Senior Solutions Architect, AWS (UAE Nationals Only)

Amazon; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud services provider is seeking a Solutions Architect in Dubai. In this role, you will partner with AWS teams to craft scalable cloud architectures addressing customer needs. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background combined with interpersonal skills, playing a key role in driving cloud adoption among digital native customers. This exciting opportunity involves crafting solutions and providing education to diverse customers, ensuring successful deployment of AWS services.

Benefits

Work-life balance

Mentorship and career growth

Inclusive team culture

Qualifications

• Proven track record in software/technology sales or consulting.
• Ability to connect technology with measurable business value.
• Experience in design implementation or consulting in applications and infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Drive revenue growth across a set of digital native customers.
• Partner with AWS teams to craft scalable cloud architectures.
• Educate customers on the value proposition of AWS.

Skills

Technical depth

Interpersonal skills

Cloud computing

Systems engineering

Networking

Education

2-5 years of infrastructure architecture experience

Knowledge of SAP systems

Tools

AWS

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for experienced and motivated technologists who possess a unique balance of technical depth and strong interpersonal skills. As a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services you will have the exciting opportunity to assist and shape the future of a high potential set of digitally native customers. You will partner with various AWS teams to craft highly scalable, flexible and resilient cloud architectures that address customer business problems and accelerate the adoption of AWS services.

In collaboration with sales you will drive revenue growth across a set of digital native customers. As a trusted customer advocate the solutions architect will help organizations understand best practices around advanced cloud-based solutions and how to migrate existing workloads to the cloud. You will have the opportunity to help shape and execute a strategy to build a mindshare and broad use of AWS.

The ideal candidate must be self‑motivated with a proven track record in software/technology sales or consulting. The ability to connect technology with measurable business value is critical to a solutions architect. You should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about business products and technical challenges.

Key job responsibilities

• As a key member of the sales team ensure success in building and migrating applications, software and services on the AWS platform in partnership with the sales team; formulate and execute a sales strategy to exceed revenue objectives through the adoption of AWS. Solutions Architects own the overall technical relationship between customers and AWS and make recommendations on security, cost, performance, reliability and operational efficiency.
• Educate customers of all sizes on the value proposition of AWS and participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud.
• Conduct one‑to‑few and one‑to‑many training sessions to transfer knowledge to customers considering or already using AWS.
• Capture and share best‑practice knowledge among the AWS solutions architect community.

A day in the life

• In this role you will love what you do and instinctively know how to make work fun. You will be dynamic and creative and willing to take on any challenge and make a big impact.
• Enjoy working with dynamic digital native customers. You will have a passion for educating, training, designing and building cloud solutions for a diverse and challenging set of customers.
• Have a strong understanding of large‑scale computing solutions. The ideal candidate will have past experience working as a systems engineer/architect.
• You will enjoy keeping your existing technical skills honed and developing new ones so you can make strong contributions to deep architecture discussions.
• You will regularly take part in deep‑dive education and design exercises to create world‑class solutions built on AWS.

About the team

About AWS

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

Here at AWS it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee‑led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empowers us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

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 in the cloud.

Required Experience

• Senior IC
• UAE Nationals with Family Book only
• Experience in specific technology domain areas (e.g., software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• Experience in design implementation or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• Experience in IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
• 2‑5 years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
• Knowledge of SAP systems (e.g., SAP Business Suite, S/4HANA, SAP Business Warehouse, SAP HANA, SAP Business Objects, etc.) and their architecture and infrastructure needs
• Experience working with end‑user or developer communities

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