Senior Solutions Architect – Associate Director

Protiviti

. Provide senior technical leadership across strategic and complex AWS client engagements .

Posted 10/9/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $153,000 - $260,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in AWS architecture, cloud strategy, and technical leadership, with a strong focus on delivering complex cloud engagements and developing engineering standards. Proven ability to influence senior executives and mentor technical teams while ensuring alignment with client outcomes and engineering quality.

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect – AssociateCloud Strategy DevelopmentComplex Cloud Engagement LeadershipInfrastructure as Code (CDK, CloudFormation)API Design and Integration Patterns

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Hard Skills

AWS Architecture DesignCloud MigrationAutomation and ResilienceNetworking and SecurityData ArchitectureAgentic AI / GenAI BuildsIAM and VPC DesignERP Integration PatternsAWS Step FunctionsConsulting Economics

Soft Skills

Mentoring and CoachingClient Relationship ManagementInfluencing and Advising ExecutivesProblem SolvingKnowledge Sharing

Tools & Technologies

Amazon BedrockREST and Event-Driven ArchitecturesAWS Technical TeamsCloud Engineering FrameworksEngineering Standards

Certifications & Qualifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – ProfessionalAWS Certified Security – Specialty

Industry Keywords

Professional ServicesSystems IntegrationCloud TransformationTechnical SolutioningDelivery Risk Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudERPOracle

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide senior technical leadership across strategic and complex AWS client engagements
Establish architecture direction and engineering standards for AWS Platform Engineering
Advise CIO, CTO, CISO, architecture, infrastructure, and engineering leaders on cloud strategy and AWS technology decisions
Guide Solutions Architects and Senior Cloud Engineers through complex architecture and delivery challenges
Review and influence designs involving AWS infrastructure, networking, security, resilience, migration, modernization, automation, and operating models
Intervene in high-risk or highly complex delivery situations requiring senior technical leadership
Ensure engagements align with client outcomes, engineering quality standards, security expectations, and sustainable operating models
Develop reusable reference architectures, engineering frameworks, accelerators, and intellectual property
Build technical capability through mentoring, coaching, design reviews, and knowledge sharing
Partner with AWS alliance and pre-sales leaders to shape strategic opportunities
Translate client needs and delivery insights into new service offerings and solution patterns
Lead or materially contribute to technical solutioning, estimation, executive presentations, proposals, and statements of work
Develop senior client relationships leading to continued advisory and engineering opportunities
Maintain accountability for an assigned sales quota and contribute to pipeline development and conversion
Represent the AWS Platform Engineering practice with AWS technical teams, strategic clients, and industry stakeholders
Lead complex engagements, manage technology risk, strengthen client relationships, and oversee successful project delivery
Identify new business, represent Protiviti in the market, and mentor teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., MIS, IS, Computer Science)
9+ years working in professional services or industry
Required: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Deep and broad expertise designing, implementing, and governing enterprise AWS environments
Ability to influence architecture and technology strategy across large or complex organizations
Experience leading multiple complex cloud engagements or portfolios of technical work
Strong architecture capability across infrastructure, networking, security, automation, resilience, governance, operations, and migration
Ability to advise senior executives while retaining credibility with deeply technical engineering teams
Significant experience shaping and estimating complex cloud transformation engagements
Ability to identify client needs and translate them into valuable consulting and engineering engagements
Experience developing technical leaders and raising engineering standards across an organization
Strong understanding of consulting economics, delivery risk, scope management, and commercial decision making
Experience in consulting, professional services, or systems integration environments strongly preferred
Experience with Amazon Bedrock, including agents, knowledge bases, and guardrails
Experience with AWS Step Functions or similar orchestration services
API design and integration patterns, including REST and event-driven architectures
Data architecture for agent knowledge bases ingesting and indexing procurement/logistics data
Infrastructure as Code using CDK or CloudFormation
IAM, networking, and VPC design for AWS environments
Familiarity with ERP integration patterns, including JDE and Oracle FBDI export format
Ability to translate procurement workflows into technical architecture
Experience leading agentic AI / GenAI builds beyond chatbots
Preferred: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional and AWS Certified Security – Specialty
Successful completion of a background check
Must be eligible for employment in the United States; Protiviti is not registered to hire or employ personnel in West Virginia or Alaska

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual bonus plan with 16% bonus target opportunity and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities
Medical, dental, and vision coverages
FSA and HSA healthcare accounts
Life and accident insurance
Adoption and fertility assistance
Paid parental leave up to 10 weeks
Short-term and long-term disability
401(k) savings and investment plan with employer match of 50% on the first 6% of contributions
Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time; new hires receive up to 20 days per calendar year
Up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year
Hybrid work model with flexible remote and in-person work
Local or out-of-state travel based on projects and client requests