Sr. Solutions Architect, Coalition Accelerator Builder, GNSD

Amazon Web Services (AWS)CanberraHybridFull-time3 weeks ago

Senior Solutions Architect needed for the Coalition Accelerator Builder team within AWS Global National Security and Defence (GNSD) in Canberra, Australia. This is a hands-on build role focused on engineering and scaling reusable defence-cloud accelerators, requiring strong software engineering, DevOps, and AWS security expertise. The role involves embedding in live customer delivery, building reference architectures, and creating enablement collateral for partners and regional teams.

What you'll do

Engineer and maintain accelerator codebases using Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code.
Embed in live customer delivery alongside ProServe and partner teams to validate patterns and fix issues.
Build and maintain demo and reference platforms that prove accelerators work and support sales conversations.
Design and implement automated compliance validation tooling that maps infrastructure to control frameworks (NATO, NCSC, national standards).
Own contribution standards and code quality, including reviewing pull requests and enforcing Architecture Decision Records.
Create technical enablement collateral such as deployment guides, runbooks, architecture walkthroughs, and workshops.
Drive roadmap delivery by executing against priorities set by the Product Owner and STL.
Interface across the collaboration model with ProServe, partners, regional SAs, Tech BDs, and AWS Security.

What you need

Must-have

TerraformCI/CDContainer orchestrationInfrastructure-as-codeDockerECSEKSVersion control

Nice-to-have

GuardDutySecurity HubIAM Access AnalyzerKMSNitro EnclavesCloudTrailLambdaStep Functions

Soft skills

CollaborationCommunicationTechnical leadershipMentoringProblem solving

Solutions ArchitectDefenceCloudAWSTerraformCI/CDKubernetesSecurityHybridCanberra

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