Amazon Principal Solutions Architect National Security 

United States, Maryland 

245948647

- Be great fun to work with at AWS, we have a credo of “Work hard. Have fun. Make history”. In this role, you will love what you do, and instinctively know how to make work fun. You will be dynamic and creative, and willing to take on any challenge and make a big impact.- Have a strong understanding of large scale computing solutions. The ideal candidate will have past experience working as a systems or support engineer, and pre-sales experience. You will enjoy keeping your existing technical skills honed and developing new ones, so you can make strong contributions to deep architecture discussions. You will regularly take part in deep-dive education and design exercises to create world-class solutions built on AWS.Roles and Responsibilities:
This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.About the team
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- 12+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences and at C-level, including training, workshops, publications
- Experience developing technology solutions and evangelising end-to-end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph.

- Bachelor's degree, or CISSP-ISSAP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional-Information Systems Security Architecture Professional) or CISSP-ISSEP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional-Information Systems Security Engineering Professional)
- 5+ years in a technical leadership role e.g. CTO, Head of Technology, Engineering/Technology Director, General Manager, Principal Solutions Architect, Distinguished Architect/Engineer, etc.
- Experience architecting, migrating, transforming or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud
- Experience architecting infrastructure solutions using both Linux/Unix and Windows with specific recommendations on server, load balancing, HA/DR, & storage architectures.
- Working knowledge of software development tools and methodologies.
- Understanding of Federal Government application, server, and network security requirements such as ICD 503, FISMA and FedRAMP.