Principal Solutions Architect, State and Local Government, Public Sector, India (AWS)

Amazon Inc.; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 3,800,000 - 6,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) India Private Limited seeks a Principal Solutions Architect for State and Local Government in India. You will lead cloud strategy, craft reference architectures, and partner with government stakeholders to drive large-scale modernization using AWS services.

In this senior role, you will influence IT transformations, mentor teams, and represent AWS at events. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in cloud architecture, strong communications, and a track record delivering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent.
• 10+ years of technology domain experience including cloud, software, systems or security.
• Experience communicating to C-level audiences and leading workshops.

Responsibilities

• Convey cloud computing best practices and build reference architectures across AWS services.
• Develop strategy with specialists to enable AWS-wide success.
• Collaborate with Professional Services and support to drive customer outcomes.
• Create technical content such as white papers and reference architectures.
• Assess knowledge gaps and plan improvements across teams.
• Engage with industry groups to influence cloud trends.
• Represent AWS at conferences and events.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Solution architecture

Executive communication

Public sector experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Job description

Principal Solutions Architect, State and Local Government, Public Sector, India

Are you passionate about cloud computing? Do you have a unique combination of deep technical knowledge, business acumen and strong interpersonal skills? Are you passionate about building the world's best technology teams? Amazon aims to be the most customer centric company on earth. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers critical applications for hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. This job opening is for a Senior Leader, Solution Architecture role focused on building solutions for customers around AWS platform services and industry solutions. It sits within the Public Sector team of Amazon Web Services India Private Limited. We work with central government ministries, state and local governments, Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), education institutions, EdTech startups (including India-based unicorns), non‑profits, and healthcare organizations. Our vision is to be part of India's growth journey helping institutions make a significant impact on the lives of citizens by taking a technology‑generation leap through AWS cloud services. In this role, you will need to be technically capable and credible in your own right. You will partner with business leaders to lead thought‑leadership conversations with customers on AWS services and platforms. You will interact, communicate, and partner across AWS including service teams, marketing, and business development and represent AWS to executive management.

Key job responsibilities

• Work with business leaders and fellow Solutions Architects to convey cloud computing best practices and build reference architectures across compute, storage, enterprise applications, developer technologies, and industry solutions.
• Develop strategy with Specialist Solutions Architects to enable the wider AWS business to succeed.
• Partner with Professional Services, service teams, and AWS Support to drive customer success.
• Plan, review, and author technical content (such as white papers and reference architectures) that customers can use to deploy secure, cloud‑based solutions.
• Facilitate knowledge assessment across AWS business development and Solutions Architecture teams, and develop plans to address gaps.
• Work with industry groups to influence trends in cloud computing.
• Represent AWS at conferences, events, and meetups.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
• 10+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• Experience developing technology solutions and evangelising end‑to‑end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing
• Experience communicating across technical and non‑technical audiences and at C-level, including training, workshops, publications

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of distributed systems design and implementation or equivalent
• Knowledge of large scale automation and workflow management or equivalent
• Knowledge of database design and implementation or equivalent
• Knowledge of presentations and whiteboarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and external executives, IT management, and developers
• Experience architecting, migrating, transforming or modernising customer requirements to the cloud

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