Senior Solutions Architect - UK Public Sector, Central Government

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Solutions Architect to join our Public Sector team in the UK. You will own complex cloud architectures, advise on security, cost, performance and reliability, and help customers deliver mission-critical outcomes.

You will influence roadmaps, coach peers, and share best practices across the AWS Solutions Architect community, including documenting reference architectures and leading workshops.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in design, implementation or consulting of cloud-based applications and infrastructures.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences, including executives.
• Experience in cloud architecture and related technology domains.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical relationship with customers and recommend secure, cost-efficient, high-performance architectures.
• Advocate for customer needs to inform AWS feature roadmaps and platform improvements.
• Mentor and coach others; help shape the Solutions Architecture organization and share best practices and reference architectures.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder communication

Solution design

Consulting experience

Tools

AWS

Job description

Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a Solutions Architect to join our thriving technical community and growing business in the UK as part of the Public Sector team. You will join a friendly and supportive team, working together to bring the latest in disruptive cloud computing technologies to organisations serving our Public Sector customers, including: central government, public safety , UK transportation and state-owned companies. Our Public Sector teams help customers build a deeper understanding of hyper-scale cloud technology and application architectures, and they have the consultative and leadership skills required to drive deliver successful outcomes.

Key job responsibilities

As an AWS Solutions Architect, you will have ownership of the technical relationship with customers, making recommendations on security, cost, performance, reliability, operational efficiency and best-practice architectures.

Internally, you will be an advocate acting on behalf of the customer to help drive continual improvements to the AWS platform, sharing their needs and wants to inform the roadmap of AWS features and services. You will also help shape the future of the Solutions Architecture organisation by helping to hire, coach and mentor others.

In this role, your creativity will link technology to tangible solutions, with the opportunity to implement or document cloud-native reference architectures with the worldwide AWS Solutions Architect community.

You will participate in the creation and sharing of best practices, technical content and new reference architectures (e.g. white papers, code samples, blog posts) and evangelise and educate about AWS technology (e.g. 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.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures
• Knowledge of cloud architecture
• Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients
• Experience within specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).
• Eligible and willing to undergo UK Security Clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)
• Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS
• Experience in a technical role within a sales organization

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Company - AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)

Job ID: A10538725