Senior Telco Cloud Architect — AI, 5G & Edge

Amazon Inc.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Senior Solutions Architect to partner with Telecommunications and Media customers, guiding cloud transformations and AI deployments on AWS.

You will design scalable, cost-effective cloud architectures spanning on-prem, hybrid, and cloud-native environments, with emphasis on telco workloads and 5G core. The role blends deep technical leadership with customer advisory work, working with sales, ProServe, and partners to accelerate adoption and deliver measurable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent, or experience in IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries
• Experience architecting infrastructure solutions using Linux/Unix and Windows with recommendations on server, load balancing, HA/DR, storage architectures
• Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical advisor for Telco and Media customers on their cloud transformation and AI adoption journeys
• Design and architect large-scale, distributed systems spanning on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-native environments
• Guide customers on generative AI use cases — including agentic voice systems, intelligent network operations, subscriber personalization, and AI-powered customer care
• Drive business engagements to develop technical strategies for complex enterprise and telco workload migrations (5G core, OSS/BSS, RAN, media streaming)
• Educate customers on the value proposition of AWS with deep architectural discussions, ensuring designs for resiliency, security, cost optimization, and AI-readiness
• Build deep relationships across C-level, engineering leadership, and architecture teams to become the customer's trusted advisor
• Collaborate across AWS teams (Specialist SAs, ProServe, Product, Partners) to drive and shape repeatable solutions for telco and media outcomes
• Assist Partners in designing and implementing large-scale network transformation programs, including cloud-native network functions and edge deployments
• Influence AWS service roadmap by acting as a liaison between customers, service engineering teams, and support
• Capture and share best-practice knowledge via whitepapers, blogs, reference architectures, and internal mechanisms
• Represent and promote AWS within the Telecommunications, Media, and Service Provider communities through workshops, conferences, and public speaking

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Senior Solutions Architect to partner with Telecommunications and Media customers, guiding cloud transformations and AI deployments on AWS.

You will design scalable, cost-effective cloud architectures spanning on-prem, hybrid, and cloud-native environments, with emphasis on telco workloads and 5G core. The role blends deep technical leadership with customer advisory work, working with sales, ProServe, and partners to accelerate adoption and deliver measurable