Principal WW Specialist SA, Data Protection, AWS WWSO Security Services
Amazon · Chicago, IL · Solutions Architect
About this role
Amazon is hiring a principal-level Solutions Architect in the software engineering function based in Chicago, IL. The posting calls out experience with AWS, LLMs, Security, Encryption. Compensation is listed at $182,800–$247,300 per year.
- Role
- Solutions Architect
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- principal
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Department
- Solutions Architect
- Posted
- Apr 27, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersApplication deadline: May 22, 2026 This position is part of the AWS Specialist and Partner Organization (ASP). Specialists own the end-to-end go-to-market strategy for their respective technology domains, providing the business and technical expertise to help our customers succeed. Partner teams own the strategy, recruiting, development, and growth of our key technology and consulting partners. Together they provide our customers with the expertise and scale needed to build innovative solutions for their most complex challenges. AWS Specialist Solutions Architects (SSAs) are technologists with deep domain-specific expertise in critical security domains. As part of the AWS sales organization, SSAs work with customers facing complex data protection challenges that require expert-level knowledge to solve. SSAs craft secure, scalable, and resilient technical architectures that address these challenges while maintaining the highest security standards. Do you enjoy solving novel and unique technical challenges for customers? Become an AWS Specialist SA! Customers trust AWS with their most sensitive workloads, and data protection is where that trust is built. Whether they are managing encryption across thousands of accounts, migrating to new cryptographic standards, or extending security controls into generative AI and agentic architectures, they need expert guidance to do it confidently and at scale. This role…