Senior Solutions Architect, Healthcare Canada Public Sector

Do you enjoy helping customers solve technical problems Would you like to be part of a team that redefines how Canadian healthcare approaches technology Amazon Web Services (AWS) is leading a large technology paradigm shift and you could be part of that excitement building mind-share establishing customer trust and nurturing AWS adoption. You would be a Senior Solutions Architect (SA) for our British Columbia healthcare customers.

As an SA you will own customer technical engagements diving deep with them and being hands-on with technology. You will work with customers to set up resilient secure high-performing AWS solutions. The SA possesses technical and business acumen that enables engagement at all levels of an organization plus the ability to dive deep and build optimally. You will therefore be comfortable presenting on complex software architectures to engineers but also explaining such concepts to non-technical executives. You will author whitepapers and reference architectures that will be leveraged by the SA community including our partners and customers. You will deliver technical webinars speak at public events and file patents for what could potentially be future features/products.

SAs within our team have experience working in the public sector space building secure and compliant solutions. They also have strong communication skills and technical knowledge: able to impress customers at any level from executive to developer. Public-sector SAs are also expected to have thought-leadership experience in the sector regarding business products and technical challenges. By nature the SA is an influencer and leader: someone with whom customers are eager to engage.

Key job responsibilities
Owning technical engagements at all levels
Removing technical account management barriers
Defining implementation and transition architectures
Leading RFI and RFP technical responses
Helping customers achieve project and overall technical success
Assisting strategic solution providers with AWS-oriented definitions and implementations
Developing and delivering presentations discussions product demos sample solutions blog posts and white papers
Working closely with account managers and business developers to ensure customer success in building and migrating applications software and services on the AWS cloud
Supporting and promoting AWS consulting and technology partners
Gaining industry recognition and credibility as a regular attendee panelist and keynote speaker at AWS and third-party technology conferences trade shows and press events
Capturing and sharing knowledge with the broader AWS Solutions Architecture community

About the team
Solutions Architects are typically:
Passionate about designing and guiding cloud architectural builds
Dedicated to accelerating and scaling innovation reducing costs and driving efficiency
Well versed in Canadian Public Sector mandates security standards and compliance for designing large-scale cloud computing solutions
Leading deep-dive education and technology design exercises to create innovative secure and robust solutions for healthcare organizations and the AWS partners who work with them including systems integrators and ISVs
Hands-on getting into details and possibly writing demo / proof-of-concept code
Already broadly capable in architect roles with plenty of hands-on experience

- 10 years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development cloud computing systems engineering infrastructure security networking data & analytics) experience
- 10 years of design implementation or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
- 10 years of technology/software sales experience
- Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)
- Bachelors degree in computer science engineering mathematics or equivalent or 4 years of technical work experience

- Knowledge of AWS services market segments customer base and industry verticals
- Understanding of government compliance security frameworks and regulations
- Experience working in healthcare or with healthcare customers
- Strong verbal and written communication skills (English)

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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 - 146000.00 - 211600.00 CAD annually
CAN BC Victoria - 146000.00 - 211600.00 CAD annually