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# AWS Solution Architect

- **Company:** The Smart
- **Location:** Dallas, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Identity and Access Management, Performance Tuning, Cloud Services, Azure Machine Learning, System Availability, HybridCloud, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Cloud Migration, Functional Programming, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** September 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/dea49204-286d-4e8f-80ff-b57d92d225d2

## About the Role

* **12+ years of IT experience**, with **10+ years in AWS architecture**
 * Strong hands-on experience with:

 * EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda
 * VPC, IAM, CloudFormation
 * ECS/EKS, Docker, Kubernetes
 * Expertise in **AWS Control Tower, Landing Zone, and Governance frameworks**
 * Experience in **hybrid cloud architecture (on-prem + AWS)**
 * Strong knowledge of:

 * AWS Organizations
 * Service Control Policies (SCP)
 * Security best practices
 * Experience with **Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)**
 * Strong understanding of **CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices**
 * Experience in **cost optimization and performance tuning**
 * Excellent communication and leadership skills, * AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate/Professional)
 * Experience with AI/ML services (SageMaker, Bedrock) is a plus
 * Experience working in **enterprise environments (banking/retail/healthcare)**

Soft Skills

 * Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
 * Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
 * Excellent stakeholder communication and leadership ability

## Description

We are seeking an experienced AWS Solution Architect to design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available cloud solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in AWS architecture, cloud migration strategies, and enterprise-level system design., * Design and architect **scalable, secure, and cost-efficient AWS solutions**

 * Lead **cloud migration initiatives** from on-premises to AWS
 * Build and manage **AWS Landing Zones and Control Tower environments**
 * Define and implement **multi-account AWS architectures using AWS Organizations and SCPs**
 * Design **high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR)** solutions
 * Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions
 * Ensure adherence to **AWS Well-Architected Framework principles**
 * Lead and mentor development and DevOps teams
 * Provide technical leadership across global cloud teams


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