Amazon

Senior Solutions Architect, Global Defense Partners

Amazon$153K — $207K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, or data & analytics.
  • 3+ years of experience in design, implementation, or consulting for applications and infrastructures.
  • 8+ years of IT development or consulting experience in software or Internet industries.
  • 5+ years of experience in infrastructure architecture, database architecture, and networking.
  • Experience in a technical role within a sales organization.
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
  • Experience with AI/ML, HPC, digital engineering, or data engineering workloads on AWS.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical engagement and strategy with customers.
  • Build proof of concepts (PoCs) to address customer challenges.
  • Define implementation architectures and respond to RFPs.
  • Develop deep expertise in AWS technologies and customer mission space.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support federal missions.
  • Share best practices and knowledge within the AWS solutions architect community.
  • Provide technical design and leadership in the Federal Government market.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage).
  • Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Paid time off and parental leave.
  • 401(k) matching.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and mental health support.
  • Adoption and Surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
Full Job Description
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a highly motivated Sr. Solutions Architect to help accelerate our growing Global Defense Partners business.

As a Sr. Solutions Architect within AWS, you will have the opportunity to help shape and deliver on a strategy to advance our customer's mission through the use of AWS services (e.g. Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, HPC, Amazon Bedrock etc.) directly with our ecosystem of systems integrators, consulting and technology partners. You will accomplish this as part of a cross-functional team working together in support of the federal missions, with strong sense of building art of possible proof of concepts (PoCs) to solve customer's problems.

The Solutions Architects on our team provide exceptional technical design and thought leadership to the Federal Government markets while working with a sales and business development team. They lead efforts to capture and share best-practice knowledge among the AWS solution architect community. You get to learn from, collaborate with, and educate some of the brightest technical minds in the industry today across the breadth of enterprise architecture!

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance.

Key job responsibilities

-Owning the technical engagement and technical strategy with our customers.

-Building art of possible proof of concepts (PoCs) to solve customer's problems.

-Defining implementation architectures, responding to RFPs, developing a deep expertise both in AWS technologies, as well as the customer mission space.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 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

- 8+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience

- Experience in a technical role within a sales organization

- Bachelor's degree

- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients

- Experience with AI/ML, HPC, digital engineering, advanced manufacturing, or data engineering workloads on AWS

- Familiarity with defense compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, CMMC, DoD SRG, ITAR)

The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, VA, Arlington - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Herndon - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

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