Sr. Solutions Architect, Storage, Global Government at Amazon
Herndon, VA
$153,600–$207,800from the description
Aug 4, 2026
Herndon, VA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Solutions Architect Storage Specialist role at AWS focused on US Federal Government customers (DoD and Federal Civilian). The position involves designing and advising on cloud storage architectures, building proof-of-concepts, delivering workshops, and enabling generalist SAs to lead storage conversations. Candidates should have deep expertise in AWS storage services and a background in infrastructure or systems architecture, and must be able to obtain a Top Secret clearance.
Senior level · 10+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $129,834 (middle half $101,882–$164,857). 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 Aug 8, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role title carries no explicit seniority level, but the requirements (10+ years IT experience, 8+ years in a specific domain, deep SME scope) firmly support a Senior classification.
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role is primarily consultative/advisory (Solutions Architect) rather than hands-on software development, pointing to 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts); however, the depth of technical architecture work and proof-of-concept building also fits 15-1252 (Software Developers). 15-1211 was chosen as the primary because the day-to-day work centers on advising, designing, and enabling customers rather than shipping code.
The posting states the candidate must 'obtain and maintain an active Top Secret security clearance' — this is a hard gate. TS/SCI is not explicitly mentioned, so TopSecret (not TopSecretSci) was applied.
AWS S3 and AWS FSx appear only in the 'A day in the life' narrative section as illustrative examples, not in a formal requirements block — marked as preferred accordingly.
Linux/Unix and Windows appear under Preferred Qualifications — marked as preferred. 'Linux' is listed as the primary skill with 'Unix' as an alternative since they are interchangeable in this context.
The compensation range ($153,600–$207,800/year) is specifically cited for the Herndon, VA location; final pay may vary by location per the posting.
'cloud computing' and 'storage architecture' are listed as required because the Basic Qualifications explicitly gate on 'cloud computing' domain experience and the entire role is predicated on storage architecture expertise — these are the closest named-technology equivalents to those hard gates.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): storage architecture, database architecture.
Requires a Top Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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