Senior Solutions Architect - AWS WWPS DOD - Air Force, WWPS SOLUTIONS ARCHITECTS
About the role
Do you like helping U.S. Department of War implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems? Would you like to do this using the latest cloud computing technologies? Do you have a knack for helping these groups understand application architectures and integration approaches, and the consultative skills to launch a project on a trajectory to success? Come join our team as a Solutions Architect and help us accelerate our growing U.S. War Department business as part of the World Wide Public Sector practice. This is an excellent opportunity to join Amazon's truly innovative technical teams, while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most innovative and progressive technology companies anywhere.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to help shape and deliver on a strategy to build broad use of Amazon's utility computing web services (e.g., Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, and Amazon CloudFront) directly with customers and our ecosystem of system integrators and solution providers.
Responsibilities
- Owning the technical engagement and ultimate success around specific implementation projects
- Defining implementation architectures, responding to RFPs, developing a deep expertise in the AWS technologies as well as broad know-how around how applications and services are constructed using the AWS platform
- Being a subject matter expert on security as it relates to customer applications and services
- Providing thoughtful technical design and offer sensitivity to our customer needs in the Defense markets for cloud computing working with a truly innovative sales and business development team
- Leading efforts to capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS solution architect community
- Having the opportunity to learn from, collaborate with, and educate some of the brightest technical minds in the industry today across the breadth of enterprise architecture
What you are passionate about
- Creating, building, educating, training and designing cloud computing architectures for our War Department customers
- Deep-dive technical discussions around design and the curiosity to keep your technical skills current while maintaining a pulse on industry trends
Key experience areas
- Executive Speaking and Presentation Skills – White board, small and large group presentations
- Technical – Development/deployment experience, cloud computing, containerization, networking, generative AI, etc.
- Operational – Web site/services operations, management, and security
- Economic and business – RFP/Acquisition support; Technical architecture; understanding market trends; cost benefit analysis
- Advisory/Consulting experience with War Department customers
Basic qualifications
- 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
- 8+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
- 8+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
- Travel up to 50% of the time
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above
- US Citizenship required
Preferred qualifications
- 5+ years of technology/software sales experience
- 5+ years experience with US Department of War organizations, US DoW compliance regimes, accreditation pathways, security policies
Pay
Base salary range: $153,600.00 - $207,800.00 USD annually (locations: Denver, CO; Tampa, FL; Arlington, VA; Herndon, VA). Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Mental Health Support
- Medical Advice Line
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave