AWS Cloud Architect (US/LATAM)

SnapSoft Kft. • Seattle, WA

5d • Remote

About The Position

SnapSoft is hiring a senior AWS Cloud Architect for its Cloud Migration practice. The role leads the technical delivery of complex cloud migration and modernization engagements for clients across North America, from assessment and mobilization through large-scale migration and modernization. The position is remote in the United States, Brazil, or Argentina and requires daily overlap with Central European Time and North American client hours.

Approximately 80% of the role is project delivery and reviewing statements of work (SOWs) and project contracts; the remainder is devoted to practice and operational work. The architect leads distributed teams of US- and Budapest-based engineers, typically guiding teams of 1–4 engineers and maintaining technical roadmaps for 2–3 engagements in parallel. The role reports to an Engineering Manager based in Europe and collaborates with colleagues in AI/ML and Application Development.

The position also involves approximately 25% pre-sales work, including discovery, solution design, and co-selling with AWS account teams in North America. The architect represents SnapSoft in client and executive sessions, makes technical design decisions within project scope, handles technical disagreements and scope discussions, and resolves high-risk blockers and escalations, including critical production incidents. They also develop reusable architectural guardrails and components, coach engineers, contribute to technical offerings and accelerators, and support AWS Competency and partner programs.

SnapSoft is an AWS Premier Tier Partner and was named AWS Consulting Partner of the Year for CEE in 2026. The company delivers cloud migrations for startups and SMBs across North America and EMEA.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience in infrastructure or cloud engineering, including at least 5 years designing and delivering on AWS.
• At least 5 years of experience in an architect role.
• Proven track record 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, while CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or Ansible are also welcome.
• Hands-on experience building and running CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab, Bitbucket, or similar.
• Experience running containerized workloads with Docker and Kubernetes or EKS.
• Strong networking knowledge, including TCP/IP, DNS, load balancers, firewalls, VPN, and AWS networking 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 and maintaining a few hours of daily overlap with Central European Time.
• 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 tooling, such as AWS Transform.
• AWS Specialty certifications, such as Security or Advanced Networking.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery of complex, high-impact 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 technical roadmaps for 2–3 engagements in parallel.
• Own technical design decisions within project scope; resolve technical disagreements and handle client scope conversations professionally.
• Represent SnapSoft in client sessions, including executive-level conversations and joint sessions with AWS stakeholders.
• Conduct pre-sales discovery and solution design, and co-sell with AWS account teams in North America.
• Review technical content in SOWs and project contracts and ensure proposed scopes are 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 that improve quality across the practice.
• Coach engineers and share knowledge through internal sessions, workshops, whitepapers, and technical evangelism.
• Develop expertise 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

• Autonomy and accountability-focused company culture.
• Flexible working hours with collaboration across US and European teams.
• High visibility across executive leadership and influence on the evolution of the US delivery organization.
• 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