Senior Solutions Architect, Games

Amazon • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

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
unwavering support. We dive deep to understand each customer's unique
challenges, then craft innovative solutions that accelerate their success. This
customer-first approach is how we built the world's most adopted cloud. Join us
and help us grow.

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Games Solutions Architecture team is looking for
an experienced and motivated technologist with a passion for creating
strategies, best practices, and solving complex business challenges focusing on
the Games industry.

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 strong
support. We dive deep to understand each customer's unique challenges, then
craft innovative solutions that accelerate their success. This customer-first
approach is how we built the world's most adopted cloud. Join us and help us
grow.
Do you love games? Do you want to work with the some of the most innovative Game
companies in the world? Do you have a passion for helping customers solve
web-scale challenges and understand application architectures? Do you want to
help build a new, customer-obsessed team and help establish AWS Game Tech as the
leading platform in the Games Industry?

As an AWS Games Solutions Architect, you will work with some of the most
interesting hyper-growth games companies on the planet. You’ll work with AAA
games studios, technology platforms, and middleware partners in the Games
industry to help them build better games with the AWS cloud.
The ideal candidate must be self-motivated and should have a deep understanding
of Game technologies including engines, platforms, and middleware providers
alongside applicable technical use cases, architectures, and development
workflow. They should also have the ability to connect technology with
measurable business value. They should also have a demonstrated ability to think
strategically about business, products, and technical challenges.

Requirements

• 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

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
• Experience working with end user or developer communities

Responsibilities

• Together with the broader Games teams, help develop the strategic plan for AWS, particularly the technical elements of the strategy and plan to engage customers and partners.
• Establish technical credibility in sales cycles (personally or with the broader technical team), and can credibly drive discussions with CTOs, CIOs, Chief Architects, Senior Developers, etc. from both customers and partners across the Gaming industries.
• Collaborate with customers in the Games industry who use Engine, Platform, and Middleware Technologies to implement, test, and expand programs. Work in the field alongside sales enablement specialists, regional business development teams, and account management personnel to ensure successful deployment and scaling of these initiatives.
• Deliver presentations at customer briefings and industry events, while establishing AWS Game Tech as a thought leader by showcasing innovative solutions in gaming technology domains.

Benefits

• Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed