Solutions Architect, WWPS SA - NPO Social Technology

Our Mission

We are the trusted advisors and thought leaders who enable Nonprofits to succeed in their missions. We earn trust by listening to our customers, prioritizing their needs, and delivering value so they can make well‑informed decisions and create a better world.

AWS is looking for a highly motivated Solutions Architect to join the World Wide Public Sector Nonprofits practice. You’ll serve as the technical lead for a portfolio of nonprofit social‑good tech organizations, helping them design and implement cloud architectures.

This role sits within a sales and business development team — your technical expertise will directly inform planning and strategy. You’ll need both the consultative and leadership skills to launch projects on a trajectory to success, and the ability to help diverse groups understand application architectures and integration approaches.

• Consultative skills — the ability to listen, understand customer needs, and translate them into technical solutions
• Technical leadership — comfort guiding architectural design decisions and deep‑diving into implementation details
• Intellectual curiosity — a drive to keep your technical skills current while maintaining a pulse on industry trends
• Communication skills — experience presenting to small and large groups, from whiteboard sessions to executive briefings
• Operational awareness — understanding of web site/services operations, management, and security

• Own the technical engagement and success of customer implementation projects
• Design cloud architectures leveraging AWS services
• Provide thought leadership on security best practices for applications, servers, and networks
• Respond to RFPs and define implementation approaches
• Serve as a subject matter expert on security as it relates to customer applications and services
• Lead whiteboard sessions, technical deep‑dives, and presentations for audiences of all sizes
• Capture and share best practices across the SA community
• Collaborate with and learn from some of the brightest technical minds in enterprise architecture
• Mentor peers and customers while staying current on AWS innovations and industry trends
• Travel up to 30%

You’ll provide architectural and technical leadership to nonprofit customers leveraging AWS ’ll guide design decisions with customer obsession, ensuring high availability and performance. You’ll evangelize best practices, mentor others, and continuously grow your own expertise.

• 5+ 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
• 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience

• 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

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

Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

• USA, CA, Irvine —  –  USD annually
• USA, TX, Austin —  –  USD annually
• USA, VA, Arlington —  –  USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle —  –  USD annually