Remote Senior AWS Cloud Solutions Architect – Advisory Lead

Strategic Communications; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Vision Insurance

401k Plan

Paid Vacation Days

Paid Sick Days

Paid Holidays

Wellness Incentives

Referral Bonuses

Job summary

Strategic Communications is seeking a Senior AWS Solutions Architect acting as a Resident Architect for enterprise and public sector engagements. You will guide cloud architecture governance, platform maturity, and adoption enablement while aligning AWS best practices with regulatory requirements.

The role emphasizes advisory work over delivery, collaborating with AWS account teams and the CCoE to modernize and operationalize AWS architectures across programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary cloud architecture advisor for assigned customer environments.
• Validate evolving architectures against the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Identify architectural drift and recommend remediation strategies.
• Develop and maintain architecture diagrams (current/target).
• Support architecture governance and design decision documentation.
• Provide IaC guidance and automation strategies.
• Conduct Well-Architected Reviews and operational readiness assessments.
• Support observability, monitoring, and incident response improvements.
• Advise on migration strategies (Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Replace, Retire).
• Support phased modernization roadmaps aligned to business objectives.
• Mentor internal teams on AWS architecture best practices.
• Conduct architecture workshops and technical briefings.

Skills

Executive-level communication

Influence architecture decisions

Technical documentation

AWS Well-Architected

Customer advisory mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD platforms

GitOps workflows

Job description

Strategic Communications is seeking a Senior AWS Solutions Architect acting as a Resident Architect for enterprise and public sector engagements. You will guide cloud architecture governance, platform maturity, and adoption enablement while aligning AWS best practices with regulatory requirements.

The role emphasizes advisory work over delivery, collaborating with AWS account teams and the CCoE to modernize and operationalize AWS architectures across programs.