AWS Cloud Solution Architect

Robotics Technologies LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading robotics company located in Chicago seeks an experienced professional to lead AWS cloud migration initiatives. The role involves conducting portfolio assessments, designing secure cloud architectures, and governing cloud practices. Ideal candidates will possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and significant AWS experience. Responsibilities also include mentoring teams and providing executive reporting on project progress. This position is an excellent opportunity for those adept in cloud technologies and strong security protocols.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, or enterprise architecture.
• 8+ years of hands-on AWS Cloud architecture experience.
• Proven experience leading large-scale data center migration or exit programs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Migration Portfolio Assessment and Migration Readiness Assessment.
• Lead migration assessments and application dependency mapping.
• Implement cloud governance, compliance, and cost-management practices.

Skills

AWS Cloud architecture

Infrastructure management

Strong networking

Security compliance frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CloudFormation

Terraform

CloudEndure

AWS Migration Hub

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Assessment & Planning:
• o Conduct Migration Portfolio Assessment (MPA) and Migration Readiness Assessment (CAF) across business, governance, security, and operations.
• o Define 7R application dispositions, build dependency maps, and create migration wave plans with TCO and risk analysis.
• o Design scalable, secure, and resilient AWS cloud solutions to replace on-prem data center infrastructure.
• o Develop target-state architecture, migration blueprints, and reference architectures aligned with AWS best practices and the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• o Select appropriate AWS services (e.g., EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudFront, CloudFormation, IAM) for various workloads.
• Migration & Execution
• o Lead migration assessments, application dependency mapping, and wave planning.
• o Collaborate with migration teams to execute lift-and-shift, re-platforming, or re-architecting strategies.
• o Oversee workload migration validation, performance tuning, and post-migration optimization.
• Governance & Security
• o Implement cloud governance, compliance, and cost-management practices.
• o Ensure security controls (IAM, KMS, VPC security, GuardDuty, etc.) meet enterprise and regulatory standards.
• o Define tagging standards, automation templates, and operational guardrails.
• o Partner with application teams, networking, and operations to ensure a seamless transition from on-prem to AWS.
• o Mentor teams on cloud-native practices, automation, and DevOps adoption.
• o Provide executive reporting on progress, risks, and mitigation strategies for the DC Exit initiative.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, or enterprise architecture.
• 8+ years of hands-on AWS Cloud architecture experience, including VPC design, IAM, EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFormation/Terraform, and monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Config).
• Proven experience leading large-scale data center migration or exit programs.
• Strong understanding of networking, security, automation (CI/CD, IaC), and hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Experience with migration tools (CloudEndure, AWS Migration Hub, Application Discovery Service).
• Strong knowledge of networking, security, and compliance frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional (preferred) or Associate.
• Familiarity with multi-account strategy and AWS Control Tower.
• Experience in cost optimization and FinOps practices.
• Exposure to modernization (containers, serverless, microservices) and DevOps practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGIES LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGIES LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGIES LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract.