Cloud Solution Architect

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PRIMARY FUNCTION:

The Cloud Solution Architect – Applications is responsible for leading the design, delivery, and

architecture of cloud-native application solutions on AWS, leveraging services such as Amazon EKS, AWS

Lambda, API Gateway, AWS CDK, and Amazon Bedrock. This individual demonstrates strong technical

leadership, deep cloud architecture expertise, and a service-oriented mindset to deliver scalable, secure,

and modern application platforms.

Responsibilities include defining application architecture strategy, standards, governance, and best

practices, ensuring alignment with enterprise cloud strategy. This role collaborates with cross-functional

teams to design, develop, modernize, and optimize applications leveraging microservices, serverless,

and AI-enabled capabilities.

The architect ensures solutions are highly available, secure, scalable, and cost optimized, while

supporting enterprise digital transformation initiatives and long-term architecture goals.

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY:

1. Will lead architecture and provide technical guidance to a team of engineers and developers

across application platforms

2. Complexity:

High SPECIFIC DUTIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES (List in order of importance)

Application Architecture & Cloud Design

Define and maintain enterprise application architecture using AWS services including

EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, CDK, and Bedrock

Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud-native

solutions

Establish architecture patterns (microservices, serverless, API-first, event-driven)

Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and cloud strategy

Cloud-Native Application Enablement

Architect and guide implementation of container-based applications using Amazon EKS

Design serverless solutions using AWS Lambda and event-driven patterns

Enable API-driven architectures using API Gateway

Promote reusable frameworks and standard design patterns

DevOps & Automation

Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption using AWS CDK

Establish CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployment

Promote GitOps practices for Kubernetes (EKS) environments

Performance, Scalability & Reliability

Design highly available, fault-tolerant application architectures

Optimize performance and cost (auto-scaling, compute optimization, concurrency

control)

Implement monitoring and observability using AWS-native tools

Define SLAs, KPIs, and system health metrics

Data Lake Architecture & Enablement

Design and implement data lake architectures for centralized storage of raw and diverse

datasets

Enable schema-on-read and ELT-based processing models to support flexible analytics

and AI use cases

Support advanced use cases including machine learning, GenAI, and large-scale analytics

workloads

Ensure scalable and cost-effective storage using cloud object storage platforms

Implement governance frameworks to prevent data quality issues and ensure

discoverability

Security, Compliance & Governance

Ensure secure architecture using IAM, encryption, network isolation, and API security

Enforce authentication, authorization, and data protection standards

Align solutions with enterprise security policies and compliance requirements

Establish governance for application, API, and AI workloads

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

Security, Compliance & Governance

Ensure integrations comply with security, audit, and regulatory requirements

Enforce data privacy, encryption, and access control standards

Support audits by providing documentation, logs, and integration controls

Maintain integration documentation, runbooks, and architectural diagrams

BASIC QUALIFICIATIONS:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience in related field

12+ years of technical experience with cloud and application architecture

10+ years of experience designing AWS-based application solutions

Strong experience with:

Amazon EKS (Kubernetes)

AWS Lambda (serverless architecture)

API Gateway (API lifecycle management)

AWS CDK (Infrastructure as Code)

Amazon Bedrock (AI/GenAI application integration)

Strong understanding of microservices, APIs (REST/GraphQL), and integration patterns

Experience designing scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems

Proven experience driving cloud-native application modernization

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional preferred)

Experience with event-driven architectures (EventBridge, SQS, SNS)

Strong knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, and automation practices

Experience integrating with enterprise systems (SAP, middleware platforms preferred)

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Experience working in cross-functional and global teams

Proven ability to drive large-scale transformation initiatives

ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.