National Security Solutions Architect — AI, Cloud & Sensor Data

Amazon; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is recruiting a Solutions Architect for the National Security team in Herndon, VA. You will act as a trusted technical advisor to IC customers, designing secure, scalable architectures for large-scale sensor data processing and AI/ML inference in the cloud and at the edge.

The role requires US citizenship and an active TS/SCI security clearance. Expect collaboration with cross‑functional teams, thought leadership, and up to 20% travel.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 5+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
• Bachelor's degree, or Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical advisor and architectural authority for your customers, building deep trust with mission owners, program managers, and customer engineering leadership.
• Design and prototype secure, scalable, resilient architectures for large-scale sensor data processing — spanning ingest, storage, compute, analytics, and AI/ML inference at the edge and in the cloud.
• Lead technical engagements including architecture reviews, whiteboard sessions, proof-of-concepts, pilots, and Well-Architected reviews that accelerate customer adoption and mission outcomes.
• Evangelize and operationalize emerging AI capabilities—generative and agentic AI, foundation models, computer vision, and geospatial ML—translating concepts into deployable, accredited architectures.
• Architect portable, container-based solutions that leverage open-source technologies.
• Partner closely with Account Managers and Capture Managers on account strategy, technical qualification, opportunity shaping, and long‑range mission roadmaps.
• Author and deliver technical content: reference architectures, reusable solution patterns, blog posts, whitepapers, demos, and workshops that scale your impact beyond individual engagements.
• Capture the voice of the customer and act as a conduit to AWS service teams, influencing the AWS product roadmap with mission-driven requirements and feature requests.
• Mentor peers and contribute to the technical community within the National Security team.
• This position can have periods of up to 20% travel.

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is recruiting a Solutions Architect for the National Security team in Herndon, VA. You will act as a trusted technical advisor to IC customers, designing secure, scalable architectures for large-scale sensor data processing and AI/ML inference in the cloud and at the edge.

The role requires US citizenship and an active TS/SCI security clearance. Expect collaboration with cross‑functional teams, thought leadership, and up to 20% travel.