AWS Solution Architect

afarax is looking for a freelance AWS Solution Architect. We need you!The project:Our client in the Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage sector, is seeking an experienced AWS Solution Architect to strengthen their team.Key responsibilities:Architectural LeadershipDesign AWS cloud architectures that are scalable, maintainable, secure, and aligned with enterprise and operational requirements.Identify opportunities for cost optimization, performance improvements, and platform-level innovation.Establish and maintain AWS architectural standards, patterns, and guardrails in collaboration with Infra & Operations.Solution Engineering & Technical GuidanceProvide hands-on solution design for applications and platforms hosted on AWS.Review cloud architectures and operational setups to ensure high availability, resilience, observability, and performance.Support teams in making informed architectural trade-offs across compute, storage, networking, security, and automation.Guide the adoption of IaC (Terraform / CloudFormation), GitOps, and automated provisioning practices.Collaboration with Infra & OpsPartner with Infrastructure & Operations teams on topics such as networking, security, monitoring, backup/DR, patching, and lifecycle management.Work with DevOps and platform engineering to define CI/CD integration, automated deployments, and environment consistency.Facilitate architecture reviews, solution workshops, and operational readiness assessments.Operational Excellence & Delivery SupportSupport development and operations teams during build, deployment, and operational phases.Contribute to incident resolution, root cause analysis, and optimization of cloud environments.Define and improve runbooks, operational dashboards, performance tuning strategies, and high-availability designs.Ensure cloud solutions meet enterprise requirements for security, compliance, disaster recovery, and cost governance.Innovation & Continuous ImprovementEvaluate AWS services, architectural trends, and emerging technologies to strengthen the cloud platform.Promote cloud-native practices such as serverless, event-driven architectures, containerization, and managed services.Drive knowledge sharing and mentor engineers, platform specialists, and operations teams.Is this you?8–10+ years of experience in system architecture, cloud engineering, or infrastructure solution design.At least 3–5 years in AWS solution architecture in an enterprise environment.Strong background in infrastructure, cloud networking, security, and/or operations.Experience integrating applications with enterprise platforms, data services, and APIs.Deep expertise with AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS/Aurora, S3, CloudFront, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, etc.).Solid understanding of cloud networking, identity & access management, observability, resilience patterns, and cost optimization.Hands-on experience with IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation), CI/CD pipelines, containers, and automation frameworks.Strong grasp of DevOps, SRE principles, monitoring, incident management, and operational lifecycle practices.Familiarity with microservices, API-driven integration, and event-driven architectures.Strong communication skills with the ability to connect technical and operational concepts.Comfortable interacting with platform, security, operations, and business stakeholders.Ability to lead by influence, mentor teams, and drive consensus among cross-functional groups.Analytical mindset with strong decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.How afarax supports you?You benefit from our extensive networkYou will have access to projects that fit your expertiseWe help and support you throughout your projectWe offer the possibility to build a valuable and lasting partnershipCheck out more projects on: https://afarax.be/jobs/type/freelance/