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As a Solutions Architect, Primary responsibilities include owning the technical engagement and drive customer success, developing a deep expertise on the AWS technology stack as well as broad know-how around how applications and services are constructed using the AWS platform and plan their successful cloud journey. You’ll solve complex, technical challenges so your customers can focus on their business. This includes using your knowledge to craft scalable, flexible, and resilient cloud architectures. You’ll drive in technical solutions discussions, diving deep into the details with customer teams.Building relationships to understand our customers and partners is key. As a trusted technical advisor, you’ll use your interpersonal skills to influence a variety of stakeholders from technical teams to executives. You’ll help ensure their short-term technology decisions are aligned with their long-term goals. Speeding up the adoption of our services will be part of your day to day.You’ll also act as thought leader in the wider community. This includes playing a lead in educating, sharing best practices, presenting at events, writing white papers, blogs, and running workshops. You won’t just be part of an industry movement; you’ll be leading it.
Diverse Experiences
Amazon 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.
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- 10+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
- Background in any other following or related to Technology Architect, Consultant, Cloud Architect, Technical Lead, Software Developer, Engineering Lead, Sales Engineer, Pre Sales Engineer or Systems Engineer, etc.
- Experience and/or deeper understanding in one or more technology areas. Specific knowledge in multiple technology domain areas (e.g., software development/architecture, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).
- Can create proof of concepts, demos, and/or scripts from scratch or leveraging reusable components. Understands and can articulate common architectural patterns and design principles. Can take the lead on a complex technical project, which may require the participation of other teams to deliver.
- Able to create technical content that is easily adopted and reusable by others.
- Experience architecting, migrating or transforming customer requirements to the cloud. Professional experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS or other cloud technology
- One or more AWS certifications, e.g. AWS Solutions Architect Associate. Able to present to technical and business audiences (training, workshops, publications)
- 10+ years’ experience as a Solution Architect or related role. Bachelors / Masters degree is preferred.
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