Strategic Data & AI Solutions Architecture Lead

Amazon Web Services (AWS); New York (NY); On-site; USD 221,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a senior technical leader to build and lead a team of specialist Solutions Architects focused on Data & AI within our Strategic Accounts organization.

The team guides customers across data governance, AI infrastructure, and agentic systems, with focus options across data foundations and AI/ML infrastructure. You will set technical direction, coach executives, and shape roadmaps, while representing AWS at conferences and in published architectures to advance

Qualifications

• 7+ years of management of technical, enterprise customer facing resources or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Experience architecting/operating solutions built on any cloud service provider like Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI, etc.
• Experience architecting, migrating, transforming or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud.
• Experience hiring, developing, and managing high-performing technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Set technical vision and strategic direction for a team of specialist Solutions Architects spanning data architecture, AI/ML infrastructure, and open source domains.
• Engage directly with customer CAIOs, CTOs, CDOS and VPs of Engineering as a strategic advisor on AI readiness and data modernization.
• Architect solutions alongside your team for complex environments spanning data governance, accelerator optimization, training and inference infrastructure, and AI application design.
• Hire, onboard, and develop senior technical talent; build a diverse and inclusive team culture that attracts and retains top performers.
• Coach team members on architectural thinking, strategic customer engagement, and executive communication across data and AI domains.
• Develop prescriptive architectures, reference implementations, and competitive positioning for the broader field SA community.
• Represent the team externally through conference presentations, published architectures, and technical keynotes.
• Partner with AWS service teams to shape product roadmaps based on customer signals and emerging trends.
• Collaborate with peer SA leaders, Professional Services, and specialist organizations to deliver unified solutions across the full AI stack.
• Drive open source engagement and contribution across data and AI ecosystems where it accelerates customer outcomes.

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a senior technical leader to build and lead a team of specialist Solutions Architects focused on Data & AI within our Strategic Accounts organization.

The team guides customers across data governance, AI infrastructure, and agentic systems, with focus options across data foundations and AI/ML infrastructure. You will set technical direction, coach executives, and shape roadmaps, while representing AWS at conferences and in published architectures to advance