Senior Solutions Architect, UK Cross Industry

Amazon
London, United Kingdom
2 months ago
Job Type
Permanent
Seniority
Senior
Posted
5 Feb 2026 (2 months ago)
Are you passionate about helping customers implement innovative cloud computing solutions? Join our team as a Senior Solutions Architect where you'll provide exceptional technical design and thought leadership to our customers while working with a world-class sales and business development team. In this role, you'll be the principal technical advisor for organizations across Construction, Real Estate, and Manufacturing industries, crafting scalable cloud architectures and solving complex technical challenges.

As a trusted advisor to our customers, you'll leverage your technical breadth and communication skills to bridge the gap between business objectives and technical solutions. You'll design end-to-end solutions, develop deep expertise in AWS technologies, and champion security best practices in cloud environments. This opportunity allows you to work with diverse industries, solving unique challenges and driving innovation through cloud adoption.

Key job responsibilities
- Design and architect end-to-end cloud solutions that are secure, reliable, cost-optimized, and performant to address complex customer business problems across diverse industries.
- Provide technical leadership and serve as a trusted advisor to customers, effectively communicating complex technical concepts to both technical and business audiences.
- Develop deep expertise in AWS technologies and how applications and services are constructed using the AWS platform, becoming a subject matter expert on security as it relates to customer applications.
- Drive effective feedback gathering from customers and translate that feedback into clear business and technical requirements for product and engineering teams.
- Lead technical engagements for specific implementation projects, create reusable technical content, and share best practices within the AWS Solutions Architect community.

A day in the life
Your day begins with reviewing technical implementation plans for key customers in the Construction and Real Estate sectors. You'll spend time owning technical engagements around specific implementation projects, providing best practices to customers, and developing deep expertise in AWS technologies. As a subject matter expert on security, you'll evaluate architectures, identify issues, and recommend remediations. Throughout the day, you'll collaborate with sales teams, lead customer meetings to discuss cloud architecture designs, and capture feedback to influence future product development.

About the team
The UK Cross Industries Solution Architect Team works with customers across various industries including Construction, Real Estate, and Manufacturing. We focus on delivering innovative cloud solutions that address unique industry challenges while driving business transformation. Our team combines technical expertise with industry knowledge to help customers leverage the full potential of AWS services. We're passionate about solving complex technical problems and building long-term relationships with our customers, ensuring they achieve their business objectives through effective cloud adoption.

Diverse Experiences
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 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.

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