Cloud Architect, Financial Services & Real-Time Payments

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

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Arlington, VA seeks an experienced Solutions Architect to design highly resilient, secure AWS architectures for financial services workloads at global scale. You will translate regulatory and business challenges into cloud solutions spanning real-time payments, risk detection, and modernized core banking.

You will mentor others, lead strategic discussions with stakeholders, and craft reusable content to elevate AWS cloud adoption across the financial sector.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software/cloud/infra/security-related domains.
• 3+ years design/implementation in applications and infrastructures.
• 10+ years IT development or consulting in software/Internet industries.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Own Complex Solutions End-to-End — lead design, validation, and delivery of mission-critical architectures.
• Lead Technical Strategy & Advocacy — drive discussions with customer teams to align solutions with business outcomes.
• Prove Value Through Hands-On Innovation — build proof-of-concept architectures to de-risk decisions.
• Build Reusable Technical Content — create scalable assets (code samples, blogs, workshops, presentations).
• Forge Consensus Across Stakeholders — articulate visions and drive cross-functional execution.
• Champion Customer Needs Back to AWS — voice of the customer to inform roadmaps.
• Multiply Impact Through Reuse — modularize solutions to amplify impact.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder comms

Regulatory awareness

Financial services knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS services

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Arlington, VA seeks an experienced Solutions Architect to design highly resilient, secure AWS architectures for financial services workloads at global scale. You will translate regulatory and business challenges into cloud solutions spanning real-time payments, risk detection, and modernized core banking.

You will mentor others, lead strategic discussions with stakeholders, and craft reusable content to elevate AWS cloud adoption across the financial sector.