Senior Solutions Architect, AWS Aerospace & Satellite at Amazon
Seattle, WA
$153,600–$239,000from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A cloud solutions architect role focused exclusively on the space industry — covering areas such as launch services, satellite constellations, ground segments, earth observation, and mission control. Day-to-day work involves advising space-sector customers on AWS architecture, leading technical workshops and reviews, and contributing to reference materials and best practices. Requires an active TS/SCI clearance and suits a seasoned technologist comfortable bridging technical depth with executive-level engagement.
Senior level · 10+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $136,630 (middle half $104,447–$169,017). 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 (10)
The role is posted across multiple US metros (Beverly Hills CA, San Francisco CA, Chicago IL, Austin TX, Arlington VA, Seattle WA); Seattle is used as the primary CBSA. The compensation range varies by location: $153,600–$207,800 in most markets and up to $176,600–$239,000 in San Francisco.
The posting lists 10+ years of IT development/implementation/consulting AND 8+ years in a specific technology domain AND 3+ years of design/implementation/consulting — the 10-year figure is used as the overall years minimum as the highest overall experience gate.
AWS platform knowledge is explicitly stated as 'desired but not required' in the narrative, but it is the core platform for the role and appears throughout the responsibilities; it is treated as a hard requirement given the role is an AWS Solutions Architect.
'Cloud computing' is listed as one of the example technology domain areas under the 8+ years Basic Qualifications requirement; it is the primary technical domain for this role.
The SOC classification is a judgement call: Solutions Architect roles blend pre-sales consulting, technical advisory, and architecture design. 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) best fits the advisory/architecture consulting nature of the work; 15-1299 is the runner-up given the pre-sales/evangelist dimension.
Skills such as 'infrastructure architecture', 'database architecture', and 'networking' appear only under Preferred Qualifications and are marked accordingly.
'Systems engineering', 'security', 'data & analytics', and 'software development' are listed as example domain areas in the Basic Qualifications but are illustrative examples ('e.g.'), not individually gated requirements; only the overarching experience requirement is a hard gate.
The role requires 25% travel to customer sites and AWS locations.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): systems engineering, infrastructure architecture, database architecture.
Requires a TS/SCI 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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