AWS Solution Architect

Job Description Summary This position is responsible for providing architectural leadership along with designing enterprise applications and public cloud architectures, primarily Amazon Web Services (AWS) solutions and assisting in the implementation of these solutions within. This resource will be part of the Application Architecture team within the Application Architecture and Reliability Tower of the Digital Grid operation Organization, working across the organization to determine the needs of a range of business units and processes.

The role requires strong communication and analytical skills to ensure has the right tools to be successful. Additionally, this position works cooperatively with a team to develop concepts, strategies and tactical processes within changing grid operations and landscapes.

• Lead the development and enhancement of reference architecture patterns that make up the Enterprise Application Architecture and guiding principles for all cloud designs and implementations.
• Align Enterprise Architecture patterns to domain and/or program business strategy.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects, Technical Leads and Technical Staff to ensure that system designs, solutions and processes align to and support the Enterprise Architecture.
• Shape the Application Architecture roadmap through the application of technology, domain/program, industry and organizational capability expertise.
• Drive implementation of large-scale enterprise programs ensuring alignment between Architecture and program objectives.
• Manage the architecture of large domains, ensuring Architecture alignment for all programs, projects, and initiatives that impact the cloud domain.

• Participate in the Architecture Review Board (ARB) including:
• Participate in discussion and approval of all projects, procedures, and policies presented to the ARB.
• Approve of cloud-focused project designs that can be approved outside the ARB.
• Validate and prepare cloud-focused projects, designs, procedures, or processes prior to them being presented to the ARB.
• Participate in Enterprise Solution Review Board
• Ensure that proposed solutions align with Enterprise Architecture Strategies
• Speak to the collaborative design of the solution and key decisions made for the design.
• Work with various to produce and plan the Enterprise Architecture Strategies & Guidelines for areas including, but not limited to:
• Application Development (Cloud and On-premises Applications)
• Customer off the shelf application implementation and upgrades
• Design systems in server-less computing models, microservices & Service Oriented Architectures (SOA)
• Design application data models and perform reviews of Solution Architecture artifacts
• Provide highly scalable, distributed, high performing, highly available, disaster recovery supported and robust architecture for applications of various languages like Java, .Net, JavaScript, Python etc.
• Cloud Dev Ops o Containerization Platforms (Includes Open Shift on AWS, Azure & IBM Cloud etc.)
• Cloud Network Components (VPC, Subnets, Transit Gateway, Firewalls etc.)
• Cloud Storage Components (Relational, Non-Relational & Object Storage)
• Cloud Security Components (Security Policy Enforcements, IAM, Identity Federation etc.)
• Cloud Infrastructure Automation (Cloud Formation, Terraform etc.)
• Cloud based solution estimation.
• Create and/or validate the cloud-based elements of a design for projects a fellow Architect is the primary architect on.
• Participate in vendor and product selection process on cloud focused and non-cloud focused initiatives.
• Participate in the Technology Strategy team Product Roadmap Initiative by providing recommendations for new products, consolidation, prioritization, decommission, implementation timing and dependencies.
• Perform role of Primary Enterprise Application Architect to assigned projects & efforts for various Clients.
• For assigned projects & efforts: o Integrate with technology capability project teams to:
• Produce Architecture artifacts
• Assist with high-level and low-level designs
• Ensure architecture guidelines & policies are followed
• Ensure industry best practices are followed
• Ensure regulatory, legal or policy requirements are followed
• Formulate acceptable processes and use cases
• Ensure solution will deliver all functional & non-functional requirements
• Ensure solution allows to remain cyber safe & secure
• Validate design vs. as built architecture at…