Senior Solutions Architecture Lead, Defence & Security

Amazon Web Services; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services is seeking a Senior Manager, Solutions Architecture to lead a team serving Australian Defence and National Security customers from Canberra. You will guide engagements and work directly with customers when needed.

You will set strategic direction, balance priorities, ensure security and compliance (IRAP and Essential Eight), and collaborate with account and service teams to deliver outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of management of technical, enterprise customer facing resources or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience.
• Experience architecting/operating solutions on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, etc.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategic direction for your solutions architecture team, defining priorities and team structures that align AWS investment with the areas of greatest customer impact across Defence and National Security.
• Lead and develop a team of senior solutions architects as a player-coach—coaching your team on complex engagements while also delivering directly to customers when the situation calls for it.
• Partner with Defence and National Security customers to translate their mission requirements into cloud architecture designs that address security, compliance, and cost considerations, including alignment with the Essential Eight and IRAP frameworks.
• Collaborate with account teams, service teams, and security specialists to remove blockers, shape go-to-market priorities, and connect your team's work to broader AWS and customer objectives.
• Establish processes that enable your team to operate independently, make sound decisions, and continuously improve how they deliver outcomes for customers.

Skills

Team leadership

Cloud architecture

Security/compliance

Customer engagement

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

Job description

Amazon Web Services is seeking a Senior Manager, Solutions Architecture to lead a team serving Australian Defence and National Security customers from Canberra. You will guide engagements and work directly with customers when needed.

You will set strategic direction, balance priorities, ensure security and compliance (IRAP and Essential Eight), and collaborate with account and service teams to deliver outcomes.