AWS Solutions Architect

Sligo Software Solutions Inc.; City of Albany (NY); Híbrido; USD 150.000 - 210.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Sligo Software Solutions, Inc. is seeking an AWS Solutions Architect in Albany, NY for a 36-month engagement. The role requires onsite readiness with hybrid work options and strong leadership across AWS data, security, and DevOps domains.

You will lead architecture design, API and integration patterns, and enable scalable, cost-aware AWS solutions while coordinating with ITS and other stakeholders.

Formación

• 15+ years of experience in AWS/solution architecture.
• Strong AWS compute, storage, networking, security, and governance knowledge.
• Experience designing REST/GraphQL APIs and event-driven architectures.
• Proven leadership of technical teams and vendor reviews.
• Experience with IaC and automated delivery (CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK).

Responsabilidades

• Lead architecture and design of AWS-based applications and data platforms.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into architectures.
• Design API-based and event-driven integrations across AWS.
• Define service selection, topology, IAM, encryption, logging and cost controls.
• Develop reference architectures and standards for AWS initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership to AWS data engineering and DevOps teams.
• Review vendor designs to ensure alignment with standards.
• Support proofs of concept, deployment, testing, and transition to operations.
• Apply AWS Well-Architected principles across five pillars.
• Maintain architecture diagrams and runbooks.

Conocimientos

AWS architecture

Cloud architecture

Leadership

DevOps

Security governance

Stakeholder communication

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Herramientas

AWS CloudFormation

Terraform

AWS CDK

CI/CD pipelines

Descripción del empleo

Greetings from Sligo Software Solutions, Inc. !!

This is Anita from SLIGO. We have an urgent requirement for AWS Solutions Architect position with our client.

Title: AWS Solutions Architect

Location: Albany, New York

Duration: 36 Months

Client: NY State - Information Technology Services (ITS)

Job ID: SLG - 26 - 12487

Respond by: 10/20/26 5:00 PM

Full Time reducing to Part Time

Details: 40 hours per week in Year 1; 30 hours per week in Year 2; 20 hours per week in Year 3

Location

Hybrid; 50% onsite is required. The client strongly prefers candidates who can work 100% onsite.

Travel

None

Duties

• Lead the architecture and technical design of secure, scalable, reliable, and supportable AWS-based applications, integrations, data platforms, reporting solutions, and cloud workloads.
• Collaborate with business analysts, stakeholders, and technical teams to translate approved business and technical requirements into detailed AWS architectures and implementation specifications.
• Design API-based, event-driven, scheduled, and other integration patterns among AWS services, OPWDD/ITS systems, software-as-a-service platforms, vendor solutions, and authorized data sources.
• Define service selection, data flows, network and account topology, identity and access models, encryption, logging, monitoring, resiliency, backup, disaster recovery, and cost-control approaches.
• Develop reusable reference architectures, integration patterns, technical standards, templates, and implementation guidance for current and future AWS initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership and direction to AWS data engineering and DevOps/CloudOps resources, conduct design reviews, resolve technical blockers, and coordinate cross-team dependencies.
• Review AWS-related designs and implementation work performed by vendors and system integrators to promote alignment with OPWDD/ITS architecture, security, governance, and operational standards.
• Support proofs of concept, solution build, testing, deployment, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and transition to operations.
• Apply AWS Well-Architected principles across operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability.
• Develop and maintain architecture diagrams, technical specifications, decision records, interface documentation, runbooks, operational procedures, and knowledge-transfer materials.

Mandatory Requirements

• Experience (15+ Years)

Requirements

• This is an 100% Onsite
• Bachelor's degree.
• A minimum of 10+ years of related experience.
• A minimum of 2+ years of supervisory experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing production AWS solutions in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of AWS compute, storage, networking, security, serverless, integration, data, monitoring, and governance services.
• Experience designing secure REST or GraphQL APIs, event-driven architectures, and integrations using authentication and authorization standards such as OAuth 2.0 and JSON Web Tokens.
• Experience with AWS identity and access management, virtual private cloud design, encryption, secrets management, logging, monitoring, and multi-account governance.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and automated delivery using tools such as AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CDK, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of availability, resiliency, disaster recovery, performance, observability, security, and cloud cost-management practices.
• Ability to produce clear architecture diagrams and technical specifications and communicate effectively with executive, business, and technical stakeholders.
• Experience leading technical teams and reviewing the work of vendors, subcontractors, or system integrators.

Preferred Credentials/Certifications

• AWS Solutions Architect certification is strongly preferred; professional-level certification is a significant plus.
• Experience establishing enterprise AWS landing zones, multi-account environments, governance controls, and reusable platform patterns.
• Experience integrating enterprise SaaS, electronic health record, data warehouse, lakehouse, or analytics platforms.
• Experience supporting public-sector, healthcare, Medicaid, or other regulated environments, including sensitive or protected data.
• Experience developing production backend services and additional AWS security, networking, DevOps, or data-focused certifications are a plus.