AWS Application Architect

We are seeking an AWS Application Architect to design modernize and optimize cloud-native

applications on AWS. This role focuses on application architecture microservices design

modernization of legacy systems best-practice implementation and ensuring secure scalable and

cost-efficient application solutions on AWS.

Key Responsibilities

Design and implement cloud-native applications using microservices containers and serverless

patterns.

Develop modernization strategies for legacy monolithic applications migrating to AWS.

Architect API-driven and event-driven application patterns using API Gateway EventBridge

SNS/SQS and Step Functions.

Define application-level scalability performance security and cost-optimization best practices.

Lead architecture reviews design patterns and reusable components for engineering teams.

Support application integration with AWS services (RDS DynamoDB OpenSearch ElastiCache S3

etc.).

Re-architect monoliths to microservices or modular distributed systems.

Build containerized application platforms using Docker and Amazon EKS/ECS.

Design serverless-first architectures using AWS Lambda Fargate SQS/SNS EventBridge and

DynamoDB.

Modernize CI/CD application delivery workflows using AWS CodeSuite or GitHub Actions.

DevOps & Automation (Application-Focused)

Implement CI/CD pipelines for application development and deployment (CodePipeline GitHub

Actions Jenkins Harness).

Automate application environment provisioning using Terraform AWS CDK or CloudFormation.

Define deployment strategies (blue/green canary feature flags) for zero-downtime releases.

Support application logging metrics API analytics and distributed tracing (CloudWatch X-Ray

Datadog OpenTelemetry).

Security & Compliance

Apply application security best practices (IAM Secrets Manager Cognito KMS VPC security).

Support compliance requirements such as SOC2 PCI-DSS or HIPAA through secure architecture.

Required Skills & Experience

10 years in software engineering or cloud application architecture.

5 years of hands-on AWS experience across compute networking storage databases and

security.

Strong experience in Java /.NET Core / Python microservice development and architecture.

Expertise in Kubernetes/EKS Docker and serverless architectures.

Proficiency in IaC tools: Terraform AWS CDK or CloudFormation.

Requirements

Nice to Have

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or AWS DevOps Engineer.

Experience with hybrid/multi-cloud application architecture.

Soft Skills

Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting ability.

Excellent collaboration with development DevOps QA and business stakeholders.

Ability to mentor engineers and lead architecture discussions.

Required Skills:

Nice to Have AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or AWS DevOps Engineer. Experience with hybrid/multi-cloud application architecture. Soft Skills Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting ability. Excellent collaboration with development DevOps QA and business stakeholders. Ability to mentor engineers and lead architecture discussions.