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Are you passionate about helping top software companies accelerate their global innovation journey Do you want to be at the forefront of Data Analytics and Generative AI transformation while supporting one of AWSs key Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partners
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to join our Horizontal Business Applications team. In this role youll work hand in hand with customeers to help them make the most of AWS Cloud capabilities to enhance their offerings and drive mutual customer success.
Solutions Architects own the overall technical relationship between customers and AWS. As a trusted advocate youll help customers understand best practices around advanced cloud-based solutions and provide strategic guidance on how to optimize their platform on AWS. You will be at the crossroads of business and technology engaging with customers at all stages of their cloud adoption journey and expansion.
In this role you will get to practice your creativity linking technology to tangible solutions and collaborating on the art of the possible. You will have the opportunity to define and design cloud-native reference architectures for data and analytics use cases. You will also identify patterns and trends that can help accelerate innovation within customers AWS environment.
Key job responsibilities
- Participate in deep architectural and design discussions to create world-class solutions built on AWS while ensuring solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud.
- Author and contribute to AWS customer-facing publications such as whitepapers and proof of concepts.
- In partnership with the sales team formulate and execute a sales strategy to exceed revenue objectives through the adoption of AWS.
- Build deep relationships with senior technical individuals within customers to enable them to be cloud advocates.
- Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS solutions architect community.
- Travel is expected to be 20%.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
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Work/Life Balance
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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
- 5 years of infrastructure architecture database architecture and networking experience
- Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries
- Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
- Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective
- Experience developing architecting maintaining SaaS and Mulit-tenant products applications and services
- Experience with ServiceNow or Zoom
- Experience testing implementing and deploying Generative AI applications
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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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 job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on 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.