AWS Solutions Architect-Minneapolis, MN

Job Title: AWS Solutions Architect

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Location: Minneapolis, MN

Experience: 15–22 years

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled AWS Solutions Architect to design and deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud architectures. This role requires deep expertise in AWS services, cloud-native design patterns, and hands-on experience in building distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Design

• Design end-to-end AWS cloud architectures for enterprise-scale applications
• Define best practices for high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability
• Architect microservices-based and event-driven systems

Cloud Engineering

• Build and optimize solutions using AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, ECS/EKS
• Design API-driven architectures using API Gateway and serverless frameworks
• Implement messaging systems using SQS, SNS, Kafka (MSK)

DevOps & Automation

• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or CloudFormation
• Design CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or AWS CodePipeline
• Enable automated deployments and environment provisioning

Security & Compliance

• Architect secure systems using IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager
• Implement network security (VPC, subnets, NACLs, security groups)
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards

Performance & Optimization

• Optimize cost, performance, and scalability of AWS workloads
• Conduct architecture reviews and performance tuning
• Implement monitoring using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work with engineering, product, and business teams
• Act as a technical advisor for cloud strategy and adoption

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years in software engineering / cloud architecture
• 4+ years of hands-on AWS experience
• Strong experience with distributed systems and microservices
• Expertise in at least one language: Python, Java, or .NET
• Deep understanding of networking, APIs, and system design

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and containerization (Docker)
• Exposure to data platforms (Redshift, EMR, Glue)
• Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid architectures

Nice to Have

• Experience in high-scale, customer-facing platforms
• Background in DevOps or platform engineering
• Knowledge of observability and SRE practices