Solutions Architect

Summary

Join our Professional Services team as a Solutions Architect and be responsible for designing, implementing, migrating, and managing clients' cloud infrastructure and architectures using AWS. Collaborate with team members to migrate customer systems to the cloud, optimize cloud solutions, and assist developers. You will recommend technologies, contribute to R&D, and mentor team members. This role requires extensive experience with AWS, various programming languages, databases, and data processing frameworks. A competitive salary and commission plan are offered, with an estimated OTE between $220,000 and $250,000.

Requirements

• 5+ years professional IT experience
• 2+ years professional AWS or Azure experience
• At least (1) AWS or Azure Certification (professional level)
• Programming languages like Python, R, Java, Scala etc. to build data pipelines, perform data analysis and create machine learning models
• SQL and NoSQL databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra etc. to store and query large datasets
• Data modeling skills - ability to design conceptual, logical and physical data models
• Understanding of dimensional modeling, star schemas, data warehouses
• ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tools like Informatica, Talend, Pentaho etc. to integrate and move data between systems
• Big data frameworks like Hadoop, Spark, Kafka etc. for distributed data processing and building data lakes
• Machine learning frameworks like Tensorflow, PyTorch, Keras, Scikit-Learn for building ML models
• Knowledge of data architecture patterns like lambda, kappa architecture. Ability to design scalable and flexible data pipelines

Responsibilities

• Create, implement, and maintain cloud architecture for clients
• Migrate systems to hybrid or cloud-based solutions
• Troubleshoot and optimize clients’ cloud infrastructure
• Work with developers to support and maintain application lifecycles
• Assist with design and implementation of new cloud architecture that follow best practice guidelines
• Work with Project Managers and clients to provide recommendations and technology roadmaps to meet their business needs
• Actively participate in team meetings and cross-functional interactions
• Keep team members and supervisors informed of progress and issues
• Actively contribute in client project status meetings
• Contribute to R&D projects to validate/invalidate new services offerings
• Mentor and guide members of the delivery team in a technical and non-technical capacity
• Remain current with technology trends and new technologies
• Propose latest technology usage and integration standards

Preferred Qualifications

• Living and breathing the “cloud-first” approach
• Having a high degree of analytical thinking capability to solve complex business problems
• Obsessively delivering amazing customer experiences
• Becoming a subject matter expert in one or more cloud platforms in 9-12 months
• Building trusting relationships with team members and collaborating departments
• Comfortable with pushing boundaries and technical limits (maintain technical aptitude and knowledge of industry)
• Always be learning

Benefits

• Salary range for this role is $150,000 - $175,000 annually
• This position is also eligible for a commission plan, based on closed AWS project revenue. The expected annual OTE for this position is estimated to be between $220,000-$250,000