Sr Security Solutions Architect, AWS
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 16, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 15, 2026. Amazon scores A on the Alion truth index.
Are you passionate about Cloud Security and Artificial Intelligence? Do you have a unique combination of deep technical knowledge, business acumen and strong interpersonal skills?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Security Solutions Architect to work with our largest customers. In this vital role, you will help overcome barriers to AWS adoption by identifying and tackling major security, risk, and compliance questions from stakeholders, as well as build and maintain CIO/CISO/CRO and executive-level relationships becoming their Security Advisor. You will work directly with customer security, audit, risk and compliance teams to help them understand how to confidently utilize AWS, identify risk and design controls, setup ongoing assurance, and establish automated compliance.
At AWS, customer obsession is in our DNA. The successful candidate will become a trusted advisor to customers and will work with AWS sales, business development, solutions architecture and product teams to help accelerate adoption by removing compliance and audit as barriers and suggest improvements to our services to meet the customer needs.
This position is based in São Paulo, Brazil, and the role requires approximately 15% travel (including international).
Key job responsibilities
- Work with AWS customers to convey cloud computing security and risk management best practices
- Work with other teams within AWS develop the internal security expertise and to drive revenue
- Develop technical content, such as white papers, reference architectures, blogposts, workshops, or code samples that can be used by our customers to assist them in deploying secure cloud-based solutions
- Assess security-related knowledge across AWS sales and solutions architecture teams and develop plans to address gaps
- Presenting about security topics at AWS events, and represent AWS at security conferences by delivering presentations and lectures
About the team
The Security, Networking and Compliance team is a team of specialists distributed in the main LATAM cities that handles the expert-level customer requirements that are too complex for generalist solutions architects to handle.
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.
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.
Basic qualifications
- Experience in customer-facing role, such as Cloud Security Architect, Cloud Security Consultant, Cloud Security Technical Sales or technical sales for cloud security solutions
- Hands-on experience securing AWS environments and understanding of architecting on AWS
- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences including training, workshops, publications
- Ability to communicate effectively in English within business and technical settings (Verbal and Written).
Preferred qualifications
- Security Certifications such as AWS Security Specialty Certification, CISSP, ISSAP, CCSP, or PCI-DSS ISA or similar are valued.
- Experience presenting on Security conferences
- AI Security Skills with demonstrated experience securing solutions leveraging IA.
- Experience Scaling through the creation of assets such as blogposts, articles, videos, podcasts, or engaging with technical communities
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