Solutions Architect - WECA, Small & Medium Business

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services is seeking a highly motivated Solutions Architect to accelerate cloud adoption in West Africa. This role involves building technical relationships, providing prescriptive guidance, and collaborating with various teams to maximize customer value in cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in technology domains like cloud computing.
• 3 years of design or consulting experience in applications and infrastructure.
• Knowledge of SAP systems and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Build technical relationships with customers as a trusted advisor.
• Lead architecture reviews and technical workshops.
• Provide guidance on security, cost, performance, and reliability.

Skills

Cloud computing

Systems engineering

Networking

Data & analytics

Job description

Do you like helping customers implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems? Do you bring technical foresight to design infrastructure, application, and data solutions that drive customer value? Do you take pride in your ability to communicate complex technical topics and influence decision makers?

Amazon Web Services is looking for a highly motivated Solutions Architect to help accelerate customer cloud adoption in West Africa. You will work with our Small/Medium Business (SMB) customers across various industries and technical domains.

This is an excellent opportunity to join Amazon's world-class technical teams, working with some of the best engineers and technical managers, while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most innovative technology companies.

As a Solutions Architect at AWS, you'll build technical relationships with customers and act as their trusted advisor, ensuring they maximize the benefits of the cloud at every stage of their journey. You will manage the overall technical relationship, making recommendations on security, cost, performance, reliability, and operational efficiency to accelerate their projects.

Internally, you will represent the voice of the customer, sharing their needs to inform AWS's feature roadmap. Your creativity will link technology to tangible solutions, including implementing or documenting cloud-native reference architectures for various use cases. You will understand customer needs and provide prescriptive guidance on creating business value with technology.

Solution Architects lead activities such as architecture reviews, whiteboarding sessions, demos, and technical workshops. They collaborate with teams including account management, professional services, support, product teams, and the partner ecosystem. You will also participate in creating and sharing best practices, technical content, and new reference architectures (e.g., white papers, code samples, blog posts) and evangelize AWS technology through workshops, user groups, meetups, public speaking, online videos, or conferences.

If you can educate AWS customers about the art of the possible while challenging the impossible, come build the future with us.

About the team

Diverse Experiences: Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all the preferred qualifications, we encourage you to apply. If your career is just starting, has not followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let that 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 continue to innovate. Customers from startups to Global 500 companies trust our products and services to power their businesses.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should not come at the expense of home life, which is why we offer flexibility as part of our culture. When we feel supported both at work and home, we can achieve great things in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture

At AWS, learning and curiosity are in our nature. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion, empowering us to celebrate our differences. Events and learning experiences, including Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity), inspire us to embrace our uniqueness.

Mentorship and Career Growth

We continuously raise our performance standards as we strive to be Earth's Best Employer. You'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and career development resources here to help you grow into a well-rounded professional.

Minimum Requirements

• 8 years of experience in specific technology domains (e.g., software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).
• 3 years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructure.
• 10 years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries.
• 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) and their architecture and infrastructure needs.
• Experience working with end-user or developer communities.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results. If you need workplace accommodations during the application or onboarding process, please visit our support page for more information.