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# Principal Solutions Architect, Storage, WWSO...

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Herndon, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $210,200.0 - $284,300.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Cloud Computing, Database Design, Distributed Systems, IT Management, Machine Learning, SAS (Software), Software Engineering, Data Storage Technologies, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Data Management
- **Published:** August 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gmanjd

## About the Role

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 database design and implementation 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

## Description

AWS is looking for an experienced Storage Solutions Architect to serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Amazon FSx for Lustre. You will be a technical authority working closely with service teams to drive innovation and adoption while supporting field teams and strategic customers in HPC and GenAI use cases.

The ideal candidate is equally comfortable diving deep into storage service internals with engineering teams and explaining complex architectures to technical decision-makers. You will partner with AWS storage service teams to influence roadmaps, document best practices, and drive feature adoption through technical content creation and industry event presentations.

Candidates should be technical domain experts in enterprise storage technologies, with particular depth in file and data storage solutions in the cloud. Previous experience with AWS is preferred. You will work closely with senior engineers and other storage specialists to develop comprehensive solutions for customer workloads.

In this role, you will partner with Storage Product and GTM teams to enable key technical use cases and drive service adoption. Through thought leadership, you will establish best practices, propose service enhancements, and create technical content that enables successful implementation of AWS storage solutions.

This role combines service expertise with strategic customer engagement. Travel requirements are approximately 25%, primarily for speaking engagements and technical events.

Key job responsibilities

 - Serve as the primary technical specialist for FSx Lustre, working closely with the service team to drive feature adoption and customer success

 - Partner with FSx Lustre GTM/Product teams to develop and execute technical strategies that drive service growth

 - Provide architectural guidance to customers implementing high-performance computing (HPC) and machine learning workloads using FSx Lustre

 - Create technical content, deliver workshops, and speak at events to educate customers on FSx Lustre best practices

 - Capture and advocate for customer feedback to influence the FSx Lustre roadmap

 - Collaborate with field SA teams to support complex customer opportunities and technical challenges

 - Mentor other SAs on FSx Lustre architecture patterns and use cases, Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and
conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.


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