About SimplePart
SimplePart, part of Infomedia’s global automotive SaaS platform, operates approximately 2,750 dealer websites across 25+ OEM catalogs. Our parts e-commerce solutions serve dealership networks globally, processing transactions across multiple payment integrations in a PCI DSS-regulated environment.
The Opportunity
The SimplePart product is entering an exciting modernization phase. As the Sr. Solutions Architect, you will design and build SimplePart’s AWS platform from the ground up, defining the target-state architecture, establishing infrastructure-as-code foundations, and leading the migration of workloads from four colocation datacenters into a modern, scalable, and compliant cloud environment.
You’ll own the architectural vision end-to-end: compute, networking, data, security, and observability. You’ll work closely with development, product, and executive leadership to ensure the cloud platform supports a modernized application stack while meeting compliance requirements.
Beyond the build, you’ll serve as a technical leader, mentoring engineers, setting cloud engineering standards, and helping shape the direction of SimplePart’s infrastructure organization through a multi-year transformation. There will be some necessary work to support networking upgrades on the current platform to maintain stability during the migration timeframe.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Architecture & Migration (Primary Focus)
- Design the target-state AWS architecture for SimplePart’s e-commerce platform, encompassing compute, networking, storage, data services, and security controls.
- Define and implement the cloud landing zone: account structure, VPC design, network segmentation, identity and access management, and connectivity back to on-premises datacenters during the transition period.
- Architect migration pathways for workloads currently running across four colocation datacenters (Atlanta, Portland, Amsterdam, London).
- Establish infrastructure-as-code practices using the most appropriate platform as the standard for all cloud provisioning.
- Design cloud-native replacements for on-premises services including compute, database, caching, messaging, and monitoring.
- Architect hybrid connectivity solutions (Direct Connect, Site-to-Site VPN) to bridge on-premises and cloud environments during the parallel-run migration period.
- Define and enforce cloud operational standards: tagging, cost management, deployment pipelines, environment promotion, and disaster recovery.
- Security, Compliance & Governance in AWS
- Design the cloud security architecture to meet PCI DSS 4.0 requirements, including network segmentation, encryption at rest and in transit, logging, and access controls.
- Architect AWS environments to support ISO 27001 compliance maintenance and SOC 2 certification.
- Implement security tooling and practices in AWS: GuardDuty, Security Hub, Config, CloudTrail, WAF, and KMS.
- Ensure the cloud architecture supports audit evidence generation, vulnerability scanning integration, and compliance reporting.
- Define and document cloud security standards, runbooks, and architecture decision records.
Technical Leadership
- Serve as the senior technical authority on cloud architecture decisions, setting standards and patterns for the modernization program.
- Mentor and develop team members in cloud engineering practices through hands-on guidance and knowledge sharing.
- Drive a culture of documentation, automation, and continuous improvement across the infrastructure team.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with development, product, and executive leadership on modernization planning, roadmap execution, and trade-off decisions.
- Produce and present architectural documentation, diagrams, and decision records for technical and executive audiences.
Legacy Environment Support
- Some support will be needed on the existing stack during the migration period, specifically to assist with a network upgrade.
- Windows Server (2016–2022), Active Directory, IIS, and Group Policy across a multi-datacenter footprint.
- pfSense firewalls with Snort IDS/IPS, Cloudflare WAF and proxy configurations.
- SQL Server replication, federation, and high-availability patterns.
- Proxmox virtualization environments.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in infrastructure or cloud architecture, with at least 3 years focused on designing and building production AWS environments.
- Deep AWS expertise across core services: VPC, EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS/Aurora, S3, IAM, CloudFormation/Terraform, Route 53, Direct Connect, and CloudWatch.
- Demonstrated experience designing and executing datacenter-to-cloud migrations for production workloads.
- Strong infrastructure-as-code skills (Terraform preferred) with experience establishing IaC practices in an organization.
- Hands-on experience designing cloud architectures that meet PCI DSS compliance requirements.
- Deep understanding of cloud networking: VPC design, segmentation, Transit Gateway, load balancing, DNS, and hybrid connectivity.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation in cloud environments.
- Experience with cloud cost optimization, FinOps practices, and reserved capacity planning.
- Background in e-commerce, SaaS, or multi-tenant platform environments.
- Strong documentation practices and ability to communicate architectural decisions to both technical and executive audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and elevate a technical team through a significant transformation.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of experience in systems engineering, infrastructure architecture, or a similar senior technical role.
- Deep networking expertise in enterprise network architectures including segmentation, VLANs, VPNs, routing protocols, DNS, and DHCP.
- Strong firewall management experience and working knowledge of IDS/IPS systems.
- Hands-on experience with Windows Server environments, Active Directory, IIS, and Group Policy at scale.
- Advanced PowerShell scripting for automation, system administration, and infrastructure management.
- Experience with virtualization platforms (Proxmox, Hyper-V, or VMware).
- Working knowledge of PCI DSS compliance requirements and audit processes.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and elevate a technical team.
- Strong documentation practices and ability to communicate architectural decisions to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent professional experience.
What We Do
Infomedia Ltd (ASX:IFM) is a leading global provider of DaaS and SaaS solutions that empowers the data-driven automotive ecosystem. Infomedia’s solutions help OEMs, NSCs, dealerships and 3rd party partners manage the vehicle and customer lifecycle. They are used by over 250,000 industry professionals, across 50 OEM brands and in 186 countries to create a convenient customer journey, drive dealer efficiencies and grow sales. Infomedia has led innovation in retail automotive technology within global OEMs and their dealer networks for more than 28 years and continues to expand its reach within the three regions in which it operates. We have initiated a number of firsts in the global market, which have now become standard expectations and the minimum cost of entry for independent and in-house technology providers. Our SaaS parts selling platform, which includes Microcat® EPC™, Microcat Market™ and Microcat Partsbridge®, allows dealership and trade users to improve productivity and grow parts sales, by precisely identifying and ordering replacement parts manufactured by the world’s leading Automakers. Our SaaS service selling platform, which includes Superservice® Menus™, Superservice Triage™, Superservice Register™ and Superservice Connect™, allows dealerships to continually deliver customer-centric service experiences with online service appointments, repair quoting and vehicle inspections. Our new DaaS and insights platform, Infodrive™, combines leading-edge data analytics with our deep expertise in global aftersales to drive predictive marketing and dealer performance programs for global Automakers. In 2021, Infomedia acquired SimplePart, a leading global provider of B2B and B2C aftersales e-commerce solutions. SimplePart’s intuitive platform provides Automakers and dealers with a branded website, online store and digital marketing support to increase sales of parts, accessories and services.
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