Manager, Solution Architect

As a Manager in our Digital Integration & Architecture practice, you'll be a trusted advisor, a technical visionary, and a team leader - often all in the same day.

You'll lead client engagements from the front, shaping architecture strategies that blend technical depth with business impact. You'll work hand-in-glove with our clients - not just delivering solutions, but challenging their thinking, building their capability, and guiding them through transformational change.

This is a role for someone who thrives on complexity and knows that the best solutions require both left-brain precision and right-brain empathy.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and technical strategy for migrating legacy and on-premises applications to AWS cloud.

• Assess existing application architectures and codebases for cloud readiness and modernization opportunities.

• Design scalable, secure, and automated migration solutions for full stack applications (front-end, back-end, data layers).

• Implement application refactoring, re-platforming, or re-architecting efforts toleverageAWS native services (e.g., Lambda, ECS/EKS, RDS, DynamoDB).

• Develop front-end and back-end architectures ensuring seamless integration and cloud compatibility.

• Define cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or AWS CDK.

• Create andmaintainCI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and automated deployments, incorporating AI-powered code quality gates and automated security scanning.

• Lead and mentor development teams on AI-native engineering practices,establishingstandards for AI tool adoption and measuring productivity gains across modern development frameworks and backend technologies.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including DevOps, security, QA, and product to ensure successful migration and operation.

• Develop and enforce cloudmigrationbest practices, security policies, and governance.

• Evaluate and integrate agentic AI solutions into development and deployment workflows to drive automation and efficiency.

• Identifyand mitigate risks associated with migration activities.

• Monitor migrated applications for performance, cost optimization, and security compliance on AWS.

• Stay current with AWS migration tools, AI development tools, and cloud-native patterns to continuously improve approach.

AI-Native Engineering Expectations

• Use AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Kiro) as your default development workflow and set standards for team adoption.

• Measure and report AI-driven productivity improvements across your engineering team.

• Mentor engineers on effective AI-assisted development patterns, prompt engineering, and AI tool workflows.

• Evaluate AI agents and automation tools for integration into development, testing, and deployment pipelines.

• Establish team norms for AI-assisted code review, test generation, and documentation.

• Bachelor's orMaster's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• 7+ years of IT experience including extensive software development and application architecture.

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud solutions, focusing on application migration and modernization.

• Dailyproficiencywith AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, or Kiro) withdemonstratedability to improve team productivity through AI tool adoption.

• Experience measuring and reporting AI-driven productivity improvements across engineering teams.

• Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks includingLangChain, Claude Agent SDK, and Bedrock Agent SDK, and their application in the SDLC.

• Understanding ofAI agents in development workflows (automated code review, deployment agents, testing agents).

• Strong full stack development skills with front-end (React, Angular, Vue.js) and back-end (Node.js, Java, Python, .NET) frameworks.

• Experience migrating monolithic, legacy, or on-premises applications to AWS (lift-and-shift, re-platforming, refactoring).

• Deep knowledge of AWS services: EC2, Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Cognito, CloudWatch, IAM.

• Strong skills in Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK).

• Proficient with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS ECS/EKS).

• Experience setting up automated CI/CD pipelines (AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitLab CI).

• In-depth understanding ofmicroservicesarchitecture, serverless paradigms, and event-driven design.

• Solid experience in application security best practices on AWS.

• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Proven success in leading cloud migration projectsimpactingmultiple application layers.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, or AWS Certified Developer.

• Experience with migration tools like AWS Application Migration Service (MGN), AWS Server Migration Service (SMS), or Database Migration Service (DMS).

• Familiarity with cloud cost management and performance optimization post-migration.

• Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies.

• Experience with enterprise-scale applications and multi-account AWS environments.

• Knowledge of legacy technologies (e.g., .NET Framework, Java EE, Oracle DB).

The salary range for this position is: $99,000 - $232,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance

As PwC is an?equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.?

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy .

Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work

PwC provides services to 420 out of 500 Fortune 500 companies. The firm was formed in 1998 by a merger between Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse.