Sr. Solutions Architect, AWS (Migration, Modern Platforms )

Presidio, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Presidio, Inc. is seeking an AWS Pre-Sales Solutions Architect to expand our solutions team.

You will blend hands-on solution design with people leadership, focusing on standardizing best practices and delivering high-quality AWS-based solutions tailored to client environments. Ideal candidates have 7+ years in relevant roles, strong AWS expertise, and proven ability to translate complex cloud architectures into compelling business value.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience.
• 5+ years in solutions architecture, pre-sales, or delivery.
• 3+ years delivering consulting/advisory services (IT strategy, placement, Cloud Governance).
• Deep AWS expertise across EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Lambda, EKS/ECS; IAM, CloudWatch, Route 53.
• Strong executive presence and ability to translate technical AWS into business value.
• Experience with multi-account, multi-region AWS architectures and cost modeling.
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, microservices, serverless and event-driven patterns on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Develop client-facing deliverables: high-level summaries, proposals, staffing models, SOWs, and RFP/RFI responses.
• Lead scoping of workshops; assess and migrate on-premises apps/data centers to AWS.
• Design robust cloud security, IAM, and regulatory-compliant architectures.
• Drive IaC to build automated CI/CD pipelines using CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Act as SME and manage sales cycle from requirements to delivery handoff.

Skills

AWS core services

Solution architecture

Pre-sales

Executive communication

Cloud migration

IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation)

Security & IAM design

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWSPricing Calculator

Job description

Presidio, Where Teamwork and Innovation Shape the FutureAtPresidio, we're at the forefront of a global technology revolution, transforming industries throughcutting-edge digital solutions and next-generation AI. We empower businesses-and their customers-to achieve more through innovation, automation, and intelligent insights.

The Role: Sr Solutions Architect

We are seeking an AWS Pre-Sales Solution Architect to expand our Solutions Architecture team, working within an industry-specific vertical to drive technical pre-sales excellence and customer success. This role blends hands-on solution architecture with people management, focusing on enhancing team expertise, standardizing best practices, and delivering high-quality, technical solutions tailored to clientenvironments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop client-facing deliverables - including high-level solution summaries, proposals, staffing models, Statements of Work (SOWs), and responses to RFPs/RFIs - translating complex cloud architectures into clear, commercially sound engagements.
• Lead the scoping of workshops, assess, mobilize, and execution of migrating on-premises applications and legacy data centers to AWS.
• Design robust cloud security, identity, and access management (IAM) strategies, ensuring adherence to industry regulatory and compliance standards.
• Drive infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like AWS CloudFormation or Terraform to build automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Act as a subject matter expert and managing the sales cycle from requirements gathering to handoff to delivery.
• Own the proposal approval lifecycle - coordinating cross-functional review cycles, managing internal stakeholder sign-off, and ensuring all client-facing deliverables meet Presidio's quality and standards.
• Develop and implement standardized methodologies for solution design, deployment, and optimization, incorporating industry-specific frameworks.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of relevent experience
• 5+ years of experience in solutions architecture, technical pre-sales, delivery, or similar customer-facing technical roles.
• 3+ years of experience in delivery and pre-sales of consulting and advisory services for strategic solutions such as IT strategy, Application Placement, and Cloud Governance
• Deep AWS expertise across core services (EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Lambda, EKS, etc.), with strong working knowledge of container orchestration (EKS, ECS), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation), and AWS Well-Architected principles.
• Exceptional communication and executive presence - able to command the room with both technical architects and C-suite stakeholders, translating complex AWS solutions into compelling business value narratives.
• Strong cloud migration and modernization background - including experience architecting lift-and-shift, re-platform, and re-architect solutions across diverse enterprise environments and industries.
• Solid understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, and modern application architectures - including microservices, serverless, and event-driven patterns on AWS - enabling credible, forward-looking solution conversations with clients.
• Experience in solution design methodologies and technical best practices that drive consistency and quality across the team.

Required Technical Skills:

• Expert-level knowledge of AWS core services: EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Lambda, EKS, ECS, IAM, CloudWatch, Route 53, and AWS Organizations.
• Proficiency in AWS Well-Architected Framework across all five pillars.
• Hands-on experience designing multi-account, multi-region AWS architectures for enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated experience architecting cloud migration strategies including lift-and-shift, re-platform, and re-architect approaches.
• Familiarity with AWS or third party migration tooling.
• Experience using AWS Pricing Calculator and building cost models for client estimates and proposals.
• Active AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or Professional certification is highly preferred.

Your future at Presidio

JoiningPresidiomeans stepping into aculture of trailblazers-thinkers, builders, and collaborators-who push the boundaries of what's possible. With our expertise inAI-driven analytics, cloud solutions, cybersecurity, and next-gen infrastructure, we enable businesses to stay ahead in an ever-evolving digital world.

Here,your impact is real.Whether you're harnessing the power ofGenerative AI, architecting resilientdigital ecosystems, or drivingdata-driven transformation, you'll be part of a team that is shaping the future.

Ready to innovate? Let's redefine what's next-together.

About Presidio

At Presidio, speed and quality meet technology and innovation. Presidio is a trusted ally for organizations across industries with a decades-long history of building traditional IT foundations and deep expertise in AI and automation, security, networking, digital transformation, and cloud computing. Presidio fills gaps, removes hurdles, optimizes costs, and reduces risk. Presidio's expert technical team develops custom applications, provides managed services, enables actionable data insights and builds forward-thinking solutions that drive strategic outcomes for clients globally. For more information, visit www.presidio.com.

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