Mission, a CDW Company · 3 months ago
Cloud Solutions Architect (VDI/AWS Workspaces)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $155K/yrMission Cloud is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Consulting Partner and MSP that helps clients architect, migrate, manage, and optimize their cloud environments. As a Cloud Solutions Architect, you will work closely with customers to develop strategic solutions leveraging the AWS portfolio, act as a trusted advisor, and lead consulting sessions to optimize and automate client environments.
Information Technology & Services
Responsibilities
Consult with multiple clients simultaneously to understand business and technical needs
Be a trusted advisor to assigned clients; help align customer expectations with best practices
Develop strategic roadmaps and project plans based on customer goals
Work with clients and Project Managers to set expectations, drive alignment, and coordinate timelines
Identify areas for cost savings through options such as autoscaling, right-sizing, and elimination of waste within the customer’s AWS environments
Identify security gaps and develop best practice recommendations to help strengthen client security posture
Document and present recommendations to customers, including senior leadership
Translate customer requirements into LOE estimates, design documents and keep project tracking boards up to date
Provide guidance to Cloud Engineers as they implement customer roadmaps
Quality check engineering work; ensure top quality work and customer satisfaction
Train customers in management and maintenance of new or upgraded environments
Support Presales Cloud Solutions Architects in proposal design and positioning
Document time spent on customer activities; record activities daily in Jira with weekly timecard submissions in Mavenlink
Mentor Cloud Engineers
Qualification
Required
Experience working in a customer-facing consulting role
Experience developing project roadmaps, LOE estimates, and design documents
Ability to lead customer facing projects, assigning work to teams, and quality checking engineering work
Ability to translate technical requirements to a non-technical audience
Ability to present solutions to customers, overcoming objectives, and creating consensus
Ability to deploy AWS infrastructure using IAC tooling such as Terraform or CloudFormation
Ability to build CI pipelines and automation (build, test, performance)
Ability to design and build containerization solutions (infrastructure, pipelines, automation) using docker (dockerfiles, ECS, ECS Fargate) or kubernetes (manifests, helm and deployment tooling, KOPS, EKS, EKS, or Fargate)
Understanding of AWS security controls, network boundary controls and related toolsets
Knowledge of AWS's Well-Architected Framework
Ability to work with one or more scripting languages
Experience designing and deploying AWS WorkSpaces and AppStream environments, including persistent and non-persistent models
Strong knowledge of networking for end-user computing, including Transit Gateway (TGW), VPN, Direct Connect, latency optimization, and multi-region design
Expertise with Active Directory integration and SSO (e.g., AD Connector, identity federation, and authentication workflows)
Experience with application management and virtualization, including Intune, SCCM, golden image creation, and app streaming
Knowledge of OS and end-user computing environments (Windows/Linux WorkSpaces, profile management, and peripheral support)
Familiarity with application migration technologies (e.g., AWS Application Migration Service [MGN], VMware-based migrations)
Hands-on experience with modern DevOps and containerization tooling, including Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, GitLab Pipelines)
Occasional off-hours support, depending on client's need
AWS Professional-level Certification (required within 6 months of employment)
Benefits
Access to health, vision and dental insurance with options 100% covered by Mission Cloud for employee and their dependents
Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare & Dependent Care)
Generous Paid Time Off (FlexPTO, parental leave, volunteering time off)
Reproductive health benefits
Pet insurance
401k matching program
Life insurance paid by Mission Cloud
An internal department dedicated to helping team members on their career path
Inclusive work environment with several Employee Resource Groups
Company
Mission, a CDW Company
Mission, a CDW Company, is a leading born-in-the-cloud managed services and consulting provider, offering end-to-end cloud services, innovative AI solutions, and software for AWS customers.
Founded in 2017
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Simon Anderson
Founder & CEO
Glenn Grant
Co-Founder, Board Observer, Investor
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