Sr. Solutions Architect – AWS Job Cincinnati Ohio USA,IT/Tech

Job Title:

Sr. Solutions Architect – AWS
Job Type: Contract | Contract to hire

Job Location:

Cincinnati, OH – REMOTE
Job Eligibility: US Citizen

We are seeking a hands-on AWS Architect on behalf of our fortune 500 client. This individual will havedeep experience building, configuring, troubleshooting, and supporting AWS infrastructure in production environments.
This is not a strategy-only or governance-focused architect role. The ideal candidate has personally implemented AWS solutions, worked extensively with Kubernetes/EKS, and can explain architecture decisions and technical configurations in step-by-step detail.

Required Technical Skills

AWS EC2
VPC, Route Tables, Security Groups, NACLs
Route 53, Load Balancers, Auto Scaling
Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN
IAM, IAM Roles, IAM Policies

Kubernetes / Amazon EKS (Critical)

Built and administered EKS clusters
Configured Nodes, Pods, Deployments, Services
Kubernetes networking and troubleshooting
IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA)
Kubernetes RBAC and permissions
Production support and incident resolution

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform
Cloud Formation
Automated infrastructure deployments

Automation & Serverless

Lambda
Event Bridge
Step Functions
Systems Manager (SSM)

Migration & Modernization

AWS Migrations (MGN, DMS, Cloud Endure preferred)
Discovery, planning, execution, cutover, and support
Must have led implementation, not just assessment activities

AI (Preferred)

Amazon Bedrock
RAG architectures
Amazon Q
Open Search / Vector Databases

What the Hiring Team Will Test

Candidates must be able to explain in detail:

How to build an EKS cluster with 3 worker nodes
How Pods are configured
How permissions are assigned in AWS and EKS
How IAM authorization works
How to troubleshoot EKS and networking issues
How to resolve overlapping VPC/CIDR problems
How they personally implemented AWS solutions
Real production incidents they have resolved

Ideal Backgrounds Best Fit Titles

Senior AWS Platform Engineer
Lead AWS Engineer
Principal Cloud Engineer
Kubernetes Engineer
Senior Platform Engineer
AWS Infrastructure Architect
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Cloud Platform Architect
Dev Ops Architect

Less Ideal

Enterprise Architect
Pre-Sales Architect
Cloud Strategy Architect
Governance Architect
Consulting Architect (unless recently hands‑on)

Key Hiring Criteria

The ideal candidate should be able to say:
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“I built the EKS cluster.”
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“I configured the IAM roles and permissions.”
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“I wrote the Terraform.”
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“I deployed and managed the pods.”
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“I troubleshot the networking issue.”
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“I led the migration through implementation and cutover.”

Not:
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“I designed the architecture.”
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“I led discovery workshops.”
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“I aligned stakeholders.”
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“I built the roadmap.”

The strongest candidates will be engineers who became architects
, not architects who have moved away from hands‑on technical work.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Gravity IT Resources is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.