AWS Solutions Architect — Retail Cloud Innovator

Amazon Inc.; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 154,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect for Retail, Consumer Goods & Restaurants to drive architecture discussions with strategic customers in the Portland area and beyond.

You will guide security, cost, performance, reliability, and operational efficiency while shaping cloud adoption and reference architectures. You will lead architecture reviews, white-boarding, demos, and technical workshops, collaborating with account management, professional services, and partners

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in technology domains (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures.
• 10+ years in IT development or implementation/consulting in software or Internet industries.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with strategic customers to accelerate projects and recommend best‑practice architectures aligned with long‑term outcomes.
• Build technical relationships and act as a trusted advisor to customers.
• Share customer feedback to inform AWS feature roadmaps.
• Create and share best practices, technical content and new reference architectures.
• Educate about AWS technology through workshops, groups, meetups, talks, videos or conferences.
• Contribute to growing the Solutions Architecture team by interviewing candidates and mentoring others.
• Develop areas of depth in technical domains relevant to customer outcomes.

Skills

Cloud computing

Software development

Systems engineering

Security

Networking

Data & analytics

IT consulting

Tools

SAP

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect for Retail, Consumer Goods & Restaurants to drive architecture discussions with strategic customers in the Portland area and beyond.

You will guide security, cost, performance, reliability, and operational efficiency while shaping cloud adoption and reference architectures. You will lead architecture reviews, white-boarding, demos, and technical workshops, collaborating with account management, professional services, and partners