Summary
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Solutions Architect to support its US Space Force customer and the Intelligence Community. The role architects scalable cloud solutions, advises customers on AWS adoption and migrations, develops technical sales strategies, and serves as a liaison among customers, sales, engineering, and support teams.
Responsibilities
- Architect cloud-based solutions in response to complex technical challenges
- In partnership with the sales team, formulate and execute a technical sales strategy to achieve 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 to AWS
- Educate customers of all sizes on the value proposition of AWS, and participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure geospatial 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 amongst 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
- This position can have periods of up to 20% travel
Skills
- • 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 CASP+ (CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner) or CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) or Cloud+ or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
- • 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 end user or developer communities
- • Experience working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage
Qualifications
Must Haves
- • 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 CASP+ (CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner) or CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) or Cloud+ or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
- • Current, active TS/SCI US Government Security Clearance
Nice to Haves
- • Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries
- • Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
- • Experience working with end user or developer communities
- • Experience working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage
Benefits
- Sign-on payments
- Restricted stock units (RSUs)
- Health insurance, including medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and an option for Supplemental life plans
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Mental Health Support
- Medical Advice Line
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Employee-led affinity groups that foster a culture of inclusion
- Ongoing events and learning experiences, including Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences
- Knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources
- Flexibility as part of the working culture