Senior Solutions Architect, Media, Entertainment, Games & Sports

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to join our Media Entertainment Games & Sports (MEGS) Industry Business this role you will be a trusted technical advisor to publishers and other media companies helping them reimagine their workflows using AWS cloud technologies. The role requires approximately 30% travel (including international).

Key job responsibilities
Customer Engagement: Work backward from the customer to drive adoption of AWS services for media and entertainment workloads with specific focus on publishing use cases

Technical Leadership: Understand and anticipate customer business needs accelerating their ability to innovate by building working prototypes and industry-specific solutions

Architecture & Design: Run technical workshops and advise customers on architectural decisions for cloud-based media solutions

Best Practices: Educate customers to ensure their solutions follow AWS best practices for scalability availability security and operational excellence in media environments

Thought Leadership: Author or contribute to AWS customer-facing publications such as whitepapers tutorials and blog posts focused on media technology

External Communication: Participate in industry conferences and events sharing knowledge with the broader AWS solutions architect community and media industry

Product Feedback: Drive customer requirements alignment with AWS service teams roadmaps acting as the voice of media and entertainment customers

A day in the life
Your days blend technical depth with strategic advisory work across publishers and other media companies. Youll architect cloud solutions build proof-of-concepts with AWS services collaborate with account teams on customer workshops and share field feedback with AWS product teams. Throughout the week you balance hands-on customer engagements with thought leadershipmentoring junior SAs presenting at industry conferences and documenting architectural patterns.

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the 8 description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS
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Inclusive Team Culture
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Mentorship & Career Growth
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Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.

About the team
Your team is a group of experienced solutions architects all with deep backgrounds in media and entertainment technology located across the world. Geographically targeted to customers but globally collaborative the team shares best practices and real-world experiences to innovate for our customers.

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering a related technical field or equivalent
- Experience programming languages such as C/C Python Java or Perl
- Experience working with customers technical teams and management to collect requirements describe software product features and technical designs
- Speak write and read fluently in English and have the ability to take direction in English
- 5 years experience solving problems with technology in the Publishing Industry

- Experience working with and presenting to C-level executives IT and lines of businesses across organizations or equivalent
- Experience working with AWS Services
- Experience in publisher ad tech or agency ad serving systems like Ad Manager 360 or FreeWheel
- Experience writing technical articles speaking at technology conferences and contributing to open source
- Experience working with or evaluating AI systems

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at NJ Jersey City - 169000.00 - 228600.00 USD annually
USA NY New York - 169000.00 - 228600.00 USD annually