Senior Solutions Architect, WWPS Global Defence Partners

Company: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

Do you like helping customers implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems using the latest cloud technologies? Are you eager to guide groups through complex application architectures and integration approaches while delivering successful projects that drive business value?

As a Senior Solutions Architect on the AWS WWPS Partner team, you will shape and deliver a strategy for broad adoption of AWS services—AI/ML, high‑performance computing (HPC), advanced analytics, digital engineering, and manufacturing systems modernization—directly with defence‑sector systems integrators, consultants, and technology partners.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical strategy and architecture for defence‑sector partners undergoing cloud adoption, modernization, and digital transformation.
  • Own end‑to‑end solution architecture spanning AI/ML, HPC, digital engineering, advanced manufacturing systems, and data platforms on AWS.
  • Act as a trusted advisor at the executive level, translating business objectives into AWS‑native architectures with clear, actionable modernization roadmaps.
  • Apply defence industry expertise—understanding mission‑critical workflows, compliance frameworks, and operational constraints unique to A&D partners—to drive best practices.
  • Provide thought leadership, capturing and sharing best‑practice knowledge within the AWS Solutions Architect community.
  • Drive architectural decisions across multiple concurrent partner engagements, ensuring AWS is positioned as the strategic platform of choice.

Additional Requirements

• UK national required with or ability to obtain UK Security Clearance.• Up to 25% travel may be required.

Basic Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in technology domains such as software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, or data & analytics.
  • 3+ years of direct design, implementation, or consulting experience with applications and infrastructures.
  • Strong communication skills across technical and non‑technical audiences, including executive‑level stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture, and networking experience.
  • Experience in a technical role within a sales organization.
  • Experience with AI/ML, HPC, digital engineering, advanced manufacturing, or data engineering workloads on AWS.
  • Familiarity with defence compliance frameworks.

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Posted: July 14th, 2026