Application deadline: Jul 30, 2026
As a Solutions Architect II, you'll work at the intersection of technology and business transformation, partnering directly with customers to architect scalable, flexible, and resilient cloud solutions. You'll leverage your problem-solving abilities, communication skills, and ownership mindset to translate customer requirements into innovative technical designs. This role offers a unique opportunity to grow your expertise across multiple technology domains while making meaningful impact on customer success and cloud adoption.
Key job responsibilities
Design and build end-to-end cloud architecture solutions that address customer business challenges, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, reliable, and performant while considering deployment environments and trade-offs
Collaborate with AWS Sales, Business Development, and Professional Services teams to drive customer success, accelerate AWS service adoption, and progress opportunities through their lifecycle
Educate customers and share best practices by developing and delivering technical content including sample code, blog posts, presentations, white papers, and workshops that incorporate lessons learned from customer engagements
Serve as a trusted technical advisor by diving deep into technical details with customer teams, translating customer input into technical requirements, and identifying gaps in products and services
Mentor teammates on designing technical customer solutions, participate in peer design reviews, and contribute to team improvement initiatives while building relationships with customer peers to proactively anticipate future needs
A day in the life
Your day blends strategic customer engagements with hands-on technical problem-solving. You might start with a customer workshop designing cloud architecture for a migration project, collaborating with account teams to develop technical approaches. After reviewing architectural designs and providing best practice guidance, you'll lead discovery sessions exploring analytics or compute solutions. You'll spend time creating technical content like blog posts or sample code that captures best practices. The afternoon might include internal knowledge-sharing with the Solutions Architect community or preparing for upcoming customer presentations, all while staying current with the latest AWS innovations.
About the team
The Greenfield Solutions Architects team within AWS Global Sales drives cloud adoption by partnering with customers to design transformative solutions. Our mission is to empower customers of all sizes to innovate and expand in the cloud through tailored service and committed support. We dive deep to understand each customer's unique challenges, then craft innovative architectures that accelerate their success.
We foster an inclusive culture where curiosity and connection thrive. Our team values collaboration, continuous learning, and mentorship-you'll work alongside some of the brightest technical minds in the industry while advancing your career. We're building the future of cloud computing, and your contributions will help shape how customers worldwide leverage AWS to transform their businesses.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.
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
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, CO, Denver - 131,300.00 - 177,600.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Austin - 131,300.00 - 177,600.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 131,300.00 - 177,600.00 USD annually
