At AWS, we have a credo of “Work hard. Have fun. Make history”.
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.
As a 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 Amazon Web Services (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.
• Travel requirements: Open to travel within the city or province and up to 25%
out of province as required for customer meetings. AWS training during
on-boarding process, (typically first 3 months) can require travel to the USA
for up to 5 consecutive days.
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
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
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led
affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our
differences.
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 flexible work hours and arrangements
are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home,
there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. Basic Qualifications: - 8+ years
of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing,
systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics)
experience
- 8+ 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: - 5+
years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking
experience
- Experience working with end user or developer communities
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
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