Senior Telco Cloud Solutions Architect

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

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Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to partner with Telco and Media customers, designing scalable cloud architectures on AWS with a focus on AI/ML, edge workloads, and cloud-native network functions.

You will engage at executive levels to drive migrations, architect complex systems across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments, and evangelize best practices through workshops and whitepapers.

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 both Linux/Unix and Windows with specific recommendations on server, load balancing, HA/DR, & storage architectures
• Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients
• 3+ years of leading development of applications backed by AWS services or using other cloud based technologies and services experience
• Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS
• Experience in a client facing consultative role working with large, complex enterprise customers

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.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent

Advanced degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Physics, or related fields

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to partner with Telco and Media customers, designing scalable cloud architectures on AWS with a focus on AI/ML, edge workloads, and cloud-native network functions.

You will engage at executive levels to drive migrations, architect complex systems across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments, and evangelize best practices through workshops and whitepapers.