At AWS, we believe in thinking big so you should be motivated to be dynamic and
creative, and willing to take on any challenge that makes a big impacts to the
business and help build the future with us. AWS is looking for an experienced
Senior Solutions Architect to help advise our Enterprise customers on how to
best adopt and leverage the value of AWS technology. This is an ideal role for
someone with experience in services applications and infrastructure, and a solid
understanding of the transformative value cloud technologies can bring.
As a Senior Enterprise Solutions Architect (SA), you should partner with
customers, AWS Sales, and several other AWS teams to craft highly scalable,
flexible, and resilient cloud architectures that address customer business
problems and accelerate the adoption of AWS services. In collaboration with
sales, you should help drive revenue growth across a broad set of customers. As
a trusted customer advocate, you should help organizations understand best
practices around advanced cloud-based solutions. You should seek out opportunity
to help shape and execute a strategy to build mindshare and broaden the use of
the AWS platform across the customer's organization. You should also have a
demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, products, and
technical challenges.
As an AWS Solutions Architect, you are joining a team that invests in your
success by providing a comprehensive learning program. The AWS Solutions
Architecture team provides an opportunity to work in an open environment that
includes self-paced learning, instructor-led training, hands-on projects, and
job shadowing opportunities to develop your knowledge of the AWS ecosystem of
services and solutions. The ideal candidate has a curious mind, a thirst for
knowledge, and a desire to understand how technology works. By working backwards
from defined customer outcomes, you achieve results that delight AWS customers.
You enjoy keeping your existing technical skills honed and develop new ones so
you can make meaningful contributions to long-term customer success.
Key job responsibilities
- Build deep relationships with customers to become a trusted advisor for their
most critical workloads that support their digital transformation and journey to
the cloud.
- Support achievement of revenue objectives through the adoption and migration
of applications, software, and services onto the AWS platform, in partnership
with the sales team.
- Educate customers on the value proposition of AWS, and participate in deep
architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful
deployment in the cloud.
- Contribute to AWS internal and customer-facing publications such as
white-papers and blogs as a means of scaling your knowledge.
- Act as a liaison between customers, service engineering teams, and support to
address customer needs.
About the team
AWS Global Sales
AWS Global Sales drives adoption of the AWS cloud worldwide, enabling customers
of all sizes to innovate and expand in the cloud. Our team empowers every
customer to grow by providing tailored service, unmatched technology, and
support. We dive deep to understand each customer's unique challenges, then
craft innovative solutions that accelerate their success. This customer-first
approach is how we built the world's most adopted cloud. Join us and help us
grow.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred
qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates
to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path,
or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
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.
Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored
affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what
makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams.
Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and
passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
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.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the
expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of
our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home,
there’s nothing we can’t achieve. Basic Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in
computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
- 6+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud
computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data &
analytics) experience
- 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and
infrastructures experience
- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences,
including executive level stakeholders or clients Preferred Qualifications: -
Experience architecting or deploying Cloud/Virtualization solutions in
enterprise customers
- Knowledge of distributed systems design and implementation or equivalent
- Knowledge of large scale automation and workflow management or equivalent
- Knowledge of database design and implementation or equivalent
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis
of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our
customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or
adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the
interview or onboarding process, please visit
https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations
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