AWS Solution Architect

Duration- Fulltime Permanent

Location: St. Louis, MO / Remote

Job Description:

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

AWS architecture covering EC2, VPC, subnets, routing, DNS, I AM, KMS, storage, backup, monitoring and operational access.

IBM MQ queue managers and objects: queues, channels, remote queues, transmission queues, namelists, processes, triggers and authorities.

Network and integration architecture for application, EKS, external-agent, partner and inter-queue-manager connectivity.

Migration-wave planning, object reconciliation, non-production validation, cutover rehearsal, production cutover and hypercare.

Infrastructure automation, version-controlled deployment, observability, runbooks and operational-readiness documentation.

Roles & Responsibilities

Lead current-state discovery and validate the IBM MQ inventory, topology, interfaces, dependencies, workload characteristics and operational constraints.

Define the target IBM MQ on AWS EC2 architecture, including Development, Stage and Production topology; Stage and Production high availability; networking; DNS; IAM; KMS; storage; backup; monitoring; and support access.

Design migration of queue managers and associated MQ objects while preserving existing application interfaces, routing and triggered-queue behavior.

Define the security architecture for TLS/mTLS, certificates, keystores, partner connectivity, channel authentication, authorities and AWS security controls.

Define and lead the migration strategy, implementation planning, cutover readiness, rollback planning, validation and production-readiness criteria.

Guide platform build and controlled, reviewed and versioned automation for IBM MQ infrastructure and configuration.

Coordinate technical decisions with application, infrastructure, security, network, operations, testing and rehosting teams; track risks, dependencies and required approvals.

Lead architecture reviews, environment-readiness validation, non-production migration, integration and failover testing, cutover rehearsal and production readiness assessments.

Support production cutover, smoke testing, message-flow reconciliation, defect triage, stabilization and hypercare.

Produce and maintain architecture documents, detailed designs, as-built documentation, operational runbooks, support procedures and knowledge-transfer materials.

Ensure delivery remains aligned with approved scope, acceptance criteria and formal change-control requirements.

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

Stakeholder management across business, application, cloud, network, security, middleware, testing and operations teams.

Ability to lead architecture workshops, communicate trade-offs, facilitate technical decisions and drive issue resolution.

Strong ownership of risks, dependencies, design approvals, readiness gates and production go/no-go recommendations.

Clear written and verbal communication, including executive-level status and detailed technical documentation.