Cloud Migration & Modernization Architect

Amazon; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 154,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (medical, dental, vis

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Specialist Solutions Architect focused on Infrastructure Migration and Modernization in the United States. You will partner with customers to design migration strategies that transform how they build, deploy, and operate on AWS, blending technical depth with business insight.

You will guide customers through migration phases, create reference designs, and help align cloud strategies with business outcomes, working with diverse teams to accelerate

Qualifications

• 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience.
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience.
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end migration and modernization solutions by analyzing customer application portfolios, identifying dependencies, assessing migration feasibility, and architecting reliable, cost-optimized paths to AWS.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customer stakeholders from developers and system administrators to directors and C-level executives, defining cloud strategies and ensuring solutions align with their business objectives.
• Lead technical solution discussions by diving deeply into design choices, best practices, and use cases, while proactively identifying high-risk or overly complex options and engaging the right specialist resources when needed.
• Author and deliver thought leadership content such as whitepapers, reference architectures, and presentations that educate customers on migration best practices and AWS platform capabilities.
• Collaborate with internal teams including sales, business development, professional services, and engineering to progress customer engagements through their lifecycle and accelerate solution adoption.

Skills

8+ years exp in tech domains

3+ years design/implementation

10+ years IT development

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Specialist Solutions Architect focused on Infrastructure Migration and Modernization in the United States. You will partner with customers to design migration strategies that transform how they build, deploy, and operate on AWS, blending technical depth with business insight.

You will guide customers through migration phases, create reference designs, and help align cloud strategies with business outcomes, working with diverse teams to accelerate