Principal SA, Agentic Transformation, WWSO EAMM

AWS is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect for Agentic Transformation to lead the technical architecture and implementation strategy for helping enterprises modernize legacy applications into intelligent autonomous systems. This role combines deep technical expertise in cloud architecture application modernization and AI/ML systems with the ability to influence C-level technical executives on transformation roadmaps that deliver measurable business outcomes. The ideal candidate brings proven experience architecting enterprise-scale solutions exceptional technical credibility with senior stakeholders and a track record of thought leadership through published content and industry presentations.

This position requires hands-on solution architecture across assessment frameworks reference architectures implementation patterns and technical enablement programs. You will design comprehensive modernization-to-agentic transformation architectures spanning mainframe modernization containerization microservices decomposition data foundation establishment and autonomous workflow implementation. The role demands someone who can architect solutions for the most complex customer scenarios translate business requirements into technical designs create reusable patterns that scale through field teams and partners and establish AWS as the definitive technical destination for enterprises evolving into intelligent autonomous organizations.

As a Principal SA you will take complete ownership of the technical relationship between customers and AWS working directly with CTOs CIOs and Chief Architects to influence how technology drives organizational transformation. You will serve as the primary technical authority during complex sales cycles establish technical credibility for the AWS platform and bridge customer needs with AWS service evolution through direct engagement with product teams.

Key job responsibilities
- Architect end-to-end solutions for enterprise agentic transformation encompassing legacy application modernization data foundation establishment and autonomous workflow implementation using Amazon Bedrock and AWS AI services
- Design and validate reference architectures implementation patterns and technical frameworks for the modernization-to-agentic journey ensuring solutions leverage AWSs 200 services while meeting enterprise requirements for security scalability and reliability
- Engage directly with C-level technical executives (CTOs CIOs Chief Architects) to facilitate technical architecture discussions conduct architecture reviews and provide strategic guidance on transformation roadmaps that enable intelligent automation adoption
- Develop technical thought leadership content including white papers architecture blogs reference implementations and technical best practices guides that establish repeatable patterns for agentic transformation at scale
- Create comprehensive technical enablement programs for AWS Solutions Architects covering architecture patterns implementation methodologies service selection frameworks and hands-on workshops that build field team capabilities
- Lead technical discovery and assessment activities with enterprise customers to evaluate existing architectures identify modernization requirements map business workflows to autonomous agent opportunities and develop detailed technical transformation roadmaps
- Collaborate with AWS service teams to translate customer technical requirements into product roadmap input and mentor Solutions Architects across the organization

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- 10 years of software engineering with a proven track record of leading large-scale projects experience
- 8 years of working with Enterprise Application Modernization and Migration technologies including but not limited to Mainframe Serverless Containers or Cloud Operations experience
- 7 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience engaging and influencing C-level executives both business and technical
- Experience taking a leading role in building complex software or computing infrastructure that has been successfully delivered to customers
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field
- Experience with Machine Learning and Large Language Model fundamentals including architecture training/inference lifecycles and optimization of model execution or experience in computer architecture
- Experience writing high-quality technical content for technical audiences (e.g. engineers developers scientists)
- Experience in operational excellence security compliance and distributed systems resiliency

- Masters degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or related fields
- AWS certification such as AWS Solutions Architect or a similar cloud certification
- Experience presenting to both technical and non-technical executive audiences
- Experience with data infrastructures: relational analytic DBMS Elastic-Search and Big Data EMR/EC2/Glue/Lambda or experience with training and deploying machine learning systems to solve large-scale optimizations
- Experience with AWS Services including EC2 Lambda S3 DynamoDB SQS
- Experience working with technical and product stakeholders to define requirements prioritize features and influence product roadmaps
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team or experience debugging profiling and implementing best software engineering practices in large-scale systems
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools including Continuous Integration / Deployment Puppet Docker Kubernetes Chef etc.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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 and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at TX Austin - 182800.00 - 247300.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 182800.00 - 247300.00 USD annually