Solutions Architect II, National Security Solutions Architecture Team; AWS

Solutions Architect II, National Security Solutions Architecture Team

Job :  | Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Solutions Architect to join our National Security team supporting Intelligence Community (IC) customers. As a Solutions Architect on the AWS National Security Team, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor to IC customers—you are the "face of Amazon" to our most mission‑critical customers. You will engage across a broad variety of complex technical challenges that directly impact national security outcomes.

This is a high‑visibility role where you collaborate with and influence both external stakeholders and internal AWS teams, including sales, platform engineering, and AI/ML service teams.

National Security Solutions Architects (SAs) are recognized as technical thought leaders within the Intelligence Community who evangelize emerging technologies—including agentic AI, machine learning, and computer vision— not only on a conceptual level, but on a practical, architectural level. You will design and deliver AI‑powered solutions that enable agencies to extract actionable intelligence from complex data at scale.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance.

• Customer Engagement:
  Serve as the primary technical point of contact for IC customers, working backwards from mission requirements to envision innovative cloud and AI solutions that accelerate mission outcomes.
• Technical Thought Leadership:
  Evangelize emerging AI/ML and Big Data capabilities, including foundation models, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), agentic workflows, and computer vision, to IC stakeholders at both technical and executive levels.
• Architecture Design:
  Craft highly scalable, resilient, and secure cloud architectures that address IC business problems and accelerate adoption of AWS services across classified environments.
• AI/ML Solution Architecture:
  Design and implement generative AI, machine learning, and agentic AI architectures using AWS services (Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Sage Maker AI, Amazon Q) tailored to IC mission requirements within classified environments.
• Revenue Growth:
  Partner with AWS Sales and cross‑functional teams to drive revenue growth by identifying opportunities to apply emerging technologies and cloud services to mission challenges.
• Product Influence:
  Provide direct feedback to AWS service teams on IC‑specific requirements, including feature requests for classified region service parity, and contribute to the development of new tools and capabilities for the cleared environment.
• Well‑Architected Reviews:
  Conduct AWS Well‑Architected assessments with customers to ensure solutions meet best practices for security, reliability, performance, cost optimization, and sustainability.

• 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience.
• 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g., software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience.
• 5+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience.
• Bachelor's degree, or Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud Dev Ops Engineering).
• Current, active TS/SCI US Government Security Clearance.

• Experience working within software development or Internet‑related industries.
• Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud.
• Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective.
• Experience working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

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Location:

USA, VA, Herndon -  -  USD annually.