuery,Java,Computer Engineering,Solutions design,Technical Solutions,Analytics

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1