Job Description
Skill: AWS Solution Architect
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
Tech skills:
- AWS Services Expertise – EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, CloudFront, IAM.
- Cloud Architecture Design – Microservices, serverless, event-driven systems.
- Networking Knowledge – VPC design, subnets, routing, load balancers, DNS.
- Security Implementation – IAM policies, encryption (KMS), security groups, compliance.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – CloudFormation, Terraform.
- DevOps & CI/CD – CodePipeline, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS).
- Programming/Scripting – Python, Bash, basic Java/Node.js
- Database Management – RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, data modeling.
- Monitoring & Logging – CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-Ray.
- Cost Optimization – AWS pricing models, cost analysis, resource right-sizing
Functional skills:
- Requirement Gathering & Analysis – Understanding business and technical needs.
- Solution Design Thinking – Mapping business problems to cloud solutions.
- Stakeholder Communication – Working with clients, teams, and leadership.
- Project & Delivery Management – Ensuring timely and successful implementations.
- Risk Assessment & Mitigation – Identifying and managing technical risks.
- Documentation Skills – Architecture diagrams, design documents, SOPs.
- Decision Making – Selecting optimal technologies and approaches.
- Problem-Solving – Troubleshooting complex system issues.
- Collaboration & Leadership – Guiding teams and influencing decisions.
- Business Acumen – Aligning cloud solutions with cost, ROI, and business goals
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Design scalable, highly available, and cost-effective cloud architectures using AWS services.
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions and architecture diagrams (HLD/LLD).
- Select appropriate AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, etc.) for use cases.
- Plan and execute cloud migrations (lift-and-shift, replatform, refactor).
- Implement security best practices (IAM, encryption, network security, compliance).
- Build and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation/Terraform).
- Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery strategies.
- Monitor performance and optimize systems for cost efficiency and scalability.
- Integrate DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines, automation, containerization, Kubernetes).
- Collaborate with stakeholders, provide technical leadership, and troubleshoot issues.