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 support. We dive deep to understand each customers unique challenges then craft innovative solutions that accelerate their success. This customerfirst approach is how we built the worlds most adopted cloud. Join us and help us grow.
Solutions Architects work hand in hand with AWS customers to help them make the most of the Cloud. They are at the crossroads of business and technology and engage with organizations at all stages of cloud adoption. Solutions Architects also take a leading role in creating and presenting technical content and best practices.
Solutions Architects own the overall technical relationship between customers and AWS. They work to understand the customers business needs and give prescriptive guidance on how to create business value with technology.
In this role you will get to practice your creativity linking technology to tangible solutions and educating AWS customers about the art of the possible. You will have the opportunity to define or invent cloudnative reference architectures for a variety of use cases. You will have the support to grow your expertise in software industry and technology areas of depth. Every day you will be learning something new from your customers your peers and your own experiments.
At Amazon you will be encouraged and rewarded for doing what is right for the longterm success of the customer. We value your passion to discover invent and build on behalf of customers.
Key job responsibilities
As a Solutions Architect you will work directly with customers to accelerate their missioncritical projects and recommend bestpractice architectures in line with their longterm business outcomes.
You will also:
Educate customers of all sizes on the value proposition of AWS and participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud.
You will own the technical relationship with the customer and operate as their trusted advisor. The best interests of the customer will shape the guidance you provide. You will share the voice of the customer to influence the roadmap of new features and services for the AWS platform.
Take a leading role in the creation and capture of best practices technical content and new reference architectures (e.g. white papers code samples blog posts). Evangelize and educate about AWS technology and industry trends (e.g. workshops user groups meetups public speaking online videos or conferences).
Contribute to the growth of the Solutions Architecture organization by hiring coaching and mentoring others.
Develop areas of depth in technical domains relevant to your interests and your customers outcomes.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
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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 architecting/operating solutions built on AWS
Experience in IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries
Experience in a technical role within a sales organization
Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.