AWS Resident Architect - Senior Cloud Solutions Architect
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Remote
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- 8+ years cloud architecture experience
- 5+ years designing and deploying AWS architectures
- Experience supporting regulated or public-sector cloud environments (e.g., FedRAMP, CJIS, HIPAA, NIST frameworks, or GovCloud)
- Proven experience in: AWS networking architecture Identity and access management Multi-account governance Infrastructure-as-code automation Cloud security architecture
Nice to have
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
- AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
- AWS Security Specialty
- Kubernetes certifications (CKA / CKAD)
- FinOps Practitioner
- Public Sector / SLED cloud programs
- AWS Professional Services engagement support
- FedRAMP / GovCloud environments
- AI/ML and data platform architectures
- Amazon Connect or digital service architectures
- Large-scale migration programs
Full description
Location: Remote / Hybrid / Customer Site (U.S.)
Travel: TBD - depending on customer engagements
Employment Type: Full Time / Contract
Security Clearance: Ability to obtain Public Sector clearance preferred
Position Overview
We are seeking a Senior AWS Solutions Architect to serve as a Resident Architect for enterprise and public sector customer engagements.
The Resident Architect operates as a strategic cloud advisor rather than an implementation engineer, focusing on architectural governance, platform maturity, and adoption enablement rather than direct workload delivery.
The Resident Architect provides ongoing architectural advisory, governance, and optimization guidance following cloud implementation projects. This role sustains AWS adoption momentum by ensuring architectures remain aligned with AWS best practices, operational maturity goals, and regulatory requirements.
The Resident Architect works closely with customer engineering teams, AWS account teams, and Strategic’s Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) to support cloud platform maturity, modernization initiatives, and operational readiness.
Unlike traditional staff augmentation roles, this position focuses on strategic advisory, architectural validation, and adoption enablement, helping organizations extend and operationalize AWS architectures implemented during major transformation programs.
Key ResponsibilitiesCloud Architecture Advisory
- Serve as the primary cloud architecture advisor for assigned customer environments.
- Validate evolving architectures against the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
- Identify architectural drift and recommend remediation strategies.
- Develop and maintain current-state and target-state architecture diagrams.
- Support architecture governance processes and design decision documentation.
Platform Engineering Enablement
- Provide guidance on:
- Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
- CI/CD pipeline architectures
- Containerization strategies (Kubernetes / ECS / EKS)
- Landing zone design
- Multi-account governance
- Recommend automation strategies to improve operational efficiency and reliability.
Operational Readiness & Cloud Optimization
- Conduct Well-Architected Reviews and operational readiness assessments.