AWS Solutions Architect Manager

AmazonWebServices; Greater London; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking an experienced technical manager to lead a solutions architecture team supporting UK Public Sector Transport and Central Government customers.

You will hire, develop, and coach talented cloud professionals, partner with account management and service teams, and drive customer-focused strategies to accelerate AWS adoption.

We value long-term customer success, innovation, inclusion, and a culture that empowers teams to deliver the best results for our customers.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and growing teams of senior technology professionals, ideally in customer-facing roles.
• Experience in cloud architecture and CXO-level engagement.
• Experience developing technology solutions and evangelising end-to-end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing.
• Experience architecting, migrating, transforming, or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud.
• Eligible and willing to undergo government security vetting to SC level.
• Experience in a technical role within a sales organization, preferred.
• AWS Professional-level certification, preferred.
• Cloud Technology Certification, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Hire, onboard, train, and continuously develop Solutions Architects and Solution Architecture Managers.
• Coach Solutions Architects to conduct technical sessions and transfer skills to customers considering or using AWS.
• Formulate and execute a customer-focused strategy to enable and accelerate AWS adoption with account teams.
• Provide thought leadership through public speaking, workshops, and written content.
• Develop and own senior-level technical customer relationships.
• Own the technical strategy increasing customer value and adoption of well-architected AWS solutions across UK Transport and Central Government customers.
• Act as conduit between customers, service engineering teams, partners, professional services, and support.
• Shape and deliver a strategy to build mind share and broad use of AWS services within Transport and Central Government.
• Interact directly with customers to understand needs and align resources and tools to increase success.
• Measure and deliver results while staying current with AWS innovation and use cases.
• Support Solutions Architects in creating innovative reference architectures.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud architecture

CXO engagement

Tech roadmaps

Cloud transformations

Security vetting

Sales experience

AWS Pro certification

Cloud Technology Cert

Tools

AWS

Cloud

Security

Web technologies

Architect

Job description

Salary: £63,000 - 103,000 per year

Requirements

• We have experience leading and growing teams of senior technology professionals, ideally in customer-facing roles.
• We have experience in cloud architecture and CXO-level engagement.
• We have experience developing technology solutions and evangelising end-to-end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing.
• We have experience architecting, migrating, transforming, or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud.
• We are eligible and willing to undergo government security vetting and clearance checks to SC level.
• We have experience in a technical role within a sales organization, preferred.
• We hold an AWS Professional-level certification, preferred.
• We hold a Cloud Technology Certification, preferred.

Responsibilities

• We hire, onboard, train, and continuously develop Solutions Architects and Solution Architecture Managers.
• We coach Solutions Architects to conduct technical sessions and transfer their technical skills to a diverse set of customers considering or using AWS.
• In partnership with account teams, we formulate and execute a customer-focused strategy to enable and accelerate AWS adoption.
• We provide thought leadership that inspires customers through public speaking, workshops, and written content.
• We develop and own senior-level technical customer relationships.
• We own the technical strategy that increases customer value and adoption of well-architected AWS solutions across UK Transport and Central Government customers.
• We act as a conduit and liaison between customers, service engineering teams, partners, professional services, and support.
• We shape and deliver a strategy to build mind share and broad use of AWS services within Transport and Central Government.
• We interact directly with customers to understand their needs and align the right resources and tools to increase their success.
• We measure and deliver results while staying current with the pace of AWS innovation and its use cases.
• We support Solutions Architects in creating innovative reference architectures for a variety of use cases.

Technologies

• AWS
• Cloud
• Support
• Marketing
• Security
• Web
• Architect

More

We are Amazon Web Services (AWS), and we are looking for an experienced technical manager to lead a solutions architecture team supporting UK Public Sector Transport and Central Government customers. We offer the opportunity to hire, develop, and coach talented cloud professionals in a fast-moving environment, partnering closely with teams across AWS including account management, service teams, marketing, professional services, and support. We value long-term customer success, innovation, inclusion, and a culture that empowers us to deliver the best results for our customers.

last updated 36 week of 2026