AWS Solutions Architect – 12+ Years

Location: Pune / Chandigarh / Remote if freelance— depending on engagement
Work Mode: Permanent WFO / Freelance / Part-Time Remote
Experience: 12+ Years overall IT experience, with strong AWS architecture experience
Employment Type: Full-Time / Freelance / Part-Time

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect secure, scalable, highly available AWS solutions for enterprise workloads.
• Define cloud architecture, migration strategies, and technology roadmaps.
• Lead AWS cloud migration, modernization, and transformation initiatives.
• Design solutions using services such as:
• EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, EKS/ECS
• Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, Route 53
• CloudFormation / Terraform
• CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS Config
• KMS, Secrets Manager, WAF, GuardDuty, Security Hub
• Design HA/DR, backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
• Develop architecture standards around security, networking, governance, scalability, and cost optimization.
• Work closely with infrastructure, network, security, DevOps, and application teams.
• Review existing AWS environments and identify opportunities for optimization, modernization, and cost reduction.
• Create HLD/LLD, architecture diagrams, technical documentation, and solution proposals.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams.
• Participate in client discussions, technical workshops, requirement gathering, and solution presentations.
• Troubleshoot and provide architectural guidance for complex cloud/infrastructure challenges.

Mandatory Skills

• 12+ years of overall IT experience
• Strong experience as an AWS Solutions Architect / Cloud Architect
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS architecture and core AWS services
• Strong understanding of AWS networking — VPC, subnets, routing, NAT, Transit Gateway, VPN, Direct Connect
• Strong knowledge of IAM and AWS security
• Experience with AWS migration and modernization
• Strong understanding of High Availability, Disaster Recovery, backup and resiliency
• Experience with Terraform and/or CloudFormation
• Good understanding of DevOps and CI/CD
• Experience designing enterprise-scale cloud environments
• Strong architecture documentation and stakeholder-management skills
• Ability to work independently and provide technical leadership

Certifications

Mandatory / Preferred Certifications:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional — Strongly preferred
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

For this seniority level, AWS Solutions Architect – Professional certification will be highly preferred.

Pay: ₹1,500,000.00 - ₹3,000,000.00 per year

Work Location: Remote