Solutions Architect, National Security Solutions Architecture Team

Amazon Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Solutions Architect to join the National Security team supporting National Security Space and Sensor customers. You will be a trusted technical advisor to IC customers and act as the face of Amazon to mission-critical customers, engaging across sales, platform engineering, and AI/ML service teams.

This role requires US Citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance. You will design and deliver AI-powered, secure architectures for large-scale data processing,

Qualifications

• 2+ years designing, implementing, or consulting in apps and infrastructure.
• 4+ years in tech domains like software, cloud, systems, security, or data.
• 5+ years IT development or consulting in software/Internet industries.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary technical advisor and architectural authority for customers.
• Design secure, scalable architectures for large-scale sensor data across edge and cloud.
• Lead architecture reviews, pilots, and Well-Architected reviews.
• Evangelize AI capabilities including generative AI and computer vision.
• Architect portable, container-based solutions leveraging open-source tech.
• Collaborate with Account and Capture Managers on strategy and roadmaps.
• Create reference architectures, reusable patterns, blogs, demos, and workshops.
• Capture customer voice to influence AWS service roadmaps.
• Mentor peers within the National Security team.
• Travel up to 20%.

Skills

Design & Implement

Cloud & Infra expertise

IT development experience

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree / Cloud cert

Job description

Solutions Architect, National Security Solutions Architecture Team

Job ID: 10531802 | Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Solutions Architect to join our National Security team supporting National Security Space and Sensor customers.

As a Solutions Architect on the AWS National Security Team, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor to IC customers- you are the "face of Amazon" to our most mission-critical customers. You will engage across a broad variety of complex technical challenges that directly impact national security outcomes. This is a high-visibility role where you collaborate with and influence both external stakeholders and internal AWS teams, including sales, platform engineering, and AI/ML service teams.

National Security Solutions Architects (SAs) are recognized as technical thought leaders within the Intelligence Community who evangelize emerging technologies—including agentic AI, machine learning, and computer vision— not only on a conceptual level, but on a practical, architectural level. You will design and deliver AI-powered solutions that enable agencies to extract actionable intelligence from complex data at scale.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance.

Key job responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical advisor and architectural authority for your customers, building deep trust with mission owners, program managers, and customer engineering leadership.
• Design and prototype secure, scalable, resilient architectures for large-scale sensor data processing -spanning ingest, storage, compute, analytics, and AI/ML inference at the edge and in the cloud.
• Lead technical engagements including architecture reviews, whiteboard sessions, proof-of-concepts, pilots, and Well-Architected reviews that accelerate customer adoption and mission outcomes.
• Evangelize and operationalize emerging AI capabilities -generative and agentic AI, foundation models, computer vision, and geospatial ML - translating concepts into deployable, accredited architectures.
• Architect portable, container-based solutions that leverage open-source technologies.
• Partner closely with Account Managers and Capture Managers on account strategy, technical qualification, opportunity shaping, and long-range mission roadmaps.
• Author and deliver technical content: reference architectures, reusable solution patterns, blog posts, whitepapers, demos, and workshops that scale your impact beyond individual engagements.
• Capture the voice of the customer and act as a conduit to AWS service teams, influencing the AWS product roadmap with mission-driven requirements.
• Mentor peers and contribute to the technical community within the National Security team.
• This position can have periods of up to 20% travel.

About the team AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 5+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
• Bachelor's degree, or Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you are applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries
• Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
• Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you are applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

USA, VA, Herndon - 131,300.00 - 177,600.00 USD annually

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

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