Automotive Cloud Solutions Architect - Presales Lead

Megazone Cloud US; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Megazone Cloud US is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect - Automotive (Presales) to act as a strategic technical advisor during the sales cycle. You will design cloud-native, AWS-based solutions and lead discovery sessions, PoCs, and workshops to align client needs with AWS architectures.

You will communicate complex AWS designs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and produce compelling demos for automotive clients. Prior automotive presales success is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Engineering, IT, or equivalent.
• 10+ years in presales, technology consulting, or solutions architecture.
• 5+ years of hands-on cloud experience and 3+ years specifically on AWS.
• Strong experience designing AWS-based architectures: Infrastructure, containerization (EKS/ECS), microservices, serverless (Lambda), data lakes, streaming, IoT.
• Proven experience supporting automotive customers in presales or consulting roles.
• Strong understanding of the Automotive Industry terms (SDV, connected vehicle, manufacturing ops, quality, or supply chain).
• Ability to communicate AWS architectures clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• AWS Solutions Architect Certification – Associate.
• Experience leading short-term AWS consulting or PoC engagements.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple AWS-driven sales cycles.

Responsibilities

• Lead presales cycles with AWS cloud-native architectures.
• Contribute AWS-based solution designs for proposals, RFPs, and SOWs; provide resource, cost, and timeline estimates.
• Run discovery sessions, technical workshops, and drive PoCs/assessments.
• Translate automotive customers' needs into scalable AWS cloud-native and AI-enabled designs.
• Deliver compelling demos and presentations highlighting AWS services and partner capabilities.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure AWS architectures are implemented as designed.

Skills

Presales experience

Automotive industry knowledge

Presentation skills

Leadership

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, IT, or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform/IaC

DevOps

CI/CD

SaaS architectures

IoT

Job description

Megazone Cloud US is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect - Automotive (Presales) to act as a strategic technical advisor during the sales cycle. You will design cloud-native, AWS-based solutions and lead discovery sessions, PoCs, and workshops to align client needs with AWS architectures.

You will communicate complex AWS designs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and produce compelling demos for automotive clients. Prior automotive presales success is essential.