AWS Cloud Solution Architect (Remote)

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AWS Cloud Solutions Architect


Salary Range: $125k - $175k


The Role

As an AWS Cloud Solutions Architect at Oak Rocket, you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing cloud-based solutions tailored to meet the unique needs and objectives of our clients. Leveraging your expertise in AWS services and best practices, you will collaborate closely with customers, stakeholders, and internal teams to architect scalable, reliable, and cost-effective cloud solutions that address complex business challenges.

This position is remote. Must be able to travel up to 25%.

Job Responsibilities


  • Design, architect, and document comprehensive AWS-based solutions that align with customer requirements, business objectives, and industry best practices.

  • Interact directly with customers to understand their business needs, challenges, and goals.

  • Develop strategies for cloud adoption and migration of existing workloads to AWS.

  • Assess existing AWS environments, identify optimization opportunities, and propose strategies for enhancing performance, reliability, and cost savings.

  • Effectively communicate technical concepts and solutions to diverse audiences.

  • Support the implementation and deployment of AWS solutions, ensuring adherence to AWS architectural best practices.

  • Initiate strategic meetings, including onsite, and build deep relationships with senior technical individuals to encourage customer advocacy for proposed AWS-based solutions.

  • Provide ongoing thought leadership on AWS best practices, architectures and integrations to both customers and internal teams.

  • Work closely with Sales to provide status updates and insights learned during discovery with customers.

  • Work in collaboration with Legal, Finance, and Sales teams to prepare sales proposals, statements of works, and other strategic agreements.

  • Serve as a subject matter expert on AWS technologies, trends, and best practices, providing mentorship and guidance to junior team members.

  • Author and contribute to customer-facing publications such as whitepapers and blogs.

  • Stay abreast of emerging AWS services, industry trends, and new technologies, continuously elevating your skills and knowledge.


Minimum Qualifications


  • 8+ years of specific technology domain area experience (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, architecture, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).

  • 5+ years of design, implementation, and consulting experience with at least 2+ years experience implementing solutions on AWS.

  • Experience with DevOps practices, cloud networking, cloud migration, cloud security, and application integration.

  • Experience automating cloud infrastructure with Terraform, CloudFormation, and/or other such products and services.

  • AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification or other equivalent industry certification.


Preferred Qualifications


  • Experience in pre-sales.

  • Experience building generative AI applications.

  • Familiarity with AWS tools for building generative AI applications such as Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker.

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