8-11- AWS Solution Architect/Engineer

Focused HR Solutions; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech solutions company is seeking an AWS Solution Architect/Engineer for a 12+ month contract, with remote work and occasional onsite presence in Raleigh, NC. The candidate will provide technical leadership across various architecture domains, improve cloud technology architecture, and have extensive hands-on IT experience. To apply, ensure you have certifications and significant experience in AWS, CI/CD practices, and cloud-native tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional IT experience with Windows Server or Linux.
• 4+ years of AWS experience, including CloudFormation.
• 3+ years of cloud architecture experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across various architecture domains.
• Identify opportunities to improve architecture using cloud technologies.
• Guide teams in building CI/CD pipeline configurations.

Skills

AWS Certified Architect

Knowledge of CI/CD tools

Cloud-native tools experience

Automation tools experience

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Tools

Jenkins

Terraform

Job description

MO-8/25 - 714737 - AWS Solution Architect / Engineer - Remote & Raleigh, NC

Position Overview: 12+ months contract, remote with occasional onsite in Raleigh, NC. Candidate must work EST business hours. Travel expenses are not covered.

Please submit your current resume and hourly rate.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across Business Architecture, Application/Software Architecture, Database Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, and Security Architecture.
• Identify opportunities to improve architecture using cloud and cloud-native technologies.
• Build MVP technology solutions in the cloud.
• Participate in digital transformation for large complex applications.
• Assess current technology architecture and recommend future state architecture.
• Identify architectural risks, plan mitigations, adhere to standards and communicate effectively with non-technical audiences including senior ITD and business stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Software Development teams, Product Managers, and Business Owners to ensure smooth deployment and operation of systems.
• Guide/Build CI/CD pipeline configurations to orchestrate provisioning and deployment of both large and small-scale systems.
• Build and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring, and operations.
• Develop Cloud Operation Framework, roles and responsibilities for each category.
• Automate tools to monitor system health and reliability; troubleshoot issues in dev, test, and production.
• Communicate status and risks to product teams and help automate and streamline operations and processes.
• Ensure solution designs and implementations meet architecture quality standards.
• Guide Solution Architects/Tech Leads to align application and integration architecture with system design guidelines and enterprise architecture standards.
• Consider healthcare industry and digital health trends.
• Implement security architecture and controls.
• Perform gap analysis and mitigation.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Active status as an AWS Certified Architect (DevOps or Architect).
• Implement technical processes to roll out solutions.
• Deliver fully functional products on time with the project team.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, TravisCI, CircleCI, AppVeyor, etc).
• Experience with automation tools and repositories such as Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, CHEF, TeamCity, Artifactory, SVN, and Bitbucket.
• Experience with cloud-native tools like CloudFormation, Terraform, ELB, Autoscaling, and EC2.
• Good understanding of VPC, Subnets, route tables, Internet gateways, VPC peering, Transit gateway, VPC Link, etc.
• AWS – Amazon Web Services Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate.
• Active certification status on any cloud providers: AWS/GCP/Azure Solution Architect (preferred).
• Active certification status on any cloud providers: AWS/GCP/Azure Developer (preferred).
• Track record of successfully establishing and implementing transformation programs in an Agile and DevOps environment.

Minimum Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Information Systems Management, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Management, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of professional IT experience with Windows Server or Linux.
• 4+ years of AWS experience, CloudFormation experience.
• 8+ years of related experience including Agile Methods and modern technology environments.
• 3+ years of cloud architecture experience and cloud economics.
• Experience leading cross-functional project teams and workgroups.
• Highly desired: knowledge of security technologies and methods for securing information.
• Highly desired: proficiency in enterprise architecture life cycle methodologies.
• Highly desired: interpersonal and leadership skills demonstrating collaboration, facilitation, negotiation, conflict management, and influence.

Required / Desired Skills

• Migrating from On-prem to Cloud using IaaS, PaaS, SaaS solutions – Required, 2 years.
• Experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, SSM, EBS, and CloudFormation) – Required, 4 years.
• Hands‑on IT experience with Windows Server or Linux – Required, 5 years.
• Experience with security best practices and implementing security controls in AWS – Highly desired.
• Experience with Agile Methods and modern technology environments – Required, 8 years.
• Experience leading cross‑functional project teams, workgroups – Required, 2 years.
• Proficiency in enterprise architecture life cycle methodologies – Highly desired.
• Interpersonal and leadership skills demonstrating collaboration, facilitation, negotiation, conflict management, and influence – Required, 4 years.

Note: This position is open for applications. Contact the recruiting team for more information.