Director, Solutions Architecture – National Security, Worldwide Public Sector

AWS is seeking a transformational technical leader to serve as the Director of Solution Architecture for our strategic national security customers. This leader owns the executive technical strategy for a large-scale multi-segment portfolio spanning the Intelligence Community (IC) leads an elite organization of solutions architects and serves as the critical bridge between AWS product innovation and mission outcomes. The role requires independent executive engagement with customer C-suite (CIO/CTO/CDAO/SES/Flag-level) peer-level influence across multiple organizations without positional authority and product roadmap influence. This is one of the most consequential technical leadership roles in the national security technology requiring the credibility to engage independently with government executives the organizational gravity to influence peer organizations and the technical depth to shape the future of cloud and AI adoption for national security.

Functional Experience & Key Leadership Principles

Executive Technical Sponsorship & Customer Obsession: 15 years of experience in IT cloud computing or defense/intelligence technology leadership with direct engagement at government C-suite level (CIO/CTO/CDAO).

Experience developing and maintaining strategic relationships with customer executives at agencies and congressional oversight bodies.

Experience representing organizations as a speaker at senior government and congressional forums.

Experience shaping customer acquisition strategies and influencing technology roadmaps toward cloud-native and AI-first outcomes.

Organizational Leadership & Think Big: Experience driving cross-functional alignment with Sales Go-to-Market Services and Product teams to deliver solutions influencing through technical credibility and shared metrics rather than positional authority.

Experience owning technical win strategy for AI adoption mission resilience and modernization across a $500M portfolio.

Experience influencing product roadmap priorities for national security customers.

Experience authoring cross-agency technical strategies accounting for evolving threats policy changes and emerging technology (GenAI agentic AI quantum-safe architecture).

People Leadership & Hire and Develop the Best:

8 years of people management experience including managing managers (leader of leaders) with demonstrated experience leading large technical organizations in classified environments.

Experience building and sustaining cleared technical talent pipelines in competitive markets for technologists.

Experience mentoring senior individual contributors toward Principal and Distinguished Engineer trajectories.

Operational Excellence & Deliver Results:

Experience defining and executing organizational goals and metrics aligned to revenue and growth targets. Experience owning the rhythm of business through Monthly Metrics WBRs QBRs and Annual Operational Planning.

Experience driving mechanisms that scale technical excellence: solution reviews architecture decisions and reusable classified reference architectures.

Key job responsibilities
This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.

Serve as executive technical sponsor for the portfolios most strategic programs customers and capture efforts

Develop and maintain direct strategic relationships with customer C-suite leaders (CIOs CTOs CDAOs Special Advisors) at agencies and congressional oversight bodies

Represent AWS as a speaker at senior government and congressional forums Drive measurable adoption of next-generation architectures across the national security customer base

Jointly own the technical win rate and pipeline with Sales leadership

Influence AWS product and service team roadmap priorities for classified and air-gapped environments

Lead a 40 person cleared Solution Architecture organization including senior managers and principal architects

Own the cleared talent strategy: identify develop retain and grow the next generation of technical leaders

Build and sustain the cleared technical talent pipeline for technologists

Define and execute organizational goals and metrics aligned to $1.5B revenue and growth targets

Manage cross-functional operating rhythms with Sales Services Professional Services and Partner teams

15 years of experience in IT cloud computing or defense/intelligence technology leadership

8 years of people management experience including managing managers (leader of leaders)

Current active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph

Experience leading large technical organizations in classified environments

Experience with executive engagement at government C-suite level (CIO/CTO/CDAO)

Experience driving technical strategy for large-scale ($500M) programs or portfolios

Experience with public speaking at government/industry forums in classified settings

Experience as a recognized thought leader in national security technology AI/ML or cloud modernization

Experience across multiple intelligence domains (GEOINT HUMINT SIGINT)

Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or MBA (or equivalent experience)

AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Professional Security Specialty)

Experience in strategic capture or technical solutioning for IC/DoD programs

Experience building cleared talent pipelines in competitive markets

Experience influencing product roadmaps at a major cloud or technology provider

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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 VA Arlington - 241200.00 - 326400.00 USD annually