Principal Solutions Architect, Modernization & Transformation, Migration & Modernization (Chicago)

Description

AWS Global Sales drives adoption of the AWS cloud worldwide, enabling customers of all sizes to innovate and expand in the cloud. Our team empowers every customer to grow by providing tailored service, unmatched technology, and comprehensive support. We dive deep to understand each customer’s unique challenges, then craft innovative solutions that accelerate their success. This customer-first approach is how we built the world’s most adopted cloud. Join us and help us grow.

Application Modernization Solution Architect

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we’re hiring Application Modernization Solution Architects to work with and enable our enterprise account teams and customers to accelerate their cloud adoption journey. Imagine being a part of a team where your ideas have the potential to change companies, reshape industries, and improve the lives of many. Picture working with cutting‑edge technology, the most dynamic businesses, and a talented & inclusive team. Envision being able to leverage the resources of a Fortune‑10 company within the atmosphere of a start‑up. Welcome to Amazon Web Services where you can have fun while making history.

As an Application Modernization Solution Architect, you will have an exciting opportunity to help customers maximize the benefits of the cloud through application modernization. You must be effective at working with customer and partner leadership to qualify, develop, and close deals around migrating and modernizing applications, including large‑scale data center migrations, SAP, Oracle, VMware, and custom application refactoring.

As a trusted advisor, you will have the opportunity to work alongside our enterprise account teams and solution architects to help customers accelerate their cloud migration journey, and modernize their business on AWS. Working with strategic customers, you will help them transform existing workloads by designing modern target architectures optimized for business agility, innovation, performance, resiliency, cost, and more. You will focus on understanding our customer’s key business drivers as well as their existing application architecture(s) to deliver a technical assessment to the customer, then use these inputs to design a reliable and scalable cloud architecture(s), as well as help build the overall migration and modernization plan.

You will also collaborate with Business Development, Professional Services, Customer Solutions Managers (CSMs), and our Partner team to ensure successful management of customer progression through programs like the AWS Migration Acceleration Program. You will gain hands‑on technical credibility with internal as well as customer technical leaders, and will mentor other AWS solution architects on migration best practices.

We Are Looking For Someone Who Is Passionate About

• Creating, articulating, and positioning an innovative and compelling value proposition so that customer executives clearly realize the benefits and transformation value of migrating to AWS
• Defining and executing technical migration and modernization strategies by working with highly technical teams within AWS (Solutions Architects, CSMs, Technical Account Managers, Professional Services consultants and Managed service partners)
• Delivering modern architectures such as microservices and event‑driven architectures using managed services and cloud native capabilities.
• Engaging with development, infrastructure, security, and IT operations teams at the customer to identify repeatable patterns and architectures for cloud migration
• Driving the co‑development of new go‑to‑market approaches and opportunities with the Geo business lead.
• Contributing to AWS internal and customer‑facing publications such as white papers and blogs as a means of scaling your knowledge.
• Identifying platform improvements, influencing future iterations of the AWS platform and the Migration Acceleration Program.
• Working as part of a cross‑functional team to identify, develop, and close deals.
• Engaging with C‑level customer executives to inspire, define and execute on Enterprise cloud migration strategies demonstrating thought‑leadership and a ‘can do’ approach to enterprise migrations, working backwards from customer needs.

About The Team

Diverse Experiences

AWS 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.

Inclusive Team Culture

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee‑led and company‑sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & 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.

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.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
• Experience developing technology solutions and evangelising end‑to‑end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing
• Experience communicating across technical and non‑technical audiences and at C‑level, including training, workshops, publications

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of distributed systems design and implementation or equivalent
• Knowledge of large scale automation and workflow management or equivalent
• Knowledge of presentations and whiteboarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and external executives, IT management, and developers
• Experience architecting, migrating, transforming or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud
• Experience in cloud architecture and CXO level engagement

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 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

USA, GA, Atlanta – 182,800.00 – 247,300.00 USD annually

USA, IL, Chicago – 182,800.00 – 247,300.00 USD annually

USA, MA, Boston – 182,800.00 – 247,300.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Austin – 182,800.00 – 247,300.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Dallas – 182,800.00 – 247,300.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Arlington – 182,800.00 – 247,300.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle – 182,800.00 – 247,300.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon Web Services, Inc.