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VARITE INC · 1 month ago

AWS Cloud Solution Architect

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$68/hr - $84/hr

12+ years exp

VARITE INC is seeking an AWS Cloud Solution Architect to lead the design, planning, and execution of the Data Center Exit program. This role focuses on migrating on-premises infrastructure, applications, and services to AWS Cloud while ensuring performance, scalability, cost efficiency, and compliance with enterprise standards.

Information Technology & Services

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Conduct Migration Portfolio Assessment (MPA) and Migration Readiness Assessment (CAF) across business, governance, security, and operations

Define 7R application dispositions, build dependency maps, and create migration wave plans with TCO and risk analysis

Design scalable, secure, and resilient AWS cloud solutions to replace on-prem data center infrastructure

Develop target-state architecture, migration blueprints, and reference architectures aligned with AWS best practices and the AWS Well-Architected Framework

Select appropriate AWS services (e.g., EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudFront, CloudFormation, IAM) for various workloads

Lead migration assessments, application dependency mapping, and wave planning

Collaborate with migration teams to execute lift-and-shift, re-platforming, or re-architecting strategies

Oversee workload migration validation, performance tuning, and post-migration optimization

Implement cloud governance, compliance, and cost-management practices

Ensure security controls (IAM, KMS, VPC security, GuardDuty, etc.) meet enterprise and regulatory standards

Define tagging standards, automation templates, and operational guardrails

Partner with application teams, networking, and operations to ensure a seamless transition from on-prem to AWS

Mentor teams on cloud-native practices, automation, and DevOps adoption

Provide executive reporting on progress, risks, and mitigation strategies for the DC Exit initiative

Qualification

AWS Cloud ArchitectureData Center MigrationCloud GovernanceVPC DesignIAMEC2RDSS3CloudFormationTerraformCI/CDIaCStakeholder ManagementNetworkingSecurityAutomationCompliance FrameworksCost OptimizationDevOps PracticesCommunication Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

12+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, or enterprise architecture

8+ years of hands-on AWS Cloud architecture experience, including VPC design, IAM, EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFormation/Terraform, and monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Config)

Proven experience leading large-scale data center migration or exit programs

Strong understanding of networking, security, automation (CI/CD, IaC), and hybrid cloud connectivity

Experience with migration tools (CloudEndure, AWS Migration Hub, Application Discovery Service)

Strong knowledge of networking, security, and compliance frameworks