Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services

Amazon • Chicago, IL

7d • $131,300 - $177,600 • Onsite

About The Position

Join AWS Global Sales as a Solutions Architect to help public sector organizations, specifically state, local government, and education sectors, transform lives through technology. In this role, you will work directly with Higher Education institutions to architect solutions that improve student outcomes, reduce time to research, and enhance operational efficiencies using AWS cloud technologies. This position offers significant opportunities to engage with stakeholders at all organizational levels, gain exposure to a broad technology stack, and become a technical thought leader in public service delivery through innovative cloud solutions.

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
• Experience with AWS technologies

Nice To Haves

• Experience working directly in customer implementations
• Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
• Experience in industry, consulting, government or academic research

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers, designing and building solutions to difficult technical problems using AWS cloud services.
• Educate and share best practices by developing, delivering, and maintaining technical content including sample code, presentations, white papers, and workshops that incorporate lessons learned from customer engagements.
• Take customer input and translate it into technical requirements, working closely with internal teams including sales, business development, professional services, and engineering to drive customer success.
• Own the end-to-end design of cloud architecture solutions, conducting technical deep-dives with customer teams and providing guidance on security, scalability, availability, and performance best practices.
• Identify gaps in products and services while mentoring teammates on designing technical customer solutions and coordinating speaking opportunities at events that educate technical and business audiences.

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
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

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