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 — Chicago Hybrid

Associate Director leading AWS platform engineering, cloud architecture, delivery, and sales engagements. Advises executives and develops reusable AWS solutions for Protiviti consulting clients.

Description

  • Lead complex technology consulting engagements while strengthening strategic client relationships
  • Manage technology risk and create practical solutions with analytics, automation, and modern tools
  • Provide technical and commercial leadership for the AWS Platform Engineering practice
  • Define architectural direction for strategic engagements and guide complex technical decisions
  • Resolve the most critical technical challenges across AWS client engagements
  • Create reusable delivery standards, architectures, engineering frameworks, accelerators, and intellectual property
  • Develop engineers, architects, Solutions Architects, Senior Cloud Engineers, and Cloud Engineers through mentoring, coaching, design reviews, and knowledge sharing
  • Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, including CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and architecture, infrastructure, and engineering leaders
  • Review and influence designs covering AWS infrastructure, networking, security, resilience, migration, modernization, automation, and operating models
  • Align engagements with client outcomes, engineering quality standards, security expectations, and sustainable operating models
  • Collaborate with AWS alliance and pre-sales leaders to shape strategic opportunities
  • Turn client needs and delivery insights into new service offerings and solution patterns
  • Lead or substantially support technical solutioning, estimation, executive presentations, proposals, and statements of work
  • Own an assigned sales quota and contribute to pipeline development and conversion
  • Identify opportunities tied to meaningful client needs and support account growth
  • Represent the AWS Platform Engineering practice with AWS technical teams, strategic clients, and industry stakeholders
  • Improve AWS delivery consistency, quality, and scalability across the practice
  • Establish reusable architectures and engineering standards for adoption across multiple engagements
  • Link AWS alliance activity, pre-sales solutioning, and successful delivery execution

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as MIS, IS, or Computer Science
  • At least 9 years of experience in professional services or industry
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification required
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional and AWS Certified Security – Specialty certifications preferred
  • Deep, 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 expertise spanning infrastructure, networking, security, automation, resilience, governance, operations, and migration
  • Ability to advise senior executives while maintaining credibility with highly technical engineering teams
  • Significant experience shaping and estimating complex cloud transformation engagements
  • Ability to identify client needs and convert them into valuable consulting and engineering engagements
  • Experience developing technical leaders and elevating engineering standards across an organization
  • Strong understanding of consulting economics, delivery risk, scope management, and commercial decision-making
  • Consulting, professional services, or systems integration experience strongly preferred
  • Experience with Amazon Bedrock, including agents, knowledge bases, and guardrails
  • Experience with AWS Step Functions or comparable orchestration services
  • Knowledge of API design and integration patterns, including REST and event-driven architectures
  • Experience designing data architectures for agent knowledge bases that ingest and index procurement and logistics data
  • Infrastructure as Code experience using CDK or CloudFormation
  • Expertise in 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 and other business processes into technical architecture
  • Experience leading agentic AI or GenAI builds beyond chatbot development
  • Ability to work hybrid and travel to local or out-of-state client sites as required
  • 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 coverage
  • Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account options
  • Life and accident insurance
  • Adoption and fertility assistance
  • Paid parental leave of up to 10 weeks
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage
  • 401(k) savings and investment plan with a 50% employer match on the first 6% of contributions
  • Choice Time Off for vacation, personal needs, and sick time; new hires receive up to 20 days per calendar year
  • Up to 11 paid holidays per calendar year
  • Hybrid work model combining in-person and remote work
  • Flexible work environment
  • Opportunities to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture

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