AI/ML Specialist Solutions Architect, National Security Specialists Solutions Architecture Team

Amazon Web Services is seeking a Generative AI Learning Solutions Architect to support our national security.

Are you excited to help Government customers to leverage generative AI in their missions? Eager to learn from many different enterprise use cases of AWS ML and generative AI? Thrilled to be a key part of Amazon, who has been investing in Machine Learning for decades, pioneering and shaping the world’s AI technology? Come join us!

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we are helping the national security community build and use AI on the AWS Cloud. We are AI to large volumes of data and against a wide spectrum of problems.

Generative AI is rapidly growing in importance. We’re seeing more and more amazing AI work being done from simple back office applications to complex mission changing agentic workflows. Given the scale required for developing AI models, the cloud is an ideal place to deploy AI models, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leader in the deployment of AI. We’re looking for someone passionate and deeply excited about this space. Someone who is devoted to helping government customers understand how AI can make a big difference to their mission.

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. The position further requires the candidate to opt into a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.

Key job responsibilities
As a Machine Learning Specialist Solutions Architect (SA), you will be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for designing generative AI solutions that leverage AWS services to automate solutions and drive down costs for customers. As part of the Specialist Solutions Architecture team, you will work closely with the other Specialist SAs to enable large-scale customer use cases and drive the adoption of AWS for AI platforms. You will interact with other SAs in the field, providing guidance on their customer engagements, and you will develop white papers, blogs, reference implementations, and presentations to enable customers and partners to fully leverage AI on AWS. You will also create field enablement materials for the broader SA population, to help them understand how to integrate AWS AI solutions into customer architectures.

You must have deep technical experience working with technologies related to artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, or generative AI. A strong statistics, mathematics, computer science, or technology background is preferred, in addition to experience helping customers architect enterprise grade AI solutions. You will be familiar with the ecosystem of software vendors in the AI space as well as be able to operate in Python data science environments. You must have the ability to leverage this knowledge to help AWS customers in their software selection process.

Candidates must have great communication skills and be very technical, with the ability to impress AWS customers at any level, from executive to developer. Previous experience with AWS is desired but not required, provided you have experience building large scale solutions. You will get the opportunity to work directly with senior engineers at customers, partners and AWS service teams, influencing their roadmaps and driving innovation.
If you are someone who enjoys innovating, likes solving hard problems and working with innovative technology, we would love to have you on the team.


About the team
Diverse Experiences
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- 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
- 5+ years of working with AI/ML technologies such as AI/ML training, data science, inference or generative AI
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph. - 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
- Experience working with end user or developer communities
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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, MD, Jessup - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually