AWS Architect

Acestack; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Acestack is seeking an AWS Architect to lead API development and cloud migration initiatives. The role focuses on transforming legacy services into cloud-native, scalable API-driven solutions across Payments, Money Movement, and Reporting platforms.

The candidate will design secure, high-performing APIs, migrate integrations to AWS, and collaborate with architects, engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver resilient cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• Must have deep expertise in API development and microservices for enterprise platforms.
• Experience with cloud migration strategies and AWS-native solutions.
• Proficiency in secure coding practices, IAM, encryption, and secrets management.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and support secure, scalable APIs and microservices.
• Modernize and migrate APIs from on-premises to AWS cloud-native architectures.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs using Java/Spring Boot and AWS-native tech while following security standards.

Skills

API development

Microservices development

Cloud migration strategies

AWS technologies

Security practices

CI/CD pipelines

Containerized applications

Observability

Tools

API Gateway

AWS Lambda

Amazon ECS

Step Functions

SQS

SNS

DynamoDB

RDS

S3

IAM

KMS

Terraform

OpenShift

Docker

Job description

Job Title: AWS Architect

Location: Remote

Full Time

Job Description

AWS Architect

We are seeking a Lead consultant API Development & Cloud Migration to contribute towards the design, development, modernization, migration, and support of enterprise APIs across Payments, Money Movement, and Information Reporting platforms. This role will play a critical part in transforming legacy services into cloud-native, scalable API-driven solutions while enabling seamless integration across internal and external systems.

The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in API development, microservices development, and cloud migration strategies, with strong hands-on experience in AWS technologies. The candidate will be responsible for designing and delivering secure, high-performance APIs, migrating existing services and integrations to AWS, and translating business requirements into resilient and scalable cloud-native solutions.

This role requires active involvement throughout the API lifecycle, including architecture, development, testing, deployment, governance, monitoring, troubleshooting, and production support while collaborating closely with architects, engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and support secure, scalable, and high-performing APIs and microservices for Payments, Money Movement, and Information Reporting platforms.
• Participate in the modernization and migration of APIs and integration services from on-premises environments to AWS cloud-native architectures.
• Develop cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS services including API Gateway, Lambda, ECS, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, IAM, KMS, and AWS Transfer Family.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS-native technologies while following enterprise architecture and security standards.
• Support and enhance existing API platforms by troubleshooting issues, implementing new functionality, improving resiliency and optimizing performance.
• Develop and maintain event-driven solutions using Apache Kafka, Amazon SNS, and Amazon SQS to support real-time payment and money movement processing.
• Build, deploy, and support containerized applications using OpenShift, Docker, and AWS ECS platforms.
• Collaborate with architects, product owners, business partners, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Implement secure coding practices and API security controls including authentication, authorization, encryption, and secrets management.
• Optimize API performance, scalability, and reliability through performance tuning, monitoring, and proactive problem resolution.
• Participate in API migration activities, including legacy application assessment, refactoring, testing, deployment, and production cutover support.
• Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform to automate provisioning and deployment of cloud resources.
• Implement and support CI/CD pipelines to enable automated build, testing, deployment, and release processes.
• Utilize observability and monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, Grafana, and Splunk to
• monitor application health and troubleshoot production issues.
• Participate in on-call support, incident resolution, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure platform stability and operational excellence.
• Contribute to code reviews, technical design discussions, and engineering best practices to improve software quality and maintainability.