Senior Solutions Architect, Partner Programs & Automation

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

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to lead the worldwide technical strategy for AWS Specializations, a portfolio of competency programs that validate partner expertise and guide customer decisions.

You will define automation priorities, collaborate with business teams and partners, and drive program launches from strategy to post-launch success, including AI-powered validation and cross-program governance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of specific technology domain areas experience
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience

Responsibilities

• Own the worldwide technical strategy for AWS Specializations, driving competency launches, automation, and continuous program improvement across a portfolio that directly enables partner business growth
• Design automation solutions (including AI/agent-based validation) to accelerate application processing
• Build and operate cross-functional mechanisms across multiple programs that improve partner experience, unblock validation backlogs, and strengthen program integrity — evolving validation criteria to adopt AWS-wide approaches for measuring partner contributions and customer impact while maintaining a high quality bar
• Lead end-to-end program launches — from requirements definition through enablement, go-to-market, and post-launch success measurement — orchestrating multi-stakeholder launches at flagship events
• Navigate program portfolio evolution, including sunsetting legacy specializations and standing up new categories aligned to emerging technology domains
• Serve as the technical liaison for integrating Specializations with broader AWS go-to-market and partner programs — including partner recommendation engines, AWS Marketplace, and partner program qualification frameworks — ensuring Specialization designations are leveraged as a key criterion for partner discovery, customer-facing recommendations, and program eligibility at scale
• Drive fraud detection and compliance enforcement mechanisms that protect program credibility — ensuring the Specialization badge remains an earned mark of quality
• Collaborate with AWS business stakeholders and partners to shape the future direction of specializations and competency programs, connecting technical strategy to customer outcomes
• Publish thought leadership (blogs, announcements, technical content) communicating program changes, new launches, and best practices to the partner community
• Travel up to 25% to engage with strategic partners, deliver in-person enablement, and represent the program at AWS events

Skills

8+ years of tech experience

3+ years design/implementation/consult

10+ years IT development/consulting

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to lead the worldwide technical strategy for AWS Specializations, a portfolio of competency programs that validate partner expertise and guide customer decisions.

You will define automation priorities, collaborate with business teams and partners, and drive program launches from strategy to post-launch success, including AI-powered validation and cross-program governance.