AWS Solutions Architect

Qode LLC
Minneapolis, United States of America
5 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Intermediate

Job location

Minneapolis, United States of America

Tech stack

Java
.NET
API
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloud Engineering
DevOps
Distributed Systems
Amazon DynamoDB
Fault Tolerance
Github
Identity and Access Management
Subnetting
Python
Network Security
Enterprise Messaging Systems
Performance Tuning
Site Reliability Engineering Practices
Prometheus
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Software Engineering
Trusted Systems
Cloud Platform System
System Availability
Delivery Pipeline
Grafana
Multi-Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloudformation
Event Driven Architecture
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Containerization
Kubernetes
Deployment Automation
Kafka
Data Management
Functional Programming
Api Design
Cloudwatch
Api Gateway
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Serverless Computing
Docker
Jenkins
Microservices

Job description

Role: AWS Solutions Architect Location: Minneapolis, MN Employment Type: Full-Time Work Authorization: Visa Independent CandidatesRole OverviewWe are seeking a highly skilled AWS Solutions Architect to design and deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud architectures. This role requires deep expertise in AWS services, cloud-native design patterns, and hands-on experience in building distributed systems. Key ResponsibilitiesArchitecture & Design

  • Design end-to-end AWS cloud architectures for enterprise-scale applications
  • Define best practices for high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability
  • Architect microservices-based and event-driven systems

Cloud Engineering

  • Build and optimize solutions using AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, ECS/EKS
  • Design API-driven architectures using API Gateway and serverless frameworks
  • Implement messaging systems using SQS, SNS, Kafka (MSK)

DevOps & Automation

  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or CloudFormation
  • Design CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or AWS CodePipeline
  • Enable automated deployments and environment provisioning

Security & Compliance

  • Architect secure systems using IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager
  • Implement network security (VPC, subnets, NACLs, security groups)
  • Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards

Performance & Optimization

  • Optimize cost, performance, and scalability of AWS workloads
  • Conduct architecture reviews and performance tuning
  • Implement monitoring using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana

Stakeholder Collaboration

  • Work with engineering, product, and business teams
  • Act as a technical advisor for cloud strategy and adoption

Requirements

  • 8+ years in software engineering / cloud architecture
  • 4+ years of hands-on AWS experience
  • Strong experience with distributed systems and microservices
  • Expertise in at least one language: Python, Java, or .NET
  • Deep understanding of networking, APIs, and system design, * AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
  • Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and containerization (Docker)
  • Exposure to data platforms (Redshift, EMR, Glue)
  • Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid architectures

Nice to Have

  • Experience in high-scale, customer-facing platforms
  • Background in DevOps or platform engineering
  • Knowledge of observability and SRE practices

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