Amazon
Senior Solutions Architect, National Security Solutions Architecture Team
$154K–$208K
Herndon, VA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking; 4+ years in specific technology domains; 2+ years in application and infrastructure design, implementation, or consulting.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, or CASP+ or CCSP or Cloud+ or CSSLP.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen; must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph and opt into a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.
About the job
Advises U.S. Intelligence Community customers on AWS cloud architecture, adoption, migration, and strategy, while partnering with sales and engineering teams to deliver secure solutions and grow AWS use.
What you'll do
- Design and explain scalable cloud architectures, and support customers building or migrating applications and services on AWS.
- Partner with sales to develop strategies that drive AWS adoption and revenue; train customers and share architectural best practices.
- Connect customers with AWS service engineering and support teams, and contribute to customer-facing publications.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience.
- Bachelor's degree, or CASP+ (CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner) or CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) or Cloud+ or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional).
- 4+ years of experience in specific technology domains, such as software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, or data & analytics; and 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures.
- Current, active U.S. Government TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph; must be a U.S. citizen and maintain the clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience in software development or Internet-related industries, with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective, or migrating legacy solutions to the cloud.
- Past experience as a systems or support engineer and pre-sales experience.
Pay
153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
AWS, CASP+, CCSP, Cloud+, CSSLP
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