Partner Solutions Architect, WWPS Global Defense Partners
About The Position
This role involves leveraging deep technical expertise and understanding of defense systems to help leading global aerospace and defense organizations architect mission-critical solutions on AWS. The Partner Solutions Architect will work directly with major defense industrial base contractors, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the US Intelligence Community (IC) to architect and enable the implementation of innovative cloud solutions, ensuring technical excellence, security compliance, and mission success. Responsibilities include delivering proof-of-concept projects, leading workshops, and guiding transformative initiatives. Collaboration across the entire AWS organization is expected to bring access to product and service teams for delivering the right solutions and driving feature innovation based on customer needs. This position requires US citizenship and an active Top Secret security clearance. Due to the nature of the work, the selected candidate will be on-site alongside partners and must live within or be willing to relocate to the metropolitan Los Angeles area.
Requirements
- 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
- 4+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above
- US Citizen
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience in technology/software sales, pre-sales, or consulting
- Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
- Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective
- 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
- Experience with AI/ML, HPC, digital engineering, advanced manufacturing, or data engineering workloads on AWS
- Familiarity with defense compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, CMMC, DoD SRG, ITAR)
Responsibilities
- Design and implement secure, scalable AWS architectures for mission-critical defense and intelligence applications
- Collaborate with defense contractors, DoD agencies, and IC organizations to meet stringent security and compliance requirements
- Lead technical discussions with partner engineers and program officials
- Develop and review architectural artifacts suitable for GovCloud and classified environments
- Ensure solutions meet or exceed DoD cybersecurity standards and IC directives
- Contribute to the development of AWS services tailored for defense and intelligence use cases
Benefits
- 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
- parental leave
- sign-on payments
- restricted stock units (RSUs)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
