AWS Solution Architect

AWS Solution Architect (Remote)

Role Overview

Coforge is seeking an AWS Architect to conduct deep architecture reviews and drive cost-conscious AWS optimizations across compute, storage, networking, data, and observability.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform deep architecture reviews across AWS services including: MSK, ECS, CloudWatch, Glue, S3, EC2, Lambda, Connect, Config, CloudTrail, ELB, SQS, and MQ.
• Identify and recommend optimization levers such as:
  • Right-sizing
  • Graviton migration
  • Spot and Savings Plans
  • Reserved Instances
  • Lifecycle policies
  • Intelligent-Tiering
• Evaluate non-production environments for cost reduction (shutdown windows, duplication, and shared-services consolidation).
• Assess emerging AWS offerings (e.g., Graviton, Outposts, Marketplace) for cost-conscious adoption.
• Produce monthly recommendation reports with quantified savings and implementation roadmaps.

Required Skills & Experience

• Expert, hands-on AWS across compute, storage, networking, data, and observability.
• Strong knowledge of AWS pricing models and cost management:
  • Cost Explorer, Compute Optimizer, Trusted Advisor, and Cost & Usage Report (CUR).
• Experience with:
  • Containerization: ECS, Fargate, EKS
  • Serverless: Lambda
  • Streaming: MSK, Kinesis
  • ETL: Glue
• AWS Well-Architected Framework reviews with focus on Cost and Performance pillars.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code: Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
• Certifications/requirements:
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (required)
  • AWS Specialty certification (Data/Security/Networking) preferred.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in cloud engineering or architecture
• 6+ years on AWS