Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Technology

SolutionsArchitect,DefenseTechISVPartners

$131–178k Arlington, Virginia, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Solutions Architect, Defense Tech ISV Partners at Amazon Web Services, Inc.. Skills: Cloud architecture, GenAI solutions, Data solutions, Public sector. Guide partners in designing workloads. Create complex workloads on AWS”

What You'll Achieve.

Create measurable mission value; Ensure successful deployments at scale; Ensure every engagement lands with measurable impact

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Map technical challenges; Structure delivery approaches; Ship solutions fast; Scoping; Sequencing; Architecting solutions; Solve mission problems

Eligibility Requirements

Travel about 30%

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

2+ years design experience, 2+ years implementation experience, 2+ years consulting experience, 2+ years technology domain experience, 4+ years IT development experience, 4+ years implementation experience, 4+ years consulting experience, US Citizen

Nice to Have

AWS certification preferred, Experience with AWS services preferred, Experience with cloud-native applications preferred, Experience with distributed applications preferred, Experience with enterprise-scale applications preferred, Experience with security best practices preferred, Experience with GenAI preferred, Experience with data analytics preferred, Experience with modernization preferred, Experience with Defense Tech partners preferred, Experience with public sector customers preferred

What You'll Do.

Guide partners in designing workloads

Create complex workloads on AWS

Drive strategic technical value

Lead engagement with executives

Lead relationship building with engineers

Understand business context

Understand technical requirements

Guide partner architectures

Build proofs-of-concept

Serve as technical thought leader

Maintain technical skills

Grow technical skills

Deliver reference architectures

Identify product feature requests

Influence AWS service roadmap

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Internal AWS teams; External agency stakeholders; Public Sector Partners team; Technology and business leaders

Communication Scope

Technical thought partner

Full Job Description

Solutions Architects guide AWS customers and partners in complex cloud deployments that drive mission outcomes. You will work with our most strategic Defense Technology partners—where workload performance matters, delivery timelines are important, and requirements evolve constantly. You'll map their technical challenges, structure delivery approaches, and help them ship solutions fast. This includes scoping, sequencing, and architecting full-stack cloud solutions that create measurable mission value, while driving clarity across internal AWS teams and external agency stakeholders. You will work directly with technology and business leaders as their technical thought partner, guiding cloud adoption, maximizing mission impact, and ensuring successful deployments at scale. Along the way, you'll identify reusable architectural patterns, codify best practices, and share field signal that influences AWS's product and service roadmap. This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen Key job responsibilities You will work on the Public Sector Partners team, where you will own the technical relationship with Defense Tech partners adopting AWS—from first whiteboard session to production at scale. You'll design cloud architectures that solve real mission problems, help partners ship GenAI and data solutions using the full breadth of AWS, and ensure every engagement lands with measurable impact. Specifically, you will: - Guide our partners in designing and creating complex, multi-service workloads on AWS, driving end-to-end, strategic technical value for public sector customers - Lead engagement and relationship building with our partners' technical executives (Director, VP, and C-level) and working-level engineering teams - Look around corners for our partners, understand their business context and technical requirements, guide their architectures, and build proofs-of-concept - Serve as our partners' technical thought leader on security, GenAI, analytics, and

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