Amazon
Senior Solutions Architect, National Security Solutions Architecture Team
$154K–$208K
Herndon, VA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 11, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in specified technology domains and 6+ years in application/infrastructure design, implementation, or consulting.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree is preferred, or one of the listed certifications; no equivalent-experience alternative stated.
About the job
Advises US Intelligence Community customers on AWS cloud architecture, helps design and deploy solutions, and partners with sales and engineering teams to support adoption and revenue growth.
What you'll do
- Design cloud architectures and strategies, and help customers build or migrate applications and services on AWS.
- Partner with sales to develop and execute adoption and revenue strategies; educate customers through training and architectural discussions.
- Share best practices and publications, build customer relationships, and act as a technical liaison with AWS engineering and support teams.
What they ask for
- Currently possess and maintain an active US Government TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph; be a US Citizen.
- 8+ years of experience in technology domains such as software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, or data and analytics.
- 6+ years of experience in application and infrastructure design, implementation, or consulting.
- Experience communicating with technical and non-technical audiences, including executives or clients, and defining technical solutions to meet business objectives.
Nice to have
- 10+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture, and networking experience; enterprise cloud or virtualization architecture/deployment experience.
- Bachelor's degree or specified security/cloud certification; familiarity with federal security requirements such as ICD 503, FISMA, and FedRAMP.
Pay
153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
AWS, Linux/Unix, Windows, ICD 503, FISMA, FedRAMP, CASP+, CCSP
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