AWS Cloud Solution Architect

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Inclusive work environment

Job summary

A technology consulting firm is seeking an AWS Cloud Architect in Chicago, IL to lead the design and execution of data center migrations to AWS Cloud. This significant role involves coordinating with cross-functional teams, addressing governance, and delivering scalable cloud architectures. Candidates should have extensive AWS experience and strong leadership skills in cloud infrastructure. Competitive salary and benefits are offered, with fulfillment of teamwork and innovative practices.

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

• Lead the design and execution of the Data Center Exit program.
• Conduct Migration Portfolio Assessments and define application dispositions.
• Collaborate with migration teams for effective execution of cloud solutions.

Skills

AWS Cloud architecture

Networking

Security controls

Automation (CI/CD, IaC)

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

CloudFormation/Terraform

AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, etc.)

Migration tools (CloudEndure, AWS Migration Hub)

Job description

The AWS Cloud Architect will lead the design, planning, and execution of the Data Center Exit (DC Exit) program. This role focuses on migrating on‑premises infrastructure, applications, and services to AWS Cloud while ensuring performance, scalability, cost efficiency, and compliance with enterprise standards. The architect will partner with cross‑functional teams including application owners, infrastructure engineers, and security teams to define and deliver the end‑state cloud architecture.

Key Responsibilities

Assessment & Planning

• Conduct Migration Portfolio Assessment (MPA) and Migration Readiness Assessment (CAF) across business, governance, security, and operations.
• Define 7R application dispositions, build dependency maps, and create migration wave plans with TCO and risk analysis.
• Design scalable, secure, and resilient AWS cloud solutions to replace on‑prem data center infrastructure.
• Develop target‑state architecture, migration blueprints, and reference architectures aligned with AWS best practices and the AWS Well‑Architected Framework.
• Select appropriate AWS services (e.g., EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudFront, CloudFormation, IAM) for various workloads.

Migration & Execution

• Lead migration assessments, application dependency mapping, and wave planning.
• Collaborate with migration teams to execute lift‑and‑shift, re‑platforming, or re‑architecting strategies.
• Oversee workload migration validation, performance tuning, and post‑migration optimization.

Governance & Security

• Implement cloud governance, compliance, and cost‑management practices.
• Ensure security controls (IAM, KMS, VPC security, GuardDuty, etc.) meet enterprise and regulatory standards.
• Define tagging standards, automation templates, and operational guardrails.
• Partner with application teams, networking, and operations to ensure a seamless transition from on‑prem to AWS.
• Mentor teams on cloud‑native practices, automation, and DevOps adoption.
• 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.

Cloud Hybrid 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. Cloud Hybrid 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 Cloud Hybrid 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