AWS Solutions Architect

Good co India; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Good co India seeks a seasoned AWS Solutions Architect to design secure, scalable cloud architectures on AWS. You will translate business needs into robust reference architectures, drive migration and modernization, and mentor engineers.

The role requires hands-on experience with core AWS services, IaC, containerization, and cost management, with strong collaboration across teams. Join a team delivering enterprise-scale cloud solutions and shaping technology standards, migration roadmaps, and

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in cloud computing, infrastructure engineering, or solutions architecture.
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale solutions on AWS.
• Hands-on with core AWS services: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, Route 53, API Gateway.
• Deep knowledge of networking, security services, and Well-Architected Framework.
• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead secure, scalable AWS cloud architectures.
• Translate business requirements into robust cloud solutions.
• Develop migration roadmaps and reference architectures.
• Establish IaC with Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Drive CI/CD, DevOps, and containerization strategies.
• Mentor cloud engineers and collaborate across teams.
• Conduct Well-Architected reviews and security assessments.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Leadership

Security best practices

Well-Architected

DevOps mindset

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Master's degree an advantage

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Design and lead secure, scalable, highly available, and cost-effective cloud solutions on AWS.
• Translate business and technical requirements into robust AWS cloud architectures.
• Develop cloud architecture strategies, reference architectures, technology standards, and migration roadmaps.
• Design solutions using AWS services including EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, Route 53, API Gateway, and other managed services.
• Architect cloud-native, microservices, serverless, event-driven, and distributed applications.
• Design secure AWS networking solutions including VPCs, subnets, routing, VPNs, Direct Connect, security groups, and network access controls.
• Implement AWS security architectures covering IAM, encryption, KMS, WAF, Shield, secrets management, logging, and compliance.
• Design high-availability, fault-tolerant, backup, disaster-recovery, and business-continuity solutions.
• Lead cloud migration, modernization, and transformation initiatives from on-premises or legacy environments to AWS.
• Establish Infrastructure as Code and automation using CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Terraform, or equivalent technologies.
• Develop and improve CI/CD, DevOps, containerization, and deployment strategies.
• Monitor cloud environments and optimize performance, reliability, resource utilization, and AWS costs.
• Conduct architecture reviews, security assessments, technical evaluations, and Well-Architected reviews.
• Collaborate with application development, DevOps, security, data, infrastructure, and business teams.
• Evaluate new AWS services and emerging cloud technologies and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Create and maintain architecture diagrams, technical documentation, deployment standards, and operational procedures.
• Mentor cloud engineers, DevOps engineers, and development teams on AWS architecture and best practices.

Preferred candidate profile

• 5 to 10 years of experience in cloud computing, infrastructure engineering, software engineering, DevOps, or solutions architecture.
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale solutions on AWS.
• Strong hands‑on expertise with core AWS services including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS/Aurora, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, Route 53, and API Gateway.
• Strong understanding of AWS networking, including VPC design, subnets, routing, NAT, VPN, Direct Connect, load balancing, and DNS.
• Strong knowledge of AWS security services and practices, including IAM, KMS, WAF, Shield, CloudTrail, Config, and Secrets Manager.
• Experience designing highly available, scalable, fault‑tolerant, and disaster‑resilient AWS architectures.
• Strong understanding of AWS Well-Architected Framework and its pillars.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Hands‑on experience with Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, CI/CD pipelines, Git, and DevOps practices.
• Experience with serverless, microservices, event-driven, and distributed system architectures.
• Strong knowledge of cloud monitoring, logging, observability, performance optimization, and cost management.
• Experience leading cloud migration, application modernization, and hybrid‑cloud projects.
• Proficiency in scripting/programming languages such as Python, Bash, or similar.
• Strong understanding of database, storage, messaging, caching, and integration technologies.
• Excellent architecture, analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor cloud and engineering teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree is an advantage.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional is highly preferred; AWS Associate-level and specialty certifications are an added advantage.