AWS Integration Architect (Hybrid)

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AWS Integration Architect

Locations: Dallas, TX or Akron, OH (Hybrid)

POSITION SUMMARY:

We are seeking an AWS Integration Architect to lead the architecture, design, and technical oversight of event-driven and asynchronous enterprise integration solutions built on AWS serverless technologies. The ideal candidate brings strong experience with enterprise integration patterns, API and messaging architectures, and AWS-based serverless solutions. This role also provides secondary support for AWS deployment activities and Level 3 production incident response when needed.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Integration Architecture: Lead the architecture, design, and technical oversight of event-driven and asynchronous enterprise integration solutions built on AWS serverless technologies.
• Solution Design: Design scalable, secure, and resilient integration patterns, APIs, and messaging workflows across enterprise systems.
• Architecture Governance: Provide architectural oversight and implementation guidance to ensure integration solutions align with approved designs, standards, and enterprise patterns.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with data and application architects to ensure integration solutions align with approved data models, interface contracts, and enterprise architecture standards.
• DevOps Backup Support: Provide backup support for AWS deployment activities, including infrastructure-as-code updates, release troubleshooting, and environment support as needed.
• Production Support: Provide Level 3 production support for critical integration incidents, including participation in on-call rotations, troubleshooting complex production issues, restoring service, and supporting incident resolution during high-priority events.
• Operational Excellence: Monitor and optimize integration solutions for performance, security, reliability, high availability, and fault tolerance.
• AWS Cost Optimization: Analyze AWS usage and cost across integration solutions and recommend architectural, configuration, and operational improvements to optimize cloud spend.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience: 15+ years of software engineering, integration engineering, or related IT experience.
• Architecture Background: 5+ years of experience architecting enterprise integration solutions on AWS, including serverless and event-driven architectures in large-scale enterprise environments.
• AWS Services: Strong experience with AWS services supporting integration architectures, including API Gateway, Lambda, SNS, SQS, Step Functions, EventBridge, and CloudWatch.
• Programming: Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript, Node.js, and Python for building serverless and integration solutions.
• Deployment Automation: Experience using AWS CDK and GitHub Actions to support infrastructure-as-code deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and environment promotion.
• Security: Strong knowledge of API security, authentication, and authorization, including OAuth, JWT, IAM, and Cognito.
• Troubleshooting: Strong experience debugging, troubleshooting, and optimizing cloud-based integration solutions across development, deployment, and production environments.
• Integration Patterns: Deep knowledge of integration patterns, including synchronous APIs, asynchronous messaging, publish-subscribe, and event-driven architectures.
• Communication: Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across business and technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AI Platforms: Experience working with enterprise AI platforms and services, including OpenAI, Claude, and Amazon Bedrock.
• AI-Driven Integration: Experience applying AI to integration and engineering workflows, such as schema validation, design analysis, developer enablement, operational support, or intelligent automation.
• AI Frameworks: Familiarity with AI orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or CrewAI and their application in enterprise integration workflows.
• API & Microservices: Experience with enterprise-scale API management and microservices design.
• Distributed Systems: Knowledge of resiliency, observability, and performance patterns for distributed systems.
• AWS Certification: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional.

BENEFITS & PERKS:

• Competitive healthcare, dental & vision insurance
• 401(k) matching after one year of employment
• Generous time off + company holidays
• Merchandise discount
• Learning & Development programs
• Much more!