Senior GovTech AI Solutions Architect

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

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is hiring a Senior Solutions Architect for GovTech ISVs. You will own the technical relationship, lead architectural deep dives, and build prototypes demonstrating AI patterns on AWS. You will unblock engineers and guide platform modernization, with travel up to 30%.

You will work across compute, data, networking, identity, and data residency, collaborating with government CIOs and ISV leadership to shape secure, compliant solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years design/implementation or consulting in applications and infrastructures.
• 5+ years cloud-based solutions experience (AWS or equivalent) with systems/network/OS knowledge or AWS cert.
• Experience facilitating discussions with senior leadership on trade-offs, best practices, and risk.
• Experience leading engineering discussions about technology decisions and strategy.
• Experience with Data & AI tech including AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, DB, and Storage.
• Experience with container and serverless architectures.

Responsibilities

• Guide ISV architecture decisions across compute, data, networking, identity, and databases.
• Run discovery with ISV teams to understand platform constraints and requirements.
• Lead generative AI work on Amazon Bedrock: agentic patterns, retrieval-augmented generation, guardrails.
• Help ISVs turn AI prototypes into production systems meeting public sector requirements.
• Modernize legacy platforms onto AWS with phased strategies (replatforming, domain decomposition).
• Explain how compliance shapes architecture in CJIS, StateRAMP, FedRAMP, HIPAA, data residency.
• Communicate decisions to ISV CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and government CIOs; defend recommendations.
• Help ISVs adopt AI-assisted development tools like Kiro and Amazon Q Developer.

Skills

8+ years design/implementation/consult

5+ years cloud-based solutions

facilitating leadership discussions

leading engineering architecture talks

Data & AI technologies experience

container and serverless experience

AI/GenAI, Analytics, DB, Storage

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Kiro

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Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is hiring a Senior Solutions Architect for GovTech ISVs. You will own the technical relationship, lead architectural deep dives, and build prototypes demonstrating AI patterns on AWS. You will unblock engineers and guide platform modernization, with travel up to 30%.

You will work across compute, data, networking, identity, and data residency, collaborating with government CIOs and ISV leadership to shape secure, compliant solutions.