Canada Solutions Architecture Leader, AWS Canada Public Sector

Amazon; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 172,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Canada Solutions Architecture Leader to lead skilled teams in adopting cloud-based solutions. The role focuses on driving technical solutions and engaging with key customers at high levels, while fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration within AWS.

Qualifications

• 5 years of management of technical customer-facing resources.
• 5 years of infrastructure architecture experience.
• Experience architecting solutions on cloud service providers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach the Solutions Architecture team in Canada.
• Develop relationships with key accounts and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Guide the development of high-value customer-facing documentation.

Skills

Team Leadership

Technical Architecture

Cloud Solutions

Sales Support

Customer Engagement

Job description

Would you like to lead a team focused on increasing adoption of Amazon Web Services within the Canadian market Do you have the business savvy and the technical background necessary to help establish Amazon as a key technology platform provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for experienced and motivated technical managers to lead coach grow and partner with technically skilled customer-facing Solution Architects.

You will help develop the industrys best cloud-based solutions architects team by enabling and coaching them on best practices solution selling presentation and speaking skills as well as how to create and present value-driven architectures of widely varying size and complexity. In collaboration with sales you will drive revenue growth across a broad set of customers. If you think you have what it takes to lead the best in the industry AWS is hiring Leaders for our Public Sector Solution Architects.

As the Canada Solutions Architecture Leader you will have the exciting opportunity to help drive the growth and shape the future of emerging technology in Canada. In this role you will focus on both business and technical acumen. Your responsibilities will include thought leadership and driving value creation for our customers shaping technical solutions growing the team and leading specific customer engagement and interaction at the Director and VP level. You should also be a self-starter who is prepared to own define develop and execute a customer-outcome plan. You will also need to be adept at interacting communicating and partnering with other departments within AWS such as our sales support services teams business development marketing partners and professional services as well as representing your team to executive management.

AWS Solutions

As part of the AWS solutions organization we have a vision to provide business applications leveraging Amazons unique experience and expertise that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day-to-day operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers businesses through delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. we blend vision with curiosity and Amazons real-world experience to build opinionated turnkey solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build we become their trusted partner with solutions that are no-brainers to buy and easy to use.

• Provide leadership and guidance to the Canada Solutions Architecture team
• Develop long-term strategic relationships with key accounts.
• Ensure customer satisfaction.
• Hire on-board train and develop new Solution Architects from internal and external sources.
• Build and coach the team on the skills needed to conduct one-to-few and one-to-many training sessions so they can transfer deep technical skills to customers who are considering or using AWS.
• Educate public sector customers on the value proposition of AWS and participate in architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud.
• Guide and motivate the development of whitepapers data sheets and other high-value customer facing guidance and best practices.
• Act as a conduit and liaison between customers service engineering teams and support.
• Expect moderate travel.
• Position is based in Montreal Ottawa Toronto or Vancouver.

About the team

About AWS

Diverse Experiences

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

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Inclusive Team Culture

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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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.

Hybrid Work

We value innovation and recognize this sometimes requires uninterrupted time to focus on a build. We also value in-person collaboration and time spent face-to-face. Our team affords engineers options to work in the office every day or in a flexible hybrid work model near one of our US Amazon offices. Our hybrid models allow you the freedom to work from home whenever in-office collaboration isnt necessary.

• 5 years of management of technical enterprise customer facing resources or equivalent experience
• 5 years of infrastructure architecture database architecture and networking experience
• Experience architecting / operating solutions built on any cloud service provider like Azure AWS GCP OCI etc.
• Experience architecting migrating transforming or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud

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The base salary for this position ranges from $172200 / year up to $287600 / year. Salary is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and / or other benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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