AWS Solution Architect
Listed on 2026-09-07
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Engineer, AWS, IT Consultant
AWS Solution Architect
Skill: AWS Solution Architect
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
Tech skills:
- AWS Services Expertise – EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, Cloud Front, IAM.
- Cloud Architecture Design – Microservices, serverless, event-driven systems
- Networking Knowledge – VPC design, subnets, routing, load balancers, DNS
- Security Implementation – IAM policies, encryption (KMS), security groups, compliance
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – Cloud Formation, Terraform
- Dev Ops & CI/CD – Code Pipeline, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS)
- Programming/Scripting – Python, Bash, basic Java/Node.js
- Database Management – RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, data modeling
- Monitoring & Logging – Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, X-Ray
- Cost Optimization – AWS pricing models, cost analysis, resource right-sizing
Functional skills:
- Requirement Gathering & Analysis – Understanding business and technical needs.
- Solution Design Thinking – Mapping business problems to cloud solutions
- Stakeholder Communication – Working with clients, teams, and leadership
- Project & Delivery Management – Ensuring timely and successful implementations
- Risk Assessment & Mitigation – Identifying and managing technical risks
- Documentation Skills – Architecture diagrams, design documents, SOPs
- Decision Making – Selecting optimal technologies and approaches
- Problem-Solving – Troubleshooting complex system issues
- Collaboration & Leadership – Guiding teams and influencing decisions
- Business Acumen – Aligning cloud solutions with cost, ROI, and business goals
Roles & Responsibilities
- Design scalable, highly available, and cost-effective cloud architectures using AWS services.
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions and architecture diagrams (HLD/LLD).
- Select appropriate AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, etc.) for use cases.
- Plan and execute cloud migrations (lift-and-shift, replatform, refactor).
- Implement security best practices (IAM, encryption, network security, compliance).
- Build and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Cloud Formation/Terraform).
- Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery strategies.
- Monitor performance and optimize systems for cost efficiency and scalability.
- Integrate Dev Ops practices (CI/CD pipelines, automation, containerization, Kubernetes).
- Collaborate with stakeholders, provide technical leadership, and troubleshoot issues.
About the company
Avance Consulting is a global leader in innovative talent solutions for diverse industries. Since 2007, we have been serving nearly a third of Fortune 500 companies and most of the top 100 technology companies worldwide.
Our team of 700+ experts offers Engineering Services, Information Technology, Digital and Executive Search solutions from our offices in North America, UK, Europe and APAC.
We understand the local markets and cultures and tailor our services to meet the needs of our clients. Our clients value our flexibility and agility, which enable us to deliver high-quality results at any scale across the globe.
This allows us to work with numerous industries at varying scale across the globe while ensuring the excellent service standard that our clients have come to expect.
At Avance you can learn new skills and technologies, have more advancement opportunities and career growth, being a part of our productive atmosphere, and a positive reinforcement culture.
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