Solutions Architect II, AWS National Security Solutions Architecture Team

About the role

The Solutions Architect II on the AWS National Security Solutions Architecture Team serves as a trusted technical advisor to AWS customers in the Intelligence Community. This role involves solving complex technical challenges and collaborating with both internal AWS teams and external stakeholders to deliver mission-critical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Architect cloud-based solutions in response to complex technical challenges
• In partnership with the sales team, formulate and execute a technical sales strategy to achieve revenue objectives through the adoption of AWS
• Ensure success in building and migrating applications, software, and services to AWS
• Educate customers of all sizes on the value proposition of AWS, and participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure geospatial solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud
• Conduct one-to-few and one-to-many training sessions to transfer knowledge to customers considering or already using AWS
• Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS solutions architect community
• Author or otherwise contribute to AWS customer-facing publications such as whitepapers and other reusable content
• Build deep relationships with senior technical individuals within customers to enable them to be cloud advocates
• Act as a technical liaison between customers, service engineering teams, and support

Requirements

• 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 5+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
• Bachelor's degree, or CASP+ (CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner) or CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) or Cloud+ or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
• Current, active TS/SCI US Government Security Clearance

Qualifications

• Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries
• Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
• Experience working with end user or developer communities
• Experience working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage

Benefits

Amazon offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement savings plans, paid time off, and parental leave. For more information, visit https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.