AWS Field CTO – Data & AI Strategy & Pre-Sales Leader

Blend; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 260,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits program

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Blend360 is seeking an experienced AWS Platform Architect to lead pre-sales and guide delivery standards across North America. You will collaborate with Blend Client Partners, Business Development Leaders, and AWS field teams to translate client challenges into AWS-based outcomes.

The role requires deep AWS expertise, strong communication with executives, and a passion for cloud transformation. You will help build delivery accelerators and contribute to thought leadership in data and AI

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in data or platform architectures, with at least 5 in cloud architecture or pre-sales.
• Strong understanding of AI and deep usage experience.
• Hands-on expertise across core data and AI services including compute, storage, networking, databases, analytics, ML/AI (SageMaker, Bedrock), and serverless.
• Experience presenting AWS-based solutions to enterprise audiences at technical and executive levels.
• AWS certifications required; Solutions Architect Professional or specialty certifications (Data, ML, Security) strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead Platform Architecture/Approach pre-sales efforts and drive sales enablement across North America.
• Engage with AWS field teams to co-develop solutions and strengthen co-sell motions.
• Ensure smooth pre-sales to delivery handoffs and maintain solution integrity.

Skills

Leadership & influence

Pre-sales experience

Executive communication

Cloud strategy

Architecture governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

SageMaker

Bedrock

Serverless

AWS data services

AWS networking

AWS storage

AWS compute

Job description

Blend360 is seeking an experienced AWS Platform Architect to lead pre-sales and guide delivery standards across North America. You will collaborate with Blend Client Partners, Business Development Leaders, and AWS field teams to translate client challenges into AWS-based outcomes.

The role requires deep AWS expertise, strong communication with executives, and a passion for cloud transformation. You will help build delivery accelerators and contribute to thought leadership in data and AI