Senior Solutions Architect, Media, Entertainment, Games & Sports

Amazon • Jersey City, NJ

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About The Position

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to join our
Media, Entertainment, Games & Sports (MEGS) Industry Business Unit. In 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).

Your days blend technical depth with strategic advisory work across publishers
and other media companies. You'll 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 leadership—mentoring
junior SAs, presenting at industry conferences, and documenting architectural
patterns.

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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Requirements

• Bachelor's 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

Nice To Haves

• 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

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

Benefits

• 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