Solutions Architect, Enterprise Industry

AWS Canada drives adoption of the AWS cloud across Enterprise customers enabling organizations to innovate and transform their business. We are seeking a Solutions Architect to act as a trusted technical advisor helping customers design and build scalable secure and innovative cloud solutions by working backward from their business challenges.

In this role you will partner with customers sales and cross-functional AWS teams to guide complex technology decisions and accelerate adoption. You will design architectures and build prototypes to help customers deliver business outcomes. This role offers continuous learning opportunities while working with the latest technologies and helping customers unlock new opportunities through innovation.

Key job responsibilities
- Design scalable secure cloud architectures to support migration modernization and the development of cloud-native and AI-driven solutions
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor and customer advocate helping customers identify both opportunities and risks in their technical decisions while proactively anticipating their evolving needs
- Translate customer requirements into technical solutions and communicating complex concepts clearly to both technical and business stakeholders
- Develop and deliver technical content such as workshops prototypes and presentations and speak at events to help customers evaluate and adopt new technologies
- Lead technical discussions whiteboarding sessions and proof-of-concept activities to guide customer decision-making and drive innovation
- Contribute to organizational growth by providing product feedback to AWS engineering teams participating in recruiting and interviewing and mentoring teammates

A day in the life
Your day as a Solutions Architect blends customer engagement technical design and hands-on building. Youll meet with customers to understand their goals design architectures to address their needs and lead technical discussions to explore solutions. You build prototypes to help customers evaluate approaches collaborate with account teams on next steps or share best practices that accelerate adoption. Throughout the day youll stay current with evolving technologies and continuously apply what you learn to help customers move forward with confidence.

About the team
AWS Canada supports customers across the country helping them adopt cloud technologies and accelerate innovation. The Solutions Architecture team works closely with customers and internal partners to design practical scalable solutions tailored to each organizations needs.

We value curiosity ownership and continuous learning and are motivated by the opportunity to help customers solve meaningful problems and build whats next on AWS. At AWS we live by the principle: Work hard. Have fun. Make history.

Solutions Architects continuously develop their skills while helping customers move from initial ideas to building and scaling modern cloud-native and AI-driven solutions.

- Experience with one of the following programming languages: Python Ruby C# or C
- Experience with two or more of the following: networking fundamentals security storage or databases (relational or NoSQL) operating systems (Unix Linux or Windows)

- Experience implementing a cloud-based technology solution
- Experience in any of the following: Cloud Architecture Systems Design Software Development Infrastructure Architecture Data Engineering or DevOps

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. As a total compensation company Amazons package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription basic life & AD&D insurance) Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) paid time off and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.

CAN BC Vancouver - 75600.00 - 126200.00 CAD annually