Senior Solutions Architect, Amazon

• The ability to learn new technology and develop industry relevant architectures and convey business value is critical to the role
• That’s okay! We hire people who have a passion for learning and are curious
• 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
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
• Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients
• Background in any other following or related to Technology Architect, Consultant, Cloud Architect, Technical Lead, Software Developers, Engineering Lead, Sales Engineer, Pre Sales Engineer or Systems Engineers, etc

Desirable

• In this role you will collaborate with partners and other AWS teams to craft architectures, proof of concepts or demonstrations of our platform that work back from their customer's business needs and accelerate the adoption of appropriate AWS technology
• You will help shape and design partner solutions covering a spread of domains from migration of core enterprise applications to working with AI/ML, microservices, containers, app development, IoT to name a few
• You’ll also act as an evangelist in the wider community
• You will participate in the creation and sharing of best practices, technical content and new reference architectures (e.g. white papers, code samples, blog posts) and evangelize and educate about AWS technology (e.g. through workshops, meetups, public speaking, online videos or conferences)
• You won’t just want to be part of an industry movement; you’ll want to be leading it
• As a builder, you’ll also have the chance to shape the direction of our products and services through gathering feedback from customers whilst collaborating with our engineering and service teams
• You will have plenty of opportunities to build your technical, leadership, business and consulting skills
• Your onboarding will set you up for success, including a combination of formal and informal training
• You’ll also have a chance to gain AWS certifications and access to mentorship programs
• You will learn from and collaborate with some of the brightest technical minds in the industry today
• Own the technical strategy and execution on how the partners will conduct their business practices
• Manage strategic relationships with the technical leadership of selected partners to influence their growth, transformation and technology practices on the AWS platform
• Work with critical stakeholders within the selected partners to strengthen/transform lines of business and practices to be cloud centric and to create go-to-market offerings landed in the market
• Provide architectural guidance on complex customer opportunities
• Deliver thought leadership on AWS by participating in speaking engagements in the industry and partner events
• Influence the AWS service roadmap by being the voice of the partner with AWS service teams
• Participate in the operation cadence of technical business reviews (MBR, QBR) with select partners
• The role is part of Partner Solutions Architect team working with our Systems Integration (SI) consulting partners and ISV partners and is based out of Canada
• You’ll work as part of a team that helps partners think strategically through business, product, and technical challenges, and craft and deliver programs to help AWS Partners build more profitable, faster-growing businesses with a diverse portfolio of solutions for their customers