As a Migration & Modernization Partner Solutions Architect at AWS, you will help shape and deliver a strategy to accelerate customer migrations and modernizations to AWS through our partner ecosystem. Emphasis is on working directly with ISV and SI partners to build AI-powered migration and modernization strategies that help customers move and modernize business-critical workloads - including Windows/.NET, SQL Server, and virtualized/VMware environments - on AWS.
This is a hands-on, partner-facing role with a forward-deployed engineering mindset. You will embed directly with partners and their customer engagements - writing code, building integrations, and troubleshooting alongside partner teams - while integrating AWS Transform capabilities and Generative AI to accelerate the migration lifecycle. As the right candidate, you possess in-depth technical skills across cloud migration, modernization, and AI/ML, plus the partner development and customer-facing skills to represent AWS to customers, partners, developers, and architects. You think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges.
Key job responsibilities
- Architect, build, and validate AI-powered migration and modernization solutions across .NET, SQL Server, and virtualized/VMware workloads using AWS Transform and AWS services (Data & Analytics, GenAI, Observability, Security)
- Embed hands-on with ISV and SI partners (forward-deployed engineering) - writing code, building integrations, and unblocking live migrations, then turning field learnings into repeatable, reusable patterns
- Design GenAI and agentic AI architectures - RAG pipelines, multi-agent orchestration, automated code analysis and refactoring, and dependency mapping - that reduce migration timelines and manual effort
- Enable partners to integrate AWS Transform APIs into their platforms and layer GenAI on top; guide foundation model selection, prompt engineering, and GenAIOps (guardrails, evaluation, responsible AI)
- Collaborate with the AWS Transform service team and cross-functional AWS teams (Partner Core, WWSO GTM, field) to scale partner-led programs and inform the product roadmap
- Publish reference architectures, technical content, and thought leadership; enable the broader SA and partner community
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 6+ 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
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience
- 3+ years of experience implementing cloud services including migrations and modernization projects or similar
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage
- Experience in SQL Server/MySQL, or experience in any Bigdata architecture and experience in technical support
- Experience with virtualization (Hypervisors, VMware, Xen), or experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities and experience in managing and troublshooting network
- AWS certification, such as, AWS Solutions Architect, or a similar cloud certification, or Cloud Technology Certification
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, GA, Atlanta - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Austin - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Dallas - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually