Job Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled Senior AWS Cloud Solution Architect to join our team. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in designing and implementing solutions for migrating applications to the cloud using cloud-native technologies. This role will focus on customer engagement to deeply understand their applications and collaborate with engineering teams to ensure successful deployments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and architect scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions on AWS, utilizing cloud-native technologies.
- Engage with customers to gather requirements, understand their application architecture, and provide tailored cloud migration strategies.
- Collaborate closely with engineering teams to ensure the seamless deployment of applications and services in the cloud.
- Provide guidance on best practices for cloud application design, deployment, and optimization.
- Lead and mentor team members in implementing cloud solutions, ensuring adherence to architectural standards.
- Conduct cloud readiness assessments and create migration plans to facilitate smooth transitions to AWS.
- Stay updated on emerging cloud technologies and industry trends to continually enhance our service offerings.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in cloud architecture, with a strong focus on AWS services.
- Proven experience in designing and implementing cloud-native applications.
- Strong understanding of application migration strategies and tools.
- Excellent knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc.) and best practices.
- Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless architectures.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage effectively with customers and teams.
- AWS Certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect) is highly preferred.
Benefits
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Top Skills
What We Do
Passion and Purpose. We are a start-up borne out of a group of architects and engineers providing solutions that transform with digital breakthroughs.
We Partner - Partnership to us means being all in - on the ground, in the weeds, producing and delivering mission solutions.
We Innovate - driving digital innovation and experimentation to improve decision services for the American people.
We Engage – co-creating to deliver HCD (human centered design) to solve tour customers digital challenges.
We Deliver – and take pride and accountability in everything we do.
We are Ignite IT.
Ignite IT deploys teams that are customer-obsessed, delivering a CX (Customer Experience) renaissance to our Private and Public Sector customers. We combine Commercial BX (Business of Experience) with customer delivery experts to benefit agencies to innovate and improve services and launch new digital solutions. We have built a company foundation dependent on each of our employee’s success, and provide a healthy, engaging, community where learning and knowledge sharing are encouraged. We empower our employees to be bold, continually innovate and propose new ideas to improve processes and services. We engage daily on work that touches millions of people, always focusing on positive impacts and results.
We enable mission services that enable Enterprise companies to succeed in digital transformation, protect Border Agents, deploy the Army Reserve and National Guard, providing decision dominance to make America safer. We apply these digital services across the Private and Public Sectors to include include HHS, DHS, AOUSC and Army. We aim to continually raise the bar for our customers to expect more from their digital services. For more information, visit www.igniteitservices.com
