Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for an experienced and technically deep Senior Solutions Architect to join our Global Financial Services (GFS) team. In this role, you will partner with some of the world's largest banking, insurance, and capital markets companies — alongside AWS Sales and cross-functional teams — to design highly scalable, resilient, and secure cloud architectures that solve real business problems and accelerate AWS adoption.
You will serve as a trusted technical advisor to senior customer stakeholders, helping organizations understand best practices for cloud migration, cloud-native development, and AI adoption. You will also contribute to the broader SA community through mentorship, reusable content, and thought leadership.
We are looking for someone who:
- Brings deep Financial Services domain expertise and a point of view on how cloud and AI are transforming the industry
- Thrives in a collaborative, customer-obsessed environment and enjoys working with large, global enterprise customers
- Is passionate about educating, designing, and building cloud solutions for complex and diverse challenges
- Keeps their technical skills sharp and contributes meaningfully to architectural discussions and design reviews
- Actively develops others and contributes to a culture of learning and inclusion
Key job responsibilities
- Partner with customers to architect, build, and migrate applications, software, and services on the AWS platform
- Work with sales teams to develop and execute strategies that drive AWS adoption and exceed revenue objectives
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior technical leaders at Financial Services customers, influencing their long-term technology strategy
- Lead architectural discussions and design reviews, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, cost-optimized, and operationally excellent
- Develop and contribute reusable reference architectures, patterns, and best-practice content for the SA community
- Mentor and develop fellow Solutions Architects, actively contributing to team capability growth
- Act as a Financial Services thought leader through public speaking, written content, and industry engagement on cloud and AI adoption
- Conduct training sessions (one-to-few and one-to-many) to transfer knowledge to customers evaluating or already using AWS
- Provide structured feedback to AWS service and product teams based on customer needs and gaps identified in the field
- Contribute to organizational strategic planning, recruiting, and the development of team-wide initiatives
This role may require travel of up to 30% to meet with customers and attend industry events. Travel expectations will be discussed during the interview process.
A day in the life You will start your day engaging with a global Financial Services customer — perhaps leading a cloud architecture review for a core banking migration or a generative AI proof-of-concept. You'll collaborate with AWS sales, specialist, and product teams to align on strategy and remove technical blockers. In the afternoon, you might contribute to a reference architecture document, mentor a fellow SA, or prepare a talk for an upcoming industry conference. No two days are the same, but every day involves deep technical work, customer impact, and cross-team collaboration.
About the team Diverse Experiences AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
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Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
About the team The Global Financial Services team works with a select group of the world's largest banking, insurance, and capital markets AWS customers. Our customers are leading the industry in cloud adoption — through large-scale migrations and cloud-native innovation. What we achieve here shapes financial services cloud adoption worldwide.
Diverse Experiences — AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications listed, we encourage you to apply. Non-traditional career paths and alternative experiences are welcome.
Inclusive Team Culture — At AWS, we learn and grow together. Our employee-led affinity groups and ongoing events — including CORE (Conversations on Race and Ethnicity) and AmazeCon — foster a culture where everyone's differences are celebrated.
Mentorship & Career Growth — You'll find knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and career-advancing resources to help you grow into a well-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance — We value work-life harmony and strive for flexibility so that success at work and at home are not in conflict.
Basic Qualifications
- 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
- 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
- 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
- Knowledge of AWS services, market segments, customer base and industry verticals
- Knowledge of cloud architecture
- Experience architecting infrastructure solutions using both Linux/Unix and Windows with specific recommendations on server, load balancing, HA/DR, & storage architectures
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, NY, New York - 169,000.00 - 228,600.00 USD annually