Staff AWS Solution Architecture Consultant

Employment type: Full Time/Direct Hire Location: Atlanta, GA Metro, Washington DC Metro, NYC, or Richmond, VA and surrounding areas Location Type: Hybrid - Home Office/Local Ippon office    About Ippon: The Ippon story started in 2002 in Paris, France - cue in the accordion. Our founder and CEO Stéphane Nomis used his unique experience as an international Judo champion to create a culture based on the sports values of ambition and excellence. Our USA Headquarters office is located in Richmond, VA, with additional offices in New York, NY,  Washington DC, and Atlanta, GA. We are a technology consulting firm that specializes in helping accelerate our client’s digital roadmap in the areas of Product Management, Cloud, Data, and Software Engineering. We have been an AWS Advanced Partner since 2016 with clear goals to become a Premier Partner in 2025.   About the Position: We are seeking a Staff Cloud Engineering Consultant (internal title) who will be instrumental in guiding clients through their cloud migration, modernization, and transformation journey, leveraging the power of AWS, along with complementary ISVs like Snowflake, and AI. This role serves as an Advanced Individual Contributor within the Cloud organization, providing senior-level technical depth across pre-sales, cloud migration strategy, modernization, and emerging GenAI/Bedrock opportunities. It requires a balance of deep technical expertise, strategic business insight, and consulting prowess to help clients innovate, optimize, and transform their business operations through modern cloud technologies and AI-driven solutions. The Staff Cloud Engineering Consultant will partner with sales, practice leadership, and delivery teams to shape complex client solutions, support enterprise migration initiatives, and strengthen Ippon’s market credibility through deep technical expertise.

Roles and Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Technical Strategy

• Provide deep expertise in AWS MAP programs, migration frameworks, and modernization pathways including rehost, replatform, and refactor strategies

• Architect and design cloud-native solutions that optimize performance, cost, and security while ensuring alignment with clients' strategic goals and product roadmap, with strong emphasis on networking, IAM, governance, resiliency, and compliance

• Evaluate and recommend the most effective AWS cloud solutions and AI technologies for each project, ensuring scalability, security, and cost-efficiency

• Identify and mitigate potential architectural and technological risks in cloud deployments, ensuring the implementation of secure, resilient, and scalable solutions

• Serve as a senior technical advisor for Bedrock, GenAI, and cloud-native innovation opportunities, helping clients evaluate practical enterprise AI adoption

• Promote AWS best practices and standards in architecture, security, and deployment

• Document architectures, assessments, and recommendations in detailed, actionable reports that provide clear, business-aligned strategies for cloud adoption and AI integration

• Help shape Ippon’s cloud and AI go-to-market strategy by identifying repeatable offerings, accelerators, and strategic partnership opportunities

Client Engagement & Solution Consulting

• Lead technical discovery, assessments, and solution architecture for cloud migration and modernization opportunities across AWS and Azure environments

• Support pre-sales engagements by translating client business needs into scalable technical strategies, solution designs, and Statements of Work

• Support clients in developing cloud architecture strategies centered on AWS, aligning these solutions with clients' business objectives to drive innovation, scalability, and efficiency

• Support clients in developing migration and modernization journeys, leveraging AWS programs like MAP, the Well-Architected Framework, or Immersion Days

• Collaborate with client stakeholders to understand their business challenges and objectives, ensuring that solutions are tailored to address real business needs while leveraging cutting-edge AWS services

Thought Leadership & Team Development

• Stay ahead of industry trends in the AWS portfolio, complementary ISVs, and cloud computing, driving innovation by sharing knowledge with clients and internal teams

• Be a visible thought leader by authoring blogs, presenting at industry