Solutions Architect, Federal Civilian

Amazon

Amazon

IT

Arlington, VA, USA

Posted on May 15, 2026

Description

Solutions Architects lead complex cloud deployments that drive mission outcomes in production. You will embed with our most strategic federal civilian customers—where workload performance matters, delivery timelines are important, and requirements evolve constantly. You'll map their technical challenges, structure delivery approaches, and ship solutions fast. This includes scoping, sequencing, and architecting full-stack cloud solutions that create measurable mission value, while driving clarity across internal AWS teams and external agency stakeholders.

You will work directly with federal civilian agency leaders as their technical thought partner, guiding cloud adoption, maximizing mission impact, and ensuring successful deployments at scale. Along the way, you'll identify reusable architectural patterns, codify best practices, and share field signal that influences AWS's product and service roadmap.

Key job responsibilities
You will own technical delivery for federal civilian customers adopting AWS—from first whiteboard session to production at scale. You'll design cloud architectures that solve real mission problems, ship GenAI and data solutions using the full breadth of AWS, and ensure every engagement lands with measurable impact.

Lead technical engagements end-to-end—scoping requirements, defining architectures, responding to RFPs, and driving implementations to production.
Serve as the customer's technical thought partner on security, GenAI, analytics, and modernization.
Codify best practices into reusable patterns for the broader SA community.
Collaborate with world-class sales and business development teams to accelerate adoption.
You bring: Technical presentation skills (whiteboard to large group); engineering depth across cloud, databases, big data, analytics, and GenAI/ML; operational rigor in infrastructure management and security at scale. Intellectual curiosity that keeps your skills sharp and a pulse on industry trends.

"Work hard. Have fun. Make history."

This position requires US Citizenship.

A day in the life
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