AWS Solutions Architect

Cloud & Things Inc; City of Schenectady (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud and Things in Schenectady, NY is seeking an experienced AWS Solutions Architect to lead secure, scalable AWS designs for NYS OPWDD. You will guide engineering and DevOps, ensure governance, and drive architecture decisions across multiple AWS services.

The role emphasizes design leadership, cross-team collaboration, and adherence to security standards while working in a hybrid onsite model with strong client preference for onsite presence.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional AWS solution design and implementation in enterprise environments.
• Supervisory experience including technical leadership and vendor reviews.
• Strong knowledge of AWS compute, storage, networking, security and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design for AWS applications, data platforms, and workloads.
• Translate requirements into AWS architectures and implementation specs.
• Define services, topology, identity, encryption, observability, DR, and cost controls.
• Develop reference architectures and templates for reuse.
• Guide AWS data engineering and DevOps teams through design reviews.

Skills

AWS cloud expertise

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Security governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS services

CloudFormation

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

Back AWS Solutions Architect
Other Area(s) Schenectady , New York W-2 hourly Oct 13, 2026

Our goal is to solve problems and deliver results for our clients. At Cloud and Things, you can be a part of transforming the public sector’s IT environment. Our team is on the forefront of helping to solve the government's most complex IT challenges. If you are seeking a role that offers the opportunity to work on rewarding projects, consider a career with Cloud and Things.

This is an exempt position. Salary commensurate with experience

Job Title: AWS Solutions Architect

Location: Schenectady, NY (Hybrid; minimum 50% onsite, 100% onsite preferred)

Duration: 3 years (with potential for extension)

W2 Hourly Rate: $80–$105/hour

Application Deadline: October 21, 2026

Overview:

We are seeking an AWS Solutions Architect to support NYS OPWDD in designing and delivering secure, scalable AWS solutions, integrations, and cloud data platforms. The architect will lead technical design, guide engineering and DevOps resources, and ensure solutions align with enterprise security and governance standards.

Duties:

• Lead architecture and technical design for AWS applications, integrations, data platforms, reporting, and cloud workloads.
• Translate business and technical requirements into AWS solution architectures and implementation specifications.
• Design APIs, event-driven and scheduled integrations across AWS, OPWDD/ITS systems, SaaS platforms, and authorized data sources.
• Define AWS services, account/network topology, identity, encryption, observability, resiliency, disaster recovery, and cost controls.
• Develop reference architectures, reusable patterns, technical standards, templates, and implementation guidance.
• Lead AWS data engineering and DevOps/CloudOps teams; conduct design reviews and resolve technical blockers.
• Review vendor and integrator designs for compliance with OPWDD/ITS architecture, security, governance, and operations standards.
• Support proofs of concept, development, testing, deployment, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and operational handover.
• Apply AWS Well-Architected principles and maintain architecture diagrams, decision records, specifications, runbooks, and knowledge-transfer materials.
• Work hybrid with at least 50% onsite attendance; client strongly prefers 100% onsite. No travel is anticipated.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• 10+ years of related professional experience, including production AWS solution design and implementation in complex enterprise environments.
• 2+ years of supervisory experience, including technical leadership and vendor/integrator work review.
• 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 OAuth 2.0/JWT-based integrations.
• Experience with AWS IAM, VPC architecture, encryption, secrets management, logging, monitoring, and multi-account governance.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (CloudFormation, Terraform, or AWS CDK) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of availability, disaster recovery, performance, observability, security, and cloud cost management.
• Ability to prepare architecture diagrams and specifications and communicate with executive, business, and technical stakeholders.

Desirable Qualifications:

• AWS Solutions Architect certification, preferably Professional level.
• Experience establishing 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 in public-sector, healthcare, Medicaid, or regulated environments handling sensitive or protected data.
• Experience developing production backend services; additional AWS security, networking, DevOps, or data certifications.

Educational & Certification Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree (required).

What We Offer:

• Opportunities to lead impactful transformations in the public sector infrastructure.
• Engagement with high-profile government initiatives, supporting meaningful change.
• Professional development through exposure to innovative Agile practices and leadership collaboration.
• A collaborative environment that values ownership, initiative, and continuous learning.

Ready to make a difference?

We’re eager to connect with qualified candidates committed to delivering results and fostering excellence within client projects.

Cloud and Things complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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