Senior Solutions Architect, AWS Certification at Amazon
Arlington, VA
$153,600–$207,800from the description
Jul 13, 2026
Arlington, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A dual-focus role sitting within AWS's Training & Certification team, split between technical subject-matter expertise and software development. Day to day involves reviewing and advising on the accuracy of certification exam questions, guiding a team of question writers, and architecting internal tools that support exam development, analytics, and fraud detection — including applying generative AI services to those systems. Suits an experienced cloud/infrastructure professional who is equally comfortable writing and reviewing code as advising on technical content.
Senior level · 7+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 3,800 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,600–5,700
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
What the occupation pays Median $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). 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 (7)
Two locations are listed (Portland, OR and Seattle, WA) with the same salary band ($153,600–$207,800/year); Seattle CBSA is used as the primary metro since it is the more prominent AWS hub, but the role may be based in Portland.
The title 'AWS Solutions Architect' carries no seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; the 7+ year domain experience requirement and scope (architecting next-gen tools, leading exam evolution) support a Senior classification.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is a hybrid of software development (building internal applications and integrations) and solutions architecture/systems analysis. Software Developers (15-1252) was chosen as primary because the JD explicitly calls for architecting and developing custom software solutions; Computer Systems Analysts (15-1211) is the runner-up given the advisory, exam-accuracy, and process-improvement dimensions.
GenAI/Generative AI is listed under 'Key job responsibilities' as a recommendation/incorporation task rather than under a formal required-skills gate, so it is treated as preferred.
The 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture, and networking experience appears only under 'Preferred Qualifications' and is therefore marked preferred.
The 7-year domain experience requirement is the highest stated overall floor; the 5-year IT development/consulting requirement is subsumed by it for the overall years minimum purposes.
Ignored 4 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): software development, application architecture, infrastructure architecture, database architecture.
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