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Solutions Architect - Aerospace and Satellite Solutions, AWS Aerospace & Satellite

Amazon • $131K — $177K *
Chicago, IL 60629In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting experience in applications and infrastructures.
  • 4+ years of technology domain experience (software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, etc.).
  • 4+ years of IT development or consulting experience in software or Internet industries.
  • Solid understanding of AWS technologies from a development/operations perspective.
  • Experience in migrating and transforming legacy solutions to cloud environments.

Responsibilities

  • Provide architectural guidance to enhance partner engagements.
  • Ideate new managed service streams to position AWS as a leading provider.
  • Assist in crafting technical strategies for partners to increase sales on AWS.
  • Execute hands-on responsibilities including proof of concepts (PoCs) and solution development.
  • Write reference architectures and develop training resources.
  • Capture and disseminate best practices within the Solution Architect community.
  • Share customer feedback with internal teams to influence AWS product development.
  • Contribute to AWS strategy for market understanding and revenue generation.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance coverage including medical, dental, and vision.
  • 401(k) matching contributions.
  • Paid time off and parental leave policies.
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement options.
  • Access to mental health support and flexible spending accounts.
Full Job Description
Application deadline: Aug 31, 2026

This role can be located anywhere within the contiguous United States, in an AWS office.

Do you get excited by aerospace, space exploration, and/or satellites? If so, then we would love to talk!

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for an experienced and self-starter Solution Architect to drive adoption of AWS services for aerospace and satellite solutions globally. Industry segments include launch services, human spaceflight, robotic/autonomous systems, mission control center operations, space stations, satellite constellations, ground segment (ground stations, earth stations, teleports), emergency response services, IoT solutions (smart/digital cities), geospatial imagery, broadcast communications, and various government capabilities. This is an exciting opportunity to join a new and growing team and help define and execute the worldwide business development and partner strategy.

As a Solutions Architect focused on Aerospace and Satellite Solutions customers and partners within Amazon Web Services (AWS), you will have the opportunity to help shape and deliver on a strategy to accelerate broad use of Amazon's cloud computing services across the aerospace and satellite market. Your broad responsibilities will include: owning the technical engagement with Aerospace and Satellite Solutions customer/partners; support the development of technical blueprints, architectures, and quick start templates to help accelerate solution development; enable prototype and pilot projects development in concert with business development discussions; coordinate new feature requests with AWS service teams; and assist technically in projects owned by customers/partners.

The ideal candidate will possess deep technical skill in space domain expertise, software architecture, systems design, and cloud/distributed computing as well as strong business/customer facing skills. The ideal candidate should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges.



This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen.

Key job responsibilities

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Provide the architectural guidance and recommendations necessary to promote successful partner engagements.

- Ideation of new managed services streams and unique solutions that positions AWS as a lead provider.

- Assist solution providers with technical strategies that will enable them to sell more of their offering on the AWS platform.

- Hands on responsibilities: PoCs execution, solution development (testing, documentation, training), device certification (if required).

- Write reference architectures and configuration guides, develop courses, and trainings.

- Capture and share best-practice knowledge with our broader Solution Architect community.

- Share partner and customer feedback to internal product management and engineering teams to help drive the future of AWS.

- Capture and share best-practice knowledge for deploying, running, and managing solutions on AWS with AWS communities.

- Contribute to AWS' strategy and understanding of the market orchestrate internal teams to provide solution and new revenue streams.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 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

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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries

- Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud

- Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective

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, CA, San Francisco - 151,000.00 - 204,300.00 USD annually

USA, CO, Denver - 131,300.00 - 177,600.00 USD annually

USA, IL, Chicago - 131,300.00 - 177,600.00 USD annually

USA, MA, - 131,300.00 - 177,600.00 USD annually

USA, MI, Detroit - 131,300.00 - 177,600.00 USD annually

USA, NY, New York - 144,500.00 - 195,400.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Austin - 131,300.00 - 177,600.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Arlington - 131,300.00 - 177,600.00 USD annually

USA, WA, SEATTLE - 131,300.00 - 177,600.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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Size
1,608 employees
Market Cap
$832.6 billion
Industry
Retail & Consumer Goods
Net Income
$21.3 billion
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+28.1%
Revenue
$386 billion
NASDAQ
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