Senior Solutions Architect, AWS Plus Team at Amazon
Seattle, WA
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Jul 16, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior technical advisory role embedded within a specialized AWS team that serves Amazon's own internal business units as cloud customers. The architect owns the technical relationship with one or more of Amazon's business divisions — conducting architecture reviews, cost and performance deep dives, and guiding adoption of AI capabilities including generative and agentic AI — while engaging regularly with VP- and Director-level engineering stakeholders. Suits experienced cloud architects comfortable operating as a peer to large-scale engineering teams.
Senior level · 10+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 150 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer systems analysts). range 45–220
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 $136,630 (middle half $104,447–$169,017).
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 location is not explicitly stated in the posting; Seattle, WA (AWS HQ) is assumed as the most likely base given this is an internal AWS team role.
The role is a Solutions Architect — primarily advisory, architecture design, and consulting — which sits most naturally at 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts). However, the depth of hands-on technical work described (deep architecture, AI/ML, compute/storage/data services) creates a plausible case for 15-1252 (Software Developers); 15-1211 is the stronger fit given the advisory and consulting framing.
The Basic Qualifications list three overlapping experience requirements (8+ years domain, 3+ years design/implementation, 10+ years IT development/consulting). The 10-year figure is the broadest and is used as the overall years minimum.
The Basic Qualifications name broad domain areas (software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) as a single compound requirement rather than discrete named tools; only the concrete, named technology skills are extracted. 'Knowledge of cloud architecture' is listed as a separate required item.
Amazon Bedrock is mentioned in the responsibilities section as an example service for generative/agentic AI guidance, not in a requirements block, so it is marked preferred.
Infrastructure architecture, database architecture, and networking (5+ years) appear under Preferred Qualifications and are marked preferred accordingly.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting; the mention of 'shares, sign-on bonus, and benefits' is qualitative only.
Ignored 4 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): cloud architecture, systems engineering, infrastructure architecture, database architecture.
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