Principal Technologist, Global Government Delivery Organization; GDDO

Would you like to be part of a team that is redefining the way the UK Government uses the cloud? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is leading the next paradigm shift in computing and the AWS Global Government Delivery Organization (GGDO) team is looking for a motivated Principal Technologist to join our fast‑paced organization. The GGDO manages direct Government programmes as part of the Worldwide Public Sector business.

In this role you will work directly with customers, partners, and AWS service teams to manage technical and business integration challenges in support of UK Intelligence Community (UK IC) and other UK Government programmes that rely on the AWS Cloud.

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of cloud computing; possess a background in partner and business development; and have proven results within the Global Government programme management space. They will also have demonstrated the ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges, with the skill‑set to dive deep and tactically drive business development programmes. Excellent communications skills are a must.

Candidates are expected to have the ability to write and convey compelling customer value propositions and articulate technical risks, as well as to interface with AWS business units responsible for delivering capabilities to customers. Through your work across AWS, you will be responsible for driving programme compliance, customer and partner onboarding, and overall adoption of AWS. You must bring an established understanding of these respective community infrastructures, policies, and operational performance requirements.

• Liaise with AWS service teams to ensure that AWS meets technical commitments to customers in named programmes.
• Interface with Capture, Sales, and Solutions Architecture teams to provide technical depth to partnership discussions and capture/pursuit decisions.
• Coordinate a matrixed team drawn from the Federal business verticals in support of specific programmes.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop the long‑term strategy for AWS to deliver in the Federal program space, including global infrastructure, feature and service deployment, and go‑to‑market approach.

The Principal Technologist (PT) acts as the programme's primary technical point of contact for our Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) customers. They lead executive engagement across multiple technical disciplines to include but not limited to cloud security, service and feature roadmap, infrastructure and capacity expansion, and meeting unique contract requirements. The PT works across AWS stakeholders to include Region Services, ADC Security, Infrastructure and Sales to ensure technical delivery across the contract.

UK Government Security Clearance is required for this role ().