The Cloud Solution Architect Applications is responsible for leading the design, delivery, and architecture of cloud-native application solutions on AWS, leveraging services such as Amazon EKS, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, AWS CDK, and Amazon Bedrock.

This individual demonstrates strong technical leadership, deep cloud architecture expertise, and a service-oriented mindset to deliver scalable, secure, and modern application platforms.

Responsibilities include defining application architecture strategy, standards, governance, and best practices, ensuring alignment with enterprise cloud strategy.

This role collaborates with cross-functional teams to design, develop, modernize, and optimize applications leveraging microservices, serverless, and AI-enabled capabilities.

The architect ensures solutions are highly available, secure, scalable, and cost optimized, while supporting enterprise digital transformation initiatives and long-term architecture goals.

Scope Of Responsibility

Will lead architecture and provide technical guidance to a team of engineers and developers across application platforms
Complexity: High

SPECIFIC DUTIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES (List In Order Of Importance)

Application Architecture & Cloud Design :

Define and maintain enterprise application architecture using AWS services including EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, CDK, and Bedrock
Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud-native solutions
Establish architecture patterns (microservices, serverless, API-first, event-driven)
Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and cloud strategy

Cloud-Native Application Enablement

Architect and guide implementation of container-based applications using Amazon EKS
Design serverless solutions using AWS Lambda and event-driven patterns
Enable API-driven architectures using API Gateway
Promote reusable frameworks and standard design patterns

DevOps & Automation

Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption using AWS CDK
Establish CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployment
Promote GitOps practices for Kubernetes (EKS) environments

Performance, Scalability & Reliability

Design highly available, fault-tolerant application architectures
Optimize performance and cost (auto-scaling, compute optimization, concurrency control)
Implement monitoring and observability using AWS-native tools
Define SLAs, KPIs, and system health metrics

Data Lake Architecture & Enablement

Design and implement data lake architectures for centralized storage of raw and diverse datasets
Enable schema-on-read and ELT-based processing models to support flexible analytics and AI use cases
Support advanced use cases including machine learning, GenAI, and large-scale analytics workloads
Ensure scalable and cost-effective storage using cloud object storage platforms
Implement governance frameworks to prevent data quality issues and ensure discoverability

Security, Compliance & Governance

Ensure secure architecture using IAM, encryption, network isolation, and API security
Enforce authentication, authorization, and data protection standards
Align solutions with enterprise security policies and compliance requirements
Establish governance for application, API, and AI workloads

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

Security, Compliance & Governance :

Ensure integrations comply with security, audit, and regulatory requirements
Enforce data privacy, encryption, and access control standards
Support audits by providing documentation, logs, and integration controls
Maintain integration documentation, runbooks, and architectural diagrams

Basic Qualificiations

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience in related field
12+ years of technical experience with cloud and application architecture
10+ years of experience designing AWS-based application solutions

Strong Experience With

Amazon EKS (Kubernetes)
AWS Lambda (serverless architecture)
API Gateway (API lifecycle management)
AWS CDK (Infrastructure as Code)
Amazon Bedrock (AI/GenAI application integration)
Strong understanding of microservices, APIs (REST/GraphQL), and integration patterns
Experience designing scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems
Proven experience driving cloud-native application modernization

Additional Qualifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional preferred)
Experience with event-driven architectures (EventBridge, SQS, SNS)
Strong knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, and automation practices
Experience integrating with enterprise systems (SAP, middleware platforms preferred)
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Experience working in cross-functional and global teams
Proven ability to drive large-scale transformation initiatives

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