Solutions Architect, Amazon

• 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
• 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

Desirable

• 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 committed 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
• Amazon Web Services is looking for a highly motivated Solutions Architect to help accelerate customer adoption
• This is an excellent opportunity to join Amazon’s world class technical teams, working with some of the best and brightest engineers, architects and technical managers while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most innovative and progressive technology companies anywhere
• As a Solutions Architect in the AWS Commercial Midmarket group you will work directly with Small and Medium Business customers
• We are looking for individuals who are motivated by the opportunity to work backwards from these customers' needs and help them gain competitive edge using AWS
• As an experienced technologist and key member of the Account team you will help influence customers' architectural choices across broad use cases involving security, compute, storage networking as well as advanced scenarios involving serverless, analytics, and AI/ML
• As a part of the role, you will provide exceptional technical design guidance and thought leadership. You will lead efforts to capture and share best-practice knowledge with the AWS solution architect community
• You will also gain the opportunity to learn from, collaborate with, and educate some of the brightest technical minds in the industry today across the breadth of enterprise architecture
• Serve as a key member of the Solutions Architecture team in helping to ensure customer success in building applications and services on the AWS platform
• Scope each customer engagement, with attention towards clear and well-defined objectives and success criteria
• Own each engagement, and help ensure a timely and successful delivery of value
• Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the solution architect community
• Understand the AWS market segments, customer base, and industry verticals
• Understand and use of salesforce.com and other internal Amazon systems
• A typical day as an AWS Solutions Architect blends strategic customer engagements with technical deep-dives. You might start with a workshop helping a customer architect their generative AI solution, followed by collaborating with account teams to develop approaches for an upcoming migration project
• After lunch, you'll lead a technical discovery session with a customer exploring analytics solutions, then spend time reviewing architectural designs and providing best practice guidance
• The day might end with contributing to internal knowledge-sharing sessions or preparing for upcoming customer presentations. Each day brings unique challenges and opportunities to help customers innovate on AWS