Protiviti
Protiviti
Protiviti is a global consulting firm that helps organizations address complex challenges across finance, technology, operations, governance, risk management, and internal audit. Its teams combine consulting expertise with data analytics, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity capabilities to develop practical, tailored solutions for clients across industries. Protiviti’s work is centered on helping organizations adapt to changing business conditions, strengthen performance and resilience, and pursue sustainable growth.

Senior AWS Solutions Architect, Associate Director

Lead enterprise AWS architecture, platform engineering, and complex client delivery as an Associate Director at Protiviti. Shape consulting strategy, technical standards, executive relationships, and growth opportunities.

Description

  • Direct complex technology consulting engagements while deepening strategic client partnerships
  • Provide senior technical direction across high-impact AWS client programs
  • Set architectural direction and engineering standards for AWS Platform Engineering
  • Counsel CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, architects, infrastructure leaders, and engineering executives on cloud strategy and AWS decisions
  • Support Solutions Architects and Senior Cloud Engineers through demanding architecture and delivery challenges
  • Evaluate and guide solutions spanning AWS infrastructure, networking, security, resilience, migration, modernization, automation, and operating models
  • Step into high-risk and exceptionally complex delivery situations
  • Keep engagements aligned with client objectives, engineering quality, security requirements, and durable operating models
  • Create reusable reference architectures, engineering frameworks, accelerators, and intellectual property
  • Strengthen technical capability through mentoring, coaching, design reviews, and knowledge exchange
  • Collaborate with AWS alliance and pre-sales teams to develop strategic opportunities
  • Turn client requirements and delivery lessons into new services and repeatable solution patterns
  • Support technical solution design, estimation, executive briefings, proposals, and statements of work
  • Cultivate senior client relationships that generate ongoing advisory and engineering work
  • Own an assigned sales quota while helping build and convert the pipeline
  • Represent the AWS Platform Engineering practice with AWS technical teams, strategic customers, and industry stakeholders
  • Lead teams, manage technology risk, and drive successful project outcomes

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as management information systems, information systems, or computer science
  • At least 9 years of experience in professional services or an industry environment
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional and AWS Certified Security – Specialty certifications preferred
  • Broad, deep expertise in designing, implementing, and governing enterprise AWS environments
  • Ability to influence architecture and technology strategy within large or complex organizations
  • Background leading multiple complex cloud engagements or portfolios of technical work
  • Strong architecture expertise across infrastructure, networking, security, automation, resilience, governance, operations, and migration
  • Ability to advise senior executives while maintaining credibility with highly technical engineering teams
  • Substantial experience shaping and estimating complex cloud transformation engagements
  • Ability to uncover client needs and convert them into valuable consulting and engineering engagements
  • Experience developing technical leaders and advancing engineering standards across an organization
  • Strong grasp of consulting economics, delivery risk, scope control, and commercial decision-making
  • Consulting, professional services, or systems integration experience strongly preferred
  • Experience with Amazon Bedrock features including agents, knowledge bases, and guardrails
  • Experience with AWS Step Functions or comparable orchestration services
  • Understanding of API design and integration patterns, including REST and event-driven architectures
  • Knowledge of data architectures for agent knowledge bases that ingest and index procurement and logistics data
  • Experience using CDK or CloudFormation for Infrastructure as Code
  • Knowledge of AWS IAM, networking, and VPC architecture
  • Familiarity with ERP integration patterns, including JDE and Oracle FBDI export formats
  • Ability to convert business processes into technical architectures
  • Experience delivering agentic AI or GenAI solutions beyond chatbot implementations
  • Successful completion of a background check

Benefits

  • Annual bonus plan with a 16% target opportunity and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
  • Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account options
  • Life and accident insurance
  • Adoption and fertility support
  • Up to 10 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage
  • 401(k) savings and investment plan with a 50% employer match on the first 6% contributed
  • Choice Time Off for vacation, personal needs, and sick leave; new hires receive up to 20 days per calendar year
  • Up to 11 paid holidays annually
  • Hybrid work arrangement with flexible remote and in-person options

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