Cloud Services Solution Architect

About the role

Bluestaq is seeking a Cloud Services Solutions Architect to design, develop, and deploy cloud-native solutions that rely heavily on AWS infrastructure and services. This role blends solutions-architecture thinking with hands-on engineering depth, particularly in cloud services, infrastructure, and software development. You will work closely with engineering, product, and customer stakeholders to design end-to-end solutions-from requirements and architecture through implementation and deployment. While not a security specialist role, this position requires building systems with security, resilience, and scalability in mind from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Design/architect cloud-native/hybrid solutions and lead migrations from legacy systems to AWS, embedding IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and self-healing capabilities from day one.
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, maintainable solution architectures
• Collaborate with software engineers to design systems with a strong emphasis on Java-based services, APIs, and backend integration
• Develop solutions that incorporate containerized workloads using Docker and orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes)
• Partner with infrastructure and platform teams to design reliable networking, storage, and compute architectures
• Guide teams through architectural decisions related to performance, scalability, reliability, and cost optimization
• Ensure solutions are designed with security best practices, compliance considerations, and operational resilience in mind
• Conduct architectural reviews and provide technical leadership across solution lifecycles
• Stay current with emerging AWS services, cloud patterns, and AI/ML-enabled solution capabilities
• Leverage AI agents (AWS Bedrock) for IaC automation, code reviews, and cloud-native DevSecOps workflows.
• Contribute to internal architecture standards, reference designs, and best practices
• Own system-level architecture for one or more products with limited oversight.
• Drive architectural decisions through design reviews, diagrams, RFCs, and guardrails that teams can execute against.
• Mentor engineers on architectural thinking, not just local design.
• Represent architecture in customer meetings, technical demos, and risk reviews.
• Default to managed cloud services and AI/ML capabilities; self-managed infrastructure requires explicit justification
• Build automation from day one through infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and self-healing systems
• Document decisions, evaluate alternatives, and align before writing code
• Build systems that are simple to understand, operate, and maintain with minimal human intervention
• Embed security and compliance in architecture and automation through DevSecOps practices
• Prototype, test, and validate early; embrace short feedback loops and incremental delivery
• Question "how we've always done it" while staying grounded in delivering customer value
• Required Qualifications:
• Deep understanding of AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, VPC, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience designing, developing, and deploying commercial solutions on AWS
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, including compute, networking, storage, and IAM
• Hands-on software development experience, with a strong preference for Java-based backend systems
• Experience designing and working with containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes, or similar)
• Familiarity with cloud-native design patterns, microservices, and API-driven architectures
• Ability to operate at a solutions-architect level, connecting technical decisions to business outcomes
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across engineering and non-technical stakeh

Benefits

Additional Information

About Bluestaq At Bluestaq, we build secure data platforms that matter for space missions, national defense, healthcare systems, and commercial innovation. Founded in 2018, we've become a leader in enterprise software and secure data management by staying focused on what counts: modern architecture, operational excellence, and mission impact. We're engineers, problem-solvers, and builders who take the mission seriously, but not ourselves. We automate the repeatable, question the status quo, and design systems that are as reliable as they are scalable. Whether we're supporting space, defense systems, or healthcare advancements, we build with the same principles: cloud-native solutions, security by design, and relentless simplicity. Our name? "Blue" (military shorthand for the good guys) and "staq" (as in software stack). It's who we are, mission-aligned technologists building platforms that protect the world's most valuable data. Recognized Excellence We've earned national recognition as one of Inc. Magazine's Fastest-Growing Private Companies and consistently rank among Colorado's Best Workplaces. But what we're most proud of? The systems we build, the teams we develop, and the mission outcomes we enable. Cloud Services Solution Architect

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