Amazon Sr Partner Solution Architect - Strategic Initiatives 

United States, New York, New York 

472486582

Sales, Marketing and Global Services (SMGS)
This is an ideal role for someone who has experience working for or with a global systems integrator, technology consulting firm, or a Fortune 1000 company. If you are a problem solver with broad technical skills, and the ability to drive technical conversations you will enjoy this role.In this technical role, you will architect enterprise-grade Amazon Web Services solutions, own the technical relationship and deliverables for a GSP, develop and execute multi-day workshops, lead white boarding sessions, author white papers and blog posts, and respond to complex technical inquiries.
Key job responsibilities
As a strategic member of the Global Partner Solution Architect team, you will act as a trusted advisor to our managed global strategic partners. This includes:
• Provide the architectural guidance and recommendations necessary to promote successful partner engagements worldwide.
• Work closely with Partner Development Managers, AWS Professional Services and other Solutions Architects throughout the lifecycle of customer engagements.
• Assist partners define the approach, tools, and target architecture as they migrate customers or build cloud native solutions on Amazon Web Services
• Validate Partner architectures, deliverables, SOW’s, Project plans, and other assets required to successfully deliver partner lead customer engagements.
• Assist solution providers with the definition of technical strategies that will enable them to sell more of their offering on the AWS platform.
• Capture and share best-practice knowledge with our broader Solution Architect community.
• Share partner and customer feedback to internal product management and engineering teams to help drive the future of AWS.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.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

- 10+ years of hands-on implementation or consulting experience.
- 5+ years in a customer and /or partner facing technical consulting roles.
- Architecting and designing Public Cloud solutions (AWS, Azure or GCP). Broad based technology experience including: cloud computing, applications development, DevOps, IoT, relational databases, NoSQL databases, analytics, networking, security, storage, compute, continuous deployment, containers, and management and monitoring.
- Demonstrate deep knowledge of concepts, implementation, patterns, and issues of at least one of the four technology areas – Data & Analytics, Cloud Operations, Application Modernization & Infrastructure Modernization.
- BS level degree required, computer science

- Preferred Qualifications · Exhibit the attributes of learn and be curious by demonstrating the ability to quickly assimilate information about new technologies and business models
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise-grade architectures for Fortune 1000 companies
- Passion for working with global systems integrators
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically, and act tactically, about business, and technical challenges
- Experience executing large scale data center transformation or application migration and modernization projects
- Cloud and/or AWS experience; AWS Certifications or other cloud certifications.
- Visible IT Industry thought leadership on relevant topics related to enterprise IT infrastructure