Senior Solutions Architect, AWS Aerospace & Satellite

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch) is seeking an experienced Solutions Architect with a development background to help space-related customers leverage cloud and AI in the UK. You will engage with customers across space industry segments and lead technical architecture discussions.

Responsibilities include architecture reviews, white-boarding, demos, and workshops, building trusted advisor relationships, and contributing to AWS reference architectures. Strong presentation skills required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures.
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with customers to accelerate their missions and recommend best-practice architectures.
• Build technical relationships with customers and operate as their trusted advisor.
• Share the voice of the customer to inform the roadmap of AWS features.
• Participate in the creation and sharing of best practices, technical content and new reference architectures.
• Educate about AWS technology through workshops, user groups, meetups, public speaking, online videos or conferences.
• Contribute to the growth of the Solutions Architecture organisation by interviewing candidates and having a voice in hiring decisions.
• Develop areas of depth in technical domains relevant to your interests and your customer's outcomes.

Skills

Cloud computing

Software development

Systems engineering

Security

Networking

Data & analytics

Executive communication

Tools

AWS services

Job description

Description

Do you get excited by space exploration, satellites, rocket launches, and AI? If so, this might be the role you have always been looking for.

AWS is hiring an experienced Solution Architect with a development background to help space companies achieve their missions through the power of cloud and AI.

Industry segments include launch services, human spaceflight, robotic/autonomous systems, mission control center operations, space stations, satellite constellations, ground segment (ground stations, earth stations, teleports), emergency response services, IoT solutions (smart/digital cities), earth observation, broadcast communications, and various government capabilities.

Solutions Architects are at the crossroads of business and technology, and engage with organizations at all stages of cloud adoption. Solutions Architects are responsible for creating and presenting technical content and sharing best practices. They are thought leaders of the industry and evangelize strategic guidance amongst customer executives and internal stakeholders.

Solutions Architects are also responsible for the overall technical relationship between customers and AWS. They make recommendations on security, cost, performance, reliability and operational efficiency. They work to understand the customer's needs and give prescriptive guidance on how to create solutions with AWS technology. Solutions Architects lead activities such as architecture reviews, white-boarding sessions, demos and technical workshops. They collaborate with other teams such as account management, professional services, support, product teams and the AWS partner ecosystem.

The Solutions Architecture team is a diverse group of technologists from a variety of backgrounds. Practical knowledge of the AWS platform is desired but not required, provided you have a sound technical foundation, a desire to learn, and a passion for Space.

In this role you will get to practice your creativity and passion, while educating AWS customers about the art of the possible, writing code, and deploying prototypes and proof of concepts. You will have the support to grow your expertise in industry and technology areas of depth. Every day you will learn something new from your customers, your peers and your own experiments.

At Amazon you will be encouraged and rewarded for doing what is right for the long-term success of the customer. We value your passion to discover, invent and build on behalf of customers.

Amazon has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity and inclusion. We seek builders from all backgrounds to join our teams, and we encourage our employees to bring their authentic, original, and best selves to work.

Key job responsibilities

Work directly with customers to accelerate their missions and recommend best-practice architectures in line with their long-term business outcomes.

Build technical relationships with customers and operate as their trusted advisor. The best interests of the customer will shape the guidance you provide.

Share the voice of the customer to inform the roadmap of AWS features.

Participate in the creation and sharing of best practices, technical content and new reference architectures (e.g. white papers, code samples, blog posts).

Evangelise and educate about AWS technology (e.g. through workshops, user groups, meetups, public speaking, online videos or conferences).

Contribute to the growth of the Solutions Architecture organisation by interviewing candidates and having a voice in hiring decisions. You will also be helping others develop new skills by knowledge sharing.

Develop areas of depth in technical domains relevant to your interests and your customer's outcomes.

About The Team

About AWS

Diverse Experiences

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Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
• Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
• Experience working with end user or developer communities
• Experience in a technical role within a sales organization

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Company - AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)

Job ID: A10510349