Senior Solutions Architect, Amazon

• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
• 8+ 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
• Deep technical expertise across multiple domains (cloud architecture, data & analytics, AI/ML, software development, security, networking) with ability to make informed trade-off decisions between extensibility, scalability, maintainability, and business value

Desirable

• AWS Canada drives adoption of the AWS cloud across Enterprise customers, enabling organizations to innovate and transform their business
• We are seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to serve as a credible technical leader and strategic advisor, helping customers architect solutions to complex business and technology challenges
• In this role, you will partner with senior customer leaders, sales, and cross-functional AWS teams to influence long-term technology strategy and accelerate transformational cloud adoption. You will design end-to-end architectures, lead cross-team solution delivery, and create reusable assets that benefit customers across the organization
• This role offers the opportunity to drive strategic impact while working with cutting-edge technologies and solving some of our customers' most complex challenges
• Architect extensible, reusable, and operationally excellent cloud solutions to complex migration, modernization, and innovation challenges
• Build and own strategic relationships with senior customer leaders across business areas, understanding their industry context and business objectives to influence long-term technology strategy and proactively identify opportunities that support business outcomes
• Provide technical leadership across internal and cross-functional teams to deliver solutions, building consensus on technical approaches and negotiating architectural trade-offs to drive measurable business impact
• Develop and deliver technical content such as workshops, prototypes, and presentations and speak at events to help customers evaluate and adopt new technologies
• Advocate for customers by identifying product gaps and feature requests, and work with AWS service teams to help them understand customer needs
• Your day as a Senior Solutions Architect blends strategic customer engagement, technical leadership, and organizational impact
• You'll meet with senior customer stakeholders to understand their business strategy and influence their technology direction, architect solutions to complex, multi-faceted challenges, and build prototypes and reusable architectures that other Solutions Architects can leverage
• You lead cross-team collaboration to deliver customer outcomes, create thought leadership content that educates the broader community, and mentor teammates on solving challenging problems
• Throughout the day, you balance deep technical work with strategic influence, helping customers and your organization navigate ambiguity and make the right long-term trade-offs with confidence
• Senior Solutions Architects are technical leaders who combine deep expertise with business acumen, helping customers navigate complex transformations while developing the next generation of Solutions Architects