AWS Solution Architect
Strategic Staffing Solutions · Charlotte, NC
$176,800–$197,600
Jul 15, 2026
Charlotte, NC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A contract cloud architecture role focused on migrating and modernizing workloads to AWS within a large digital IT organization. Day-to-day work involves designing secure, scalable architectures across web, mobile, AI/ML, API, and data platforms; producing C4 models and architecture diagrams; and integrating DevSecOps practices using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines. Suits an experienced architect comfortable leading cross-functional teams and working across the full digital technology stack.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Contract
Pay in the description: $85–$95/hr
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 10,600 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 4,450–16,000
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (11)
The posting is titled 'AWS Solution Architect III' — the 'III' numeric level maps to Senior for the level advertised in the title; the 5–7+ year requirement and scope also support Senior.
The role is explicitly W2-only, no C2C; the 12-month contract engagement type is clear.
Degree requirement is None: the education section accepts an Associate's degree plus experience, or 7+ years of experience alone, or a Bachelor's/Master's/PhD — equivalent experience is explicitly accepted in lieu of a formal degree.
AWS-specific services (S3, Lambda, EC2, EKS, Kinesis, Athena, EMR) are listed together under Required Qualifications as a single 'hands-on expertise' bullet; each is emitted as a separate required skill.
Kafka and Aveva PI appear in the same required-qualifications bullet but are explicitly flagged 'is a plus,' so they are marked preferred.
Amazon Bedrock and Claude appear together in Preferred Qualifications as interchangeable AI/ML platform examples; emitted as one preferred skill with Claude as an alternative.
Azure and GCP appear together in Preferred Qualifications; emitted as one preferred skill with GCP as an alternative.
SOC confidence is Medium: the role spans solution architecture, cloud infrastructure design, and big data/AI/ML pipeline work — a genuine mix of 15-1252 (Software Developers) and 15-1243 (Database Architects); primary day-to-day work leans toward designing and implementing cloud-based applications and workloads, favouring 15-1252.
The posting states 'Hybrid preferred, open to fully remote for exceptional candidates'; per caller instruction, remote is set to true and no metro is inferred.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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