Senior Solutions Architect, Strategic Accounts

Amazon • Seattle, WA

7d

About The Position

Are you ready to help organizations navigate their cloud journey with AWS? As a
Senior Solutions Architect, you will serve as a technical advisor for a
strategic SaaS-provider customer. You will combine deep technical knowledge with
business acumen to architect solutions that address complex challenges and drive
innovation.

This role offers a unique opportunity to work with a customer who operates at
unprecedented scale. You will leverage your foundational technical knowledge
across various domains while diving deep into specific technical areas. With
your builder mindset, you'll craft scalable, flexible, and resilient technical
architectures that help customers transform their business through technology.

Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred
qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates
to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path,
or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted
cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating —
that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies
trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored
affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what
makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams.
Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and
passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's
Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and
other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded
professional.

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,
there's nothing we can't achieve.

AWS Industries
The AWS Industries team is committed to helping industry customers enable their
digital transformation journeys. Our primary goal is to meet customers in their
cloud journeys and work backwards from their industry-specific needs to
transform their businesses and industries. Our team focuses on business outcomes
and industry use cases on behalf of our customers, whether that is how we build
products and solutions, how we sell, how we deliver, or how we partner.

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
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
• Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients

Nice To Haves

• Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS
• Knowledge of software development tools and methodologies
• Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)

Responsibilities

• Design and own end-to-end customer solutions, shepherding them through the implementation lifecycle while combining business acumen with technical skills to architect solutions for complex problems.
• Drive technical solution discussions with customer teams, diving deeply into details including design choices, best practices, and use cases.
• Create and share technical content - such as sample code, blog posts, presentations, and workshops - to educate others and promote best practices.
• Build consensus across customer teams by clearly articulating concepts and strategies, and leading resolution of contentious issues.
• Identify opportunities to accelerate solution adoption by leveraging reusable assets that can benefit the broader customer community.

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, and parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level