Sr. GenAI Specialist Solutions Architect, SLG/EDU Specialist SA at Amazon
Seattle, WA
$153,600–$207,800from the description
Jul 9, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A technical pre-sales role focused on Generative AI, serving State & Local Government and Education sector customers. The work centers on designing cloud architectures, leading proof-of-concept engagements, and advising on GenAI services such as Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, and Amazon Q. The role also involves producing external content, enabling internal teams, and feeding customer requirements back to AWS product teams to influence roadmaps.
Senior level · 8+ years · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 20 people in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer systems analysts). range 4–30
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $125,214 (middle half $97,099–$146,523). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is posted for three locations — Washington DC, Seattle, and Dallas-Fort Worth. The salary figures provided ($153,600–$207,800/year) are listed for Dallas (TX) and Arlington (VA); Seattle compensation was not separately quoted. CBSA is set to Dallas-Fort Worth as the first-listed Texas location.
The SOC classification is a genuine judgment call. The role is a pre-sales/technical advisory position (Solutions Architect) that does not primarily write production code, making 15-1252 (Software Developers) a stretch; 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) best captures the architecture design, consulting, and customer advisory work. 15-1252 is noted as a runner-up given the hands-on proof-of-concept and prototyping responsibilities.
The AWS Solutions Architect Associate and Professional certifications are explicitly listed as role requirements ('Obtain SA Associate certification within 6 months and SA Pro certification within 18 months'), so they are treated as hard gates even though they may be obtained after hire.
The 8+ years figure comes from the broader technology domain experience requirement in Basic Qualifications; the 5+ years design/implementation/consulting requirement is subsumed by the higher 8-year gate.
Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, and Amazon Q are called out explicitly in the key responsibilities as core services the SSA will work with daily; they are treated as hard gates. RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and fine-tuning strategies are also explicitly named in the responsibilities as required expertise.
Skills listed under Preferred Qualifications (cloud security certification, knowledge of AWS market segments, developer community experience, software development tools/methodologies) are marked as preferred.
'Amazon Kiro' and 'Amazon Quick' appear to be typos or placeholder names in the posting (likely Amazon Q and/or Amazon Kendra); they are not emitted as separate skills.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): cloud architecture.
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