Aws Architect

Sonata Software

Hyderabad, Chennai District, Bengaluru

Hybrid

INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Sonata Software is seeking an AWS Application Architect to define and implement cloud-native architectures on AWS, focusing on modernization, microservices, APIs, and scalable migrations. You will lead migration initiatives from on-premises or legacy platforms to AWS, ensuring security, performance, and reliability.

The role requires hands-on AWS design experience, strong knowledge of migration strategies, and the ability to drive end-to-end cloud transformations across complex systems.

Qualifications

8+ years of application architecture, software development, or cloud engineering experience.
5+ years of hands-on AWS architecture experience.
Experience delivering at least one production-scale AWS migration project.
Strong understanding of migration methodologies, cloud transformation, and modernization approaches.
Proven experience designing and implementing microservices and API-based solutions.
Experience with container platforms such as ECS and/or EKS.
Experience in production deployment, cutover, and go-live activities.

Responsibilities

Design cloud-native application architectures using AWS services and best practices.
Define microservices-based solutions using AWS Lambda, ECS, EKS, API Gateway, and EventBridge.
Architect scalable, secure, resilient, and high-performing distributed systems.
Design RESTful APIs and service integration patterns.
Develop modernization strategies for legacy monolithic applications.
Create architecture diagrams, design documents, and technical standards.

Tools

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

EventBridge

ECS

EKS

AWS IAM

CloudWatch

RDS

DynamoDB

SQS / SNS

AWS Step Functions

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform/CloudFormation

CI/CD

Git

Job description

AWS Application Architect

Role Summary

The AWS Application Architect will be responsible for defining and implementing cloud-native application architectures on AWS, with a strong focus on application modernization, microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, scalability, security, performance optimization, and production-scale cloud migrations. The role requires hands-on experience in designing and delivering AWS-based solutions and leading migration initiatives from on-premises or legacy platforms to AWS.

Key Responsibilities

Application Architecture & Cloud Design

Design cloud-native application architectures using AWS services and best practices.
Define microservices-based solutions using AWS Lambda, ECS, EKS, API Gateway, and EventBridge.
Architect scalable, secure, resilient, and high-performing distributed systems.
Design RESTful APIs and service integration patterns.
Develop modernization strategies for legacy monolithic applications.
Create architecture diagrams, design documents, and technical standards.

AWS Migration & Modernization

Lead application migration and modernization initiatives from on-premises, private cloud, or other cloud platforms to AWS.
Assess source systems and define AWS target architectures.
Design migration strategies, cutover plans, rollback procedures, and go-live activities.
Drive application rehosting, replatforming, refactoring, or cloud-native transformations.
Identify migration risks and mitigation strategies.
Ensure business continuity during migration and deployment activities.

Event-Driven & Integration Architecture

Design event-driven architectures leveraging EventBridge and AWS-native integration services.
Develop asynchronous communication patterns between applications and microservices.
Implement API management, governance, and security using API Gateway.

Security & Governance

Ensure architecture aligns with AWS Well-Architected Framework principles.
Define security controls, authentication, authorization, encryption, and compliance requirements.
Implement secure API and microservices design patterns.
Support governance, monitoring, audit, and observability requirements.

Performance & Reliability

Establish performance benchmarks and scalability requirements.
Optimize workloads for cost, performance, and operational efficiency.
Define monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies.
Conduct design reviews and performance assessments.

Required Technical Skills

AWS Services

AWS Lambda
API Gateway
EventBridge
ECS
EKS
AWS IAM
CloudWatch
S3
RDS
DynamoDB
SQS / SNS
AWS Step Functions

Architecture & Development

Microservices Architecture
REST API Design
Event-Driven Architecture
Distributed Systems Design
Containerization (Docker)
Kubernetes
Application Modernization
Design Patterns

DevOps & CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation)
CI/CD Pipelines
Git
DevOps Practices
Monitoring and Observability

Required Experience

8+ years of application architecture, software development, or cloud engineering experience.
5+ years of hands-on AWS architecture experience.
Experience delivering at least one production-scale AWS migration project.
Strong understanding of migration methodologies, cloud transformation, and modernization approaches.
Proven experience designing and implementing microservices and API-based solutions.
Experience with container platforms such as ECS and/or EKS.
Experience in production deployment, cutover, and go-live activities.

Migration Experience Requirements (Mandatory)

Candidates should be able to clearly demonstrate:

Experience in at least one production-scale migration to AWS.
Understanding of source systems and corresponding AWS target architecture.
Direct involvement in architecture design, implementation, configuration, validation, or migration leadership.
Experience validating data completeness, accuracy, reconciliation, and migration success criteria.
Hands-on involvement in troubleshooting migration challenges and remediation activities.
Participation in migration planning, production cutover, go-live execution, and post-production stabilization.

Preferred Qualifications