Senior Security Solutions Architect, AWS Security & Networking - North America

About the role

AWS Global Sales (AGS) drives adoption of the AWS cloud worldwide, enabling customers of all sizes to innovate and expand in the cloud. Our team empowers every customer to grow by providing tailored service, unmatched technology, and unwavering support. We dive deep to understand each customer's unique challenges, then craft innovative solutions that accelerate their success. This customer-first approach is how we built the world's most adopted cloud.

Responsibilities

• Independently contribute to teams that include Amazonians, partners, and customers to design and build both threat detection and incident response capabilities
• Provide security expertise and support for customers implementing generative AI technologies, ensuring secure and compliant deployments
• Design and build solutions to automate security, risk, and compliance on AWS
• Develop high-quality technical artifacts, such as automation tools, reference architectures, and white papers to help our customers, partners, solution architects, and consultants build secure solutions
• Work with AWS customers to convey cloud computing security, risk, and compliance best practices
• Work with other teams within AWS to influence and drive adoption of security, risk, and compliance products
• Provide mentorship across AWS sales and solutions architecture teams regarding security to build skills in the field
• Represent AWS at trade events by delivering security presentations and workshops

Requirements

Key qualifications include:

• 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
• Hands-on technical expertise designing and implementing security for AI and agentic workloads

Qualifications

Basic qualifications include:

• 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience

Skills

The ideal candidate should have:

• A unique combination of in-depth technical knowledge, business acumen, and strong interpersonal skills
• Experience helping customers to build cloud-native threat detection and incident response capabilities using highly scalable computing architectures
• Experience designing and implementing security for generative AI technologies
• Ability to communicate at all levels within an organization
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, security, and technical challenges

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Base salary range for this position is listed below.

• USA, CA, San Francisco - 176,600.00 - 239,000.00 USD annually
• USA, CO, Denver - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
• USA, GA, Atlanta - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
• USA, NY, New York - 169,000.00 - 228,600.00 USD annually
• USA, TX, Austin - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
• USA, VA, Arlington - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
• USA, VA, Herndon - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

Schedule

Some travel required (up to 20%)