AWS Application Architect- Redwood City, SFO -CA

About the Role

We are looking for Application Architect who will be responsible for bringing experience and leadership to help set the vision, mission, and strategy for our clients’ enterprise digital transformation initiatives. Donning this role, you will work with current and prospective clients to understand their business challenge, recommend the solution that would help achieve desired outcomes, convert this to a formal proposal that includes execution timeline and costs, present to all stakeholders and address all concerns, and ultimately ensure a win for Trianz. Post the closure, the responsibility will continue to help oversee the engagement and guide the delivery teams to achieve the promised results.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Application Development, Migration & Modernization:
• Design architecture for full-stack applications using cloud and digital-native principles (e.g., microservices, stateless applications, containers, serverless architecture, Angular, React).
• Lead cloud migration initiatives, including assessment, planning, and execution of moving on-premises applications to AWS.
• Develop prototypes and proof-of-concepts to validate solutions and architectures.
• Optimize AWS solutions for cost efficiency, ensuring alignment with budgetary requirements.
• Understand and implement Cloud, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, application development, migration, and modernization.
• Cloud Architecture:
• Specialize in designing and implementing application solutions specifically on the AWS platform.
• Leverage AWS services to build scalable, reliable, and secure applications.
• Ensure applications are optimized for performance and cost-efficiency on AWS.
• Work with AWS-specific tools and services, such as EC2, S3, Lambda, and RDS.
• Architecture Definition and Frameworks:
• Define application architecture for practical scenarios.
• Establish reference architecture for application migration and modernization to AWS, ensuring scalability, resilience, and extensibility.
• Possess knowledge and expertise in at least two architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman, FEAF, Clean architecture, C4 Models).
• Stay updated with the latest frameworks (e.g., BFF) and CI/CD frameworks, and adopt them in application areas.
• Business Understanding:
• Understand business needs, articulate the impact on business, and develop architecture and solutions aligned with business goals.
• Collaborate with technical, product, and business teams to deliver cross-functional solutions in an agile environment.
• Preferably have experience working with banking customers.
• Technical Proficiency:
• Deep expertise in AWS services and best practices, often requiring certifications like AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
• Hands-on with the implementation and optimization of applications on AWS, ensuring they meet technical and business requirements.

Why Join Us:

• Be part of a rapidly rising, global technology innovator whose platforms and services are engaged by Fortune 1000 companies and industry leaders such as Microsoft & Amazon.
• Immerse yourself in a culture where creativity is celebrated and encouraged.
• Engage in thrilling projects and opportunities for your professional growth.
• Contribute to our quest to redefine the industry.
• Competitive compensation and benefits with occasional ‘distinctive benefits’ that set us apart.

Who you are:

Experience Required:

• 14+ years in Application Development.
• 5+ years in digital-native application design principles (e.g., microservices, stateless applications for cloud, containers, serverless architecture, Angular, React).

Key Skills and Knowledge:

• Cloud Services: Strong knowledge of AWS and application cloud architecture design.
• High Availability & Security: Hands-on experience in designing high availability, fault-tolerant, high-security, RBAC-driven applications.
• Enterprise Architecture: Good understanding and experience in cloud- and digital-native application design principles.
• Full-Stack Experience: Proficiency across all three tiers (Web, Middleware, and DB) - .Net/Java, Websphere/JBoss/Tomcat, Oracle/SQL, Microservices architecture, AWS cloud-native solutions.
• Scalable Solutions: Extensive experience in designing and deploying scalable, secure, and highly available solutions on AWS.
• Cloud Migration: Proven track record of leading cloud migration and modernization projects.
• Customer Interaction: Experience working in an onsite-offshore model and managing direct customer interactions.

Technical Proficiency:

• AWS Services: Deep knowledge of AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, AWS Fargate, and AWS Glue.
• Application Architecture: Experience in designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure application architectures on AWS.
• Microservices & Containerization: Proficiency with microservices architecture and containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• DevOps & CI/CD: Strong understanding of DevOps practices and tools for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) on AWS.
• Security & Compliance: Knowledge of AWS security best practices, identity and access management (IAM), and compliance standards.
• Backup & DR: Knowledge of BCP-DR technologies used in AWS.
• Database Management: Experience with AWS database services, including Amazon RDS, DynamoDB, and Redshift. (On-prem Oracle & MS-SQL knowledge is a plus).
• Architecture Frameworks: Well-versed with WAF/CAF and architecture frameworks like event-driven/messaging systems, Spring Boot, microservices design, and API architectures.
• Tools & Accelerators: Familiarity with industry-leading APM and troubleshooting tools.
• Programming Skills: Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or C# commonly used with AWS. (.Net experience is also beneficial).

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

Certifications (Preferred, not mandatory):

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect –Professional.
• Additional AWS certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, or AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty are a plus