compLogoAWS Solutions ArchitectCompany: INCEDOHybridMinneapolis, MN, USA
Role: AWS Solutions Architect
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Authorization: Visa Independent Candidates
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
  • 8+ 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