AWS Cloud Solution Architect

The AWS Cloud Architect will lead the design, planning, and execution of the Data Center Exit (DC Exit) program. This role focuses on migrating on-premises infrastructure, applications, and services to AWS Cloud while ensuring performance, scalability, cost efficiency, and compliance with enterprise standards. The architect will partner with cross-functional teams including application owners, infrastructure engineers, and security teams to define and deliver the end-state cloud architecture.

• Conduct Migration Portfolio Assessment (MPA) and Migration Readiness Assessment (CAF) across business, governance, security, and operations.
• Define 7R application dispositions, build dependency maps, and create migration wave plans with TCO and risk analysis.
• Design scalable, secure, and resilient AWS cloud solutions to replace on-prem data center infrastructure.
• Develop target-state architecture, migration blueprints, and reference architectures aligned with AWS best practices and the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Select appropriate AWS services (e.g., EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, Cloud Front, Cloud Formation, IAM) for various workloads.

• Lead migration assessments, application dependency mapping, and wave planning.
• Collaborate with migration teams to execute lift-and-shift, re-platforming, or re-architecting strategies.
• Oversee workload migration validation, performance tuning, and post-migration optimization.

• Implement cloud governance, compliance, and cost-management practices.
• Ensure security controls (IAM, KMS, VPC security, Guard Duty, etc.) meet enterprise and regulatory standards.
• Define tagging standards, automation templates, and operational guardrails.
• Partner with application teams, networking, and operations to ensure a seamless transition from on-prem to AWS.
• Mentor teams on cloud-native practices, automation, and Dev Ops adoption.
• Provide executive reporting on progress, risks, and mitigation strategies for the DC Exit initiative.

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, or enterprise architecture.
• 8+ years of hands-on AWS Cloud architecture experience, including VPC design, IAM, EC2, RDS, S3, Cloud Formation/Terraform, and monitoring tools (Cloud Watch, Config).
• Proven experience leading large-scale data center migration or exit programs.
• Strong understanding of networking, security, automation (CI/CD, IaC), and hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Experience with migration tools (Cloud Endure, AWS Migration Hub, Application Discovery Service).
• Strong knowledge of networking, security, and compliance frameworks.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional (preferred) or Associate.
• Familiarity with multi-account strategy and AWS Control Tower.
• Experience in cost optimization and Fin Ops practices.
• Exposure to modernization (containers, serverless, microservices) and Dev Ops practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

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