Amazon Principal SA - DOD Mission WWPS DoD 

United States, Texas, Arlington 

328778467

In this role, you will be the Principal technical lead responsible for architecting and delivering a unified solution that addresses the growing global need for critical national assets protection. You will drive the technical strategy for a solution that transforms national security by moving from siloed, domain-specific approaches to a unified platform that coordinates responses across both physical and digital threats.This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and currently possess and maintain an active Top Secret security clearance.Key job responsibilities
Your broad responsibilities will include: leading the technical architecture for multi-source intelligence integration and digital twin technology; designing scalable, real-time command and control architectures for national security missions; architecting AI-driven threat detection and autonomous response systems; ensuring complete data sovereignty and human-in-the-loop oversight capabilities; defining implementation strategies for diverse deployment scenarios including sovereign and multi-nation collaborations and serving as the primary technical authority on advanced cloud security, edge computing, and AI/ML integration for defense applications.You will collaborate directly with military stakeholders, intelligence community leaders, and international partners to translate the most critical operational requirements into innovative technical solutions. You will lead cross-functional teams of architects, engineers, and data scientists while establishing AWS as the essential partner in national security infrastructure with capabilities no other cloud provider can match.
- Leading the architecture development of AI-driven solutions that protect national security and critical infrastructure
- Deep technical leadership in multi-domain sensor fusion, agentic AI, and real-time threat response systems
- Building solutions that adapt to complex geopolitical requirements and international collaboration frameworksAbout the team
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- 10+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
- Knowledge of distributed systems design and implementation or equivalent
- AWS certification, such as, AWS Solutions Architect, or a similar cloud certification
- Experience with military C2 systems and battle management networks
- Deep understanding of DoD networks, protocols, and security requirements
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret with SCI eligibility or above

- Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture and DoD Zero Trust Reference Architecture
- Familiarity with JADC2 (Joint All-Domain Command and Control) initiatives
- Experience with AI/ML integration in operational military systems
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Professional, Security Specialty)
- Understanding of tactical edge computing and SATCOM integration
- Experience with containerization and microservices architecture