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# W2 Role - AWS Solution Architect (Remote + Travel to Des Moines)

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Dallas, TX, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Application Integration Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Migration, Data Stores, IBM DB2, Middleware, IBM Websphere Application Server, Java Architectures, Mainframes, Systems Integration, Virtual Storage Access Methods, Caching, HybridCloud, Serverless Computing, Legacy Systems
- **Published:** September 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usf9899e0d6cf1bb18c78252fc760202be

## About the Role

Solution Architecture
AWS Cloud
Application Modernization
Hybrid Cloud Architecture
Legacy/Mainframe Integration
Java/WebSphere Architecture
Stakeholder Management
Technical Leadership
Data Migration & Integration
Architecture Documentation
Other Details of Role:

 1. Acting Architect with 15+ years of experience assessing, designing, and implementing modern applications
 2. Strong communication, proven leader, highly collaborative, ability to work through design decision and trade-offs with team
 3. Drive and collaborate to deliver the following:
 1. Architecture depictions of hybrid on premises/cloud environments
 2. Technical backlog of user stories
 3. Technical documentation of N-tiered layers (auth, cache, data stores, etc.)
 4. On-premises Java architecture familiarity, including WebSphere and integration to mainframe, DB2, and VSAM (understanding required, not necessarily hands-on development)
 5. On-prem to AWS Cloud migration/integration, including:
 1. Migration patterns (auth, middleware, data stores, event patterns, caching, telemetry)
 2. Serverless patterns
 3. Data migration
 6. Background in development or data engineering (not purely functional/API-familiar candidates), experience with integrations between legacy systems including mainframe
 7. Mainly remote work, with potential for quarterly travel to Des Moines