Solutions Architect, WWPS SA - State & Local Government -West

Amazon • Denver, CO

92d • $118,200 - $204,300

About The Position

Amazon Web Services is looking for a highly motivated Solutions Architect to help accelerate our growing State and Local Government business as part of the World Wide Public Sector practice. As a Solutions Architect within AWS, you will have the opportunity to help shape and deliver on a strategy to build broad use of Amazon's utility computing web services (e.g., AWS EC2, AWS S3, AWS RDS, and AWS CloudFront) directly with customers and our ecosystem of system integrators and solution providers. Your broad responsibilities will include: owning the technical engagement and ultimate success around specific implementation projects; defining implementation architectures, responding to RFPs, developing a deep expertise in the AWS technologies as well as broad know-how around how applications and services are constructed using the AWS platform; and being a subject matter expert on security as it relates to customer applications and services.

Requirements

• 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience.
• 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience.
• 5+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience.
• Technical presentation experience – White board, small and large group presentations.
• Web Services development/deployment experience, cloud computing.
• Operational experience in web site/services operations, management, and security.
• Ability to travel 30%.

Nice To Haves

• Intermediate/advanced knowledge of AWS services.
• Prior experience in a technical role within a sales organization.
• Prior experience in state or local government.
• Understanding of infrastructure and security requirements, such as HIPAA, CJIS, etc.
• Demonstrated experience leading or developing high quality, enterprise scale software products using a structured system development lifecycle.
• Experience working with Higher Education Industry.

Responsibilities

• Help customers design and create cloud computing architectures.
• Own the technical engagement and ultimate success around specific implementation projects.
• Define implementation architectures and respond to RFPs.
• Develop deep expertise in AWS technologies.
• Provide exceptional technical design and thought leadership to customers.
• Lead efforts to capture and share best-practice knowledge among the AWS solution architect community.

Benefits

• Flexible schedule for work-life balance.
• Mentorship and career growth opportunities.
• Inclusive team culture with employee-led affinity groups.
• Annual and ongoing learning experiences.

What This Job Offers

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