Cloud Delivery Engagement Lead – DoD Programs

Amazon Inc.; Jessup (MD); On-site; USD 131,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking an Engagement Manager to lead large cloud delivery engagements for DoD customers, coordinating multi-workstream programs from planning through execution. The role requires a TS/SCI clearance and office-based work in the Maryland/DC area, with travel to customer sites as needed.

You will align technical solutions with customer goals, manage risks, and drive cross-functional teams to deliver mission outcomes in secure environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of leading the delivery of IT projects with external customers or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of program or engagement management work leading other project managers to deliver a program with multiple and concurrent projects experience.
• 1+ years of working as a Scrum Master or Product Owner across multiple cross-functional teams experience.
• 3+ years of cloud computing experience.
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI or above.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead large, complex engagements end-to-end, delivering business outcomes independently with limited guidance.
• Redirect distressed programs to successful outcomes; deal effectively with ambiguity and the unexpected.
• Apply multiple delivery frameworks (Agile, Scaled Agile, Waterfall, ITIL) to build comprehensive plans across multi-workstream engagements.
• Translate customer needs into clear technical requirements and executable roadmaps using AWS frameworks (Well-Architected, Cloud Adoption Framework).
• Validate technical solutions against mission objectives; lead architectural reviews and manage technical risk.
• Maximize engagement value by negotiating conditions of acceptance, amending scope, financials, and timelines as needed.
• Communicate effectively across diverse audiences (product, legal, finance, operations, partners, customers) and drive stakeholder alignment.
• Influence AWS service team roadmaps, ProServe offerings, and organizational metrics.
• Accelerate progress by creating or optimizing cross-team processes; establish operational excellence standards and reusable mechanisms.

Skills

Project delivery leadership

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Scrum Master / Product Owner

Cloud computing

Stakeholder communication

Tools

AWS (Cloud)

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking an Engagement Manager to lead large cloud delivery engagements for DoD customers, coordinating multi-workstream programs from planning through execution. The role requires a TS/SCI clearance and office-based work in the Maryland/DC area, with travel to customer sites as needed.

You will align technical solutions with customer goals, manage risks, and drive cross-functional teams to deliver mission outcomes in secure environments.