AWS Messaging Solutions Architect (SQS/SNS/MQ)

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Specialist Solutions Architect for Messaging Services to be the go-to technical expert for AWS messaging workloads and patterns.

You will design scalable architectures using SQS, SNS, MQ and related services, addressing asynchronous communication, decoupled microservices, and cloud migrations. This is a specialized role focused on messaging ecosystems, collaborating with account teams to accelerate adoption and to balance managed versus self-hosted

Qualifications

• 3+ years designing or operating messaging systems in production environments ( RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, SQS/SNS, Kafka )
• 5+ years in a technical specialist or solutions architect role in customer-facing positions
• Experience with asynchronous communication patterns (pub/sub, queues, fan-out)

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary technical advisor for messaging across AWS customers worldwide
• Design and validate architectures using SQS, SNS, MQ and related services
• Guide customers migrating from on-prem brokers to AWS managed messaging services
• Develop reference architectures and best practices for pub/sub and event-driven integration
• Create technical content and enablement materials for the broader SA population
• Collaborate with account teams to identify messaging opportunities and accelerate adoption
• Engage with open-source communities to help customers choose managed vs self-hosted options

Skills

Cloud architecture

Messaging systems design

Distributed systems

Asynchronous communication

Technical leadership

Tools

RabbitMQ

Apache ActiveMQ

Amazon SQS/SNS

Apache Kafka

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Specialist Solutions Architect for Messaging Services to be the go-to technical expert for AWS messaging workloads and patterns.

You will design scalable architectures using SQS, SNS, MQ and related services, addressing asynchronous communication, decoupled microservices, and cloud migrations. This is a specialized role focused on messaging ecosystems, collaborating with account teams to accelerate adoption and to balance managed versus self-hosted