Solutions Architect, National Security Solutions Architecture Team

Amazon • Herndon, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Solutions Architect to support US Government customers in the Northern Virginia / DC Metro area. This role requires an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph and the ability to opt into commensurate clearances for government agencies. As a Solutions Architect on the National Security team, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor to Intelligence Community customers, acting as the "face of Amazon." You will address complex, mission-critical technical challenges, build sample solutions, "think big," and provide architecture designs and cloud enablement strategies tailored to customer needs. This is a high-visibility role involving collaboration with external stakeholders (government customers) and internal AWS teams (Sales, Platform Engineering). National Security Solutions Architects are recognized as technical "thought leaders" within the Intelligence Community, evangelizing emerging technologies conceptually and architecturally. They have been instrumental in the adoption and advancement of cloud computing within the Intelligence Community, delivering cost-effective, time-saving, and secure solutions. You will solve problems at both business and technical levels, working backward from customer requirements to envision new mechanisms and strategies for agencies to operate more efficiently and achieve their goals. You will be responsible for mission-critical solutions, sometimes with life-saving implications. This position offers the unique opportunity to drive the AWS service roadmap to support customer requirements within the complex technical constraints of the cleared environment. AWS seeks technologists who align with its Leadership Principles, possessing a balance of foundational technical knowledge and interpersonal skills. You will partner with customers, AWS Sales, and other AWS teams to craft highly scalable, flexible, and resilient cloud architectures that address Intelligence Community customer business problems and accelerate AWS service adoption. In collaboration with Sales, you will drive revenue growth. As a trusted customer advocate, you will help organizations understand best practices for cloud solutions and migration. You will have the opportunity to shape and execute a strategy to build mindshare and broad use of AWS within the Intelligence Community. The ideal candidate must be self-motivated, eager to learn, and collaborative, with the ability to connect technology with measurable business value. You should be able to distill customer needs into requirements and articulate technical concepts verbally and in writing. Passion for working with Intelligence Community customers and educating, training, designing, and building cloud solutions is essential. This position can have periods of up to 25% travel.

Requirements

• 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• Experience presenting to both technical and non-technical executive audiences
• Current, active TS/SCI US Government Security Clearance
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph

Nice To Haves

• Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries
• Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
• Experience in technology/software sales, pre-sales, or consulting
• Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS
• Bachelor's degree, or CASP+ (CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner) or CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) or Cloud+ or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
• Understanding of Federal Government application, server, and network security requirements such as ICD 503, FISMA, and FedRAMP

Responsibilities

• In partnership with the sales team, formulate and execute a sales strategy to exceed revenue objectives through the adoption of AWS
• As a key member of the business development and sales team, ensure success in building and migrating applications, software and services on the AWS platform
• Educate customers of all sizes on the value proposition of AWS, and participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud
• Conduct one-to-few and one-to-many training sessions to transfer knowledge to customers considering or already using AWS
• Capture and share best-practice knowledge among the AWS solutions architect community
• Author or otherwise contribute to AWS customer-facing publications such as whitepapers and other reusable content
• Build deep relationships with senior technical individuals within customers to enable them to be cloud advocates
• Act as a technical liaison between customers, service engineering teams and support

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)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree