AWS Cloud Architect (US)

SnapSoft Kft. • Seattle, WA

7d • Remote

About The Position

SnapSoft is hiring a senior AWS cloud architect for its Cloud Migration practice. The role leads the technical side of complex cloud migration and modernization programs for clients across North America, from assessment and mobilization through large-scale migration and modernization. SnapSoft is an AWS Premier Tier Partner and delivers cloud migrations for startups and SMBs across North America and EMEA.

Approximately 80% of the role is project delivery and review of statements of work and project contracts, with the remainder focused on practice and operations. The architect leads distributed teams of US- and Budapest-based engineers, manages the technical roadmap of multiple engagements, contributes to pre-sales, and works with colleagues in AI/ML and Application Development. The position reports to an Engineering Manager based in Europe and requires daily overlap with Central European Time and North American client hours.

The role is fully remote anywhere in the United States, with flexible working hours and occasional business travel for strategic customer engagements.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure or cloud engineering, including 5+ years designing and delivering on AWS.
• 5 years of experience in an architect role.
• A proven track record of leading at least two large-scale cloud migrations end to end.
• Hands-on database migration experience with MSSQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL.
• In-depth knowledge of core AWS services, including EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS, S3, RDS, EFS, EBS, VPC, API Gateway, CloudFront, SNS, SQS, IAM, Security Hub, GuardDuty, KMS, AWS Private CA, CloudWatch, and AWS Application Migration Service.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code skills; Terraform is preferred, and CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or Ansible are also welcome.
• Hands-on experience building and running CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab, Bitbucket, or similar tools.
• Experience running containerized workloads with Docker and Kubernetes or EKS.
• Strong networking knowledge, including TCP/IP, DNS, load balancers, firewalls, VPN, and AWS services such as VPC, Route 53, ELB, and CloudFront.
• Strong security knowledge, including IAM, least privilege, access control, endpoint security, and data encryption.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with confidence communicating with executives and engineering teams.
• Comfort working in a distributed team with a few hours of daily overlap with Central European Time.
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification.
• Hands-on experience with AWS MAP phases: Assess, Mobilize, and Migrate & Modernize.
• Experience migrating from VMware, on-premises data centers, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with AI-assisted migration and modernization tools such as AWS Transform.
• AWS Specialty certifications, such as Security or Advanced Networking.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery of complex migration and modernization engagements, including AWS Migration Acceleration Program assessments and mobilization.
• Lead technical discovery and design multi-service, cloud-native AWS architectures aligned with business goals.
• Technically lead teams of 1–4 engineers and manage the technical roadmap for 2–3 engagements in parallel.
• Own technical design decisions within project scope, resolve technical disagreements, and handle client scope conversations.
• Represent SnapSoft in client sessions, including executive-level conversations and joint sessions with AWS stakeholders.
• Spend approximately 25% of working time on pre-sales, including discovery, solution design, and co-selling with AWS account teams in North America.
• Review technical content in statements of work and project contracts and ensure proposed scope is deliverable.
• Resolve high-risk technical blockers and escalations, including critical production incidents.
• Adapt to changing delivery expectations and keep engagements on track under uncertainty.
• Build architectural guardrails, reusable frameworks, and components to improve quality across the practice.
• Coach engineers and share knowledge through internal sessions, workshops, whitepapers, and technical evangelism.
• Serve as an expert in one or more domains, such as MSSQL Server, PostgreSQL, EKS, VMware, data, security, or networking.
• Help shape technical offerings and accelerators in line with market and AWS trends.
• Stay current with AWS innovations and contribute to SnapSoft's AWS Competency and partner programs.

Benefits

• A company culture based on autonomy and accountability.
• Fully remote position anywhere in the United States.
• Flexible working hours with collaboration across US and European teams.
• High visibility across executive leadership and real influence on the evolution of the US delivery organization.
• Opportunity to work on innovative AWS Cloud Migration projects for fast-growing startups and enterprise customers.
• Occasional business travel for strategic customer engagements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior