Solutions Architect, Telecom

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Toronto; On-site; CAD 115,100 - 166,900; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services Canada, Inc. is seeking experienced Enterprise Solutions Architects to partner with top customers on cloud transformation journeys.

This customer-facing role involves understanding business drivers, assessing portfolios, and designing cost-efficient, scalable cloud architectures on AWS. You’ll engage with senior leaders and guide migrations across industries including telecom, finance, and government.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, or data/analytics.
• 4+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture, and networking experience.
• 5+ years of Information Technology (IT) experience.
• Knowledge of cloud architecture.

Responsibilities

• Understand technical and business requirements and guide AWS adoption strategies.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with senior technical leaders.
• Drive revenue growth by formulating sales strategies and coordinating resources.
• Design scalable, resilient cloud architectures using AWS services.
• Lead hands-on sessions, architectural deep dives, workshops, and PoCs.
• Collaborate across AWS teams to shape solutions and reference architectures.
• Represent AWS through thought leadership and industry engagement.
• Capture and share best practices via whitepapers and blogs.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Infrastructure architecture

IT experience

Cloud computing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Description

Imagine being part of a team where your ideas have the potential to transform some of the world's largest Enterprise and Telecommunications companies. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking experienced Enterprise Solutions Architects to partner with industry-leading customers on their cloud transformation journeys.

Description

Imagine being part of a team where your ideas have the potential to transform some of the world's largest Enterprise and Telecommunications companies. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking experienced Enterprise Solutions Architects to partner with industry-leading customers on their cloud transformation journeys. In this highly technical, customer-facing role, you will engage directly with customers to understand their business drivers, assess application portfolios and technology requirements, and design reliable, cost-effective, and scalable cloud architectures on AWS. The problem domains are diverse and compelling: cloud-native network function virtualization, digital customer journeys, OSS/BSS transformation, mobile edge computing, hyperscale data analytics, cybersecurity, supply chain logistics, fiber broadband platforms, advertising technology, financial services innovation, government/enterprise solutions, and ML, Generative AI, and Agentic AI.

What You'll Do

You will leverage the full breadth of AWS services—including Artificial Intelligence, edge computing, IoT, and rich data analytics—to craft solutions that address real business challenges. As a trusted customer advocate, you will help organizations understand best practices around advanced cloud solutions and provide strategic guidance on migrating and modernizing existing workloads to the cloud. You will build deep relationships with senior technical leaders to enable them as cloud advocates within their companies.

Key job responsibilities

• Partner with customers to understand technical and business requirements, assess application portfolios, and guide AWS adoption strategies across telecommunications, enterprise connectivity, fiber broadband, ad tech, financial services, and government sectors.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with senior technical leaders and executives, enabling them as cloud advocates and supporting their digital transformation journeys.
• Drive revenue growth by formulating and executing sales strategies with AWS Sales teams, mobilizing internal resources and the partner ecosystem to deliver successful builds and migrations.
• Design scalable, resilient cloud architectures leveraging AWS services—including Generative and agentic AI/ML, edge computing, IoT, and data analytics—to solve complex challenges such modernization, network function virtualization, OSS/BSS transformation, and cybersecurity.
• Enable customers through hands‑on development sessions, architectural deep dives, workshops, and acceleration programs—building prototypes and proof‑of‑concepts focused on resiliency, security, and cost optimization.
• Collaborate across AWS teams to shape new solutions, reference architectures, and repeatable mechanisms for telecommunications and enterprise use cases.
• Act as liaison between customers and AWS service engineering teams, influencing the cloud services roadmap based on field observations.
• Represent AWS through thought leadership, public speaking, and industry engagement within telecommunications and service provider communities.
• Capture and share best practices through whitepapers, code samples, reference architectures, and blog posts.

A day in the life

As an AWS Solutions Architect, you will partner with customers, Sales teams, and internal groups to design scalable, resilient cloud architectures that solve business challenges and accelerate AWS adoption across telecommunications and enterprise organizations. Your day blends customer engagements, solution design, and continuous learning—acting as a trusted advisor who helps organizations understand cloud best practices while shaping strategies to broaden AWS adoption across their teams. A key part of the role is working side‑by‑side with customer teams in hands‑on sessions, building prototypes and proof‑of‑concepts that demonstrate the art of the possible. You will think strategically about business outcomes, products, and technical complexities, working backwards from defined customer goals to deliver measurable value. Your creativity extends into developing new architectural patterns, reference implementations, and technical content—whitepapers, code samples, solution guides, and blog posts—shared broadly across AWS and the community. You will evangelize AWS and telecommunications‑specific solutions through workshops, enablement sessions, user groups, public speaking, and industry conferences. The Solutions Architecture team provides an open environment with self‑paced learning, instructor‑led training, hands‑on projects, job shadowing, and mentorship to deepen your AWS expertise and understanding of telecommunications industry challenges. You will bring insatiable curiosity to understand how technology works and achieve outcomes that delight customers.

About The Team

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

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee‑led and company‑sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

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.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 4+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
• 5+ years of Information Technology (IT) experience
• Knowledge of cloud architecture

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries
• Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
• Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective
• Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)
• Bachelor's degree

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well‑being. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.

CAN, ON, Toronto - 115,100.00 - 166,900.00 CAD annually

Company - Amazon Web Services Canada, Inc.

Job ID: A10425186