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Senior Solutions Architect, AWS Certification

Amazon is hiring a Senior Solutions Architect, AWS Certification in Austin, United States. It pays $154k-$208k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

Level's read on this job

  • Uses AI ●●○○ is how Level rates this solutions architect role: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
  • The posting mentions AWS, Generative AI and solutions architecture among its tools and skills.
  • Level classes it as a senior role.
  • Amazon has 20,000+ other open roles on Level.

AI in this role

Maintains AWS certification integrity while building internal tooling and integrating generative AI into workflows.

AWSGenerative AI
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AWS Training & Certification is seeking a Solutions Architect III to help safeguard the technical accuracy and integrity of AWS certification exams. In this role, you will blend deep technical advisory work with hands-on development — maintaining the technical bar for a cadre of expert question writers while designing and building the internal tooling that powers exam development, delivery, analytics, and fraud detection. You will also identify opportunities to incorporate Generative AI into internal applications and processes, helping ensure AWS certifications remain the industry standard for validating cloud expertise.

Key job responsibilities
• Participate in managing monitoring and developing technical certification exam questions • Design and manage development of internal applications to support exam development maintenance analytics and fraud detection • Recommend ways to incorporate Generative AI into internal application and processes • Maintain the technical bar for a cadre of expert technical question writers **There may be occasional travel involved for this role**

A day in the life
In this role you'll partner daily with certification exam question writers subject-matter experts and software teams to safeguard the technical accuracy and integrity of AWS certification exams. You'll review and advise on exam questions architect and build internal tools that support exam development delivery analytics and fraud detection and identify where Generative AI can automate manual processes and improve operational efficiency. You'll balance deep technical advisory work-maintaining the bar for expert question writers-with hands-on development of the next generation of certification tooling helping ensure AWS certifications remain the industry standard for validating cloud expertise.

About the team
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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 values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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.

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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.

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 and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship and Career Growth

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Basic qualifications

- 7+ 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
- 5+ 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

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, OR, Portland - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
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USA, VA, Herndon - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Senior Solutions Architect, AWS Certification at Amazon rates 40 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Solutions ArchitectureSoftware DevelopmentTechnical AdvisoryAnalyticsAWSGenerative AI

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Pay

This job starts at
$154k
Typical solutions architect job
$169k

This posting starts 9% below the typical solutions architect job. See solutions architect jobs

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  2. Tell me about a project where software development was part of your work. What did you do?
  3. Tell me about a project where technical advisory was part of your work. What did you do?
  4. Tell me about a project where analytics was part of your work. What did you do?
  5. Walk me through how you've used AWS in your day-to-day work.

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