Senior Solutions Architect - UK Public Sector, Central Government

Amazon.com, Inc; Whilton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com, Inc. is seeking an AWS Solutions Architect in the United Kingdom to advocate for customers, drive improvements to the AWS platform, and help shape the Solutions Architecture organization.

You will document cloud-native reference architectures, contribute to best practices, and evangelise AWS technology through practical demonstrations and public speaking. Strong communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders is essential.

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.

Responsibilities

• Advocate for customers to drive continual improvements to the AWS platform and inform the roadmap of AWS features and services.
• Help shape the Solutions Architecture organization by mentoring others and contributing to hiring and coaching.
• Document cloud-native reference architectures and evangelise AWS technology through workshops, meetups or public speaking.

Skills

Design & implementation

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder communication

Domain expertise

Security clearance

Job description

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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