Position Overview
The AWS Integration Consultant / Architect is responsible for designing, delivering, and governing enterprise-grade integration solutions using Amazon Web Services (AWS). The role enables organizations to connect cloud-native, hybrid, and SaaS systems using secure, scalable, and resilient integration patterns.
Depending on experience and seniority, the role may focus on hands-on integration delivery (Consultant) or architecture, integration strategy, and standards definition (Architect). The role works closely with business stakeholders, application teams, security architects, and platform teams to ensure integrations are reliable, sustainable, and aligned to enterprise cloud and security standards.
Key Responsibilities
Integration Design & Delivery
- Design and implement integrations using AWS services such as:
o Amazon API Gateway
o AWS Lambda
o Amazon EventBridge, SNS, and SQS
o AWS Step Functions
- Implement API-based, event-driven, and message-based integration patterns
- Translate business and technical requirements into integration designs and implementations
- Support integrations across enterprise systems including ERP, CRM, HR, data platforms, and SaaS applications
Architecture & Standards (Architect Focus)
- Define AWS integration architecture, patterns, and best practices
- Establish reusable integration components and reference architectures
- Ensure alignment with enterprise security, networking, IAM, and governance standards
- Review solution designs and provide architectural guidance across delivery teams
Quality, Operations & Support
- Design error handling, retries, dead-letter queues, and monitoring strategies
- Implement logging, tracing, and alerting using AWS monitoring tools
- Support testing, deployment, cutover, and post-go-live stabilization
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex integration and performance issues
- Contribute to operational documentation and support runbooks
Collaboration & Advisory
- Collaborate with business, application, data, and cloud platform teams
- Advise stakeholders on AWS integration approaches and trade-offs
- Mentor junior consultants and engineers (Senior / Architect level)
Qualifications and Skills
Experience (Role Level Determination)
AWS Integration Consultant
- 6–8 years of overall IT experience
- 4–6 years of hands-on AWS integration experience
- Strong focus on solution delivery and implementation
AWS Integration Architect
- 10–14+ years of overall IT experience
- 7–10+ years of AWS integration and solution architecture experience
- Proven experience defining enterprise integration strategies and cloud standards
Technical Skills
- Strong expertise in AWS integration services and event-driven architectures
- Experience with REST APIs, asynchronous messaging, and workflow orchestration
- Understanding of data transformation and integration design patterns
- Knowledge of AWS IAM, security, networking, and cloud governance
- Experience integrating AWS with enterprise and SaaS platforms
Preferred Qualifications (Key Certifications)
- AWS Certified Developer – Associate (Consultant)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional (Architect)
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer (desirable)
