Senior Data Protection Architect – Encryption & AI Security

Amazon Web Services (AWS); New York (NY); On-site; USD 169,000 - 229,000; 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 Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect for Data Protection to lead complex engagements across encryption, key management, and secrets management.

You will craft secure architectures and scale expertise across the AWS field, partnering with product teams to drive improvements and guidance for customers. You will collaborate with service and security teams to deliver scalable data protection solutions for enterprise workloads, including AI pipelines, ensuring

Qualifications

• 6+ years in technology domains (software, cloud, security)
• 3+ years design/implementation/consulting in apps and infra
• 5+ years IT development or implementation/consulting in software/Internet

Responsibilities

• Lead complex data protection engagements with enterprise customers using AWS data protection services
• Lead encryption and key management architecture strategy (hybrid/multi-cloud/post-quantum)
• Design data protection architectures for generative AI and agentic workloads
• Collect field feedback to shape product roadmaps and drive improvements
• Provide security expertise and support for AI deployments
• Keep current with AI security threats, post-quantum cryptography, and data sovereignty rules
• Create/train sessions and workshops on data protection best practices
• Collaborate with service teams and AWS community to share insights at scale
• Author data protection best practices and prescriptive guidance
• Partner with AWS Partners to deliver integrated data protection architectures
• Develop scalable programs and automation tools for field-wide adoption

Skills

Security architecture

Cloud security

Data protection

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect for Data Protection to lead complex engagements across encryption, key management, and secrets management.

You will craft secure architectures and scale expertise across the AWS field, partnering with product teams to drive improvements and guidance for customers. You will collaborate with service and security teams to deliver scalable data protection solutions for enterprise workloads, including AI pipelines, ensuring