Amazon
Solutions Architect Senior Manager, WWPS National Security
$201K–$272K
Herndon, VA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 11, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of management of technical, enterprise customer-facing resources or equivalent experience; 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture, and networking experience. Preferred: 8+ years managing technical teams of solution architects, sales engineers, or similar roles. The posting also cites 8+ years of people management experience.
- Education
- Associate's degree or above, or CISSP-ISSAP or CISSP-ISSEP; Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
About the job
Leads AWS’s cleared solution architecture organization and shapes technical strategy, customer relationships, and cloud and AI adoption for strategic national security customers.
What you'll do
- Lead a 40+ person cleared Solution Architecture organization and develop its technical talent strategy.
- Serve as executive technical sponsor, maintain senior customer relationships, and represent AWS at government and congressional forums.
- Own technical win strategy and growth goals while influencing product roadmaps and driving adoption of next-generation architectures.
What they ask for
- Current, active US Government TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph; must be a US Citizen and maintain the clearance.
- 5+ years managing technical, enterprise customer-facing resources or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture, and networking experience.
- Experience architecting or operating solutions on a cloud service provider, such as Azure, AWS, GCP, or OCI.
Nice to have
- AWS Professional level certification.
- Knowledge of software development tools and methodologies; experience architecting, migrating, transforming, or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud.
Pay
201,000.00 - 272,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Cloud, GenAI, agentic AI
AI focus
Shapes AI adoption strategy and technical win strategy, including AI-first outcomes, GenAI, and agentic AI.
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