AWS Solution Architect

Productiva Group; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech consulting firm is looking for an AWS Solutions Architect to lead technical presales engagements, design AWS-powered solutions, and provide mentorship in cloud-native development. This role involves close collaboration with sales teams and AWS stakeholders to drive project success and enhance cloud capabilities. Candidates should have strong expertise in AWS and experience with modern application architectures.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing AWS-powered solutions.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native development and modern architectures.
• Ability to mentor and guide technical teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support Sales with technical expertise to drive AWS pipeline.
• Guide engineers on best practices for cloud-native development.
• Architect cloud-native AI-powered applications leveraging AWS tools.

Skills

AWS Expertise

Cloud-Native Development

AI Solutions

Technical Leadership

Job description

Overview

The AWS Solutions Architect directly supports the success of our Sales team through our Partnership program, leading technical presales engagements with a focus on Application Modernization, Cloud-Native Development, and Generative AI. This role involves designing AWS-powered solutions for new and existing customer engagements, collaborating closely with Sales and AWS stakeholders to drive professional services growth and AWS consumption.

Key Responsibilities

• AWS GTM & Sales Enablement
  • Supporting Sales with Technical Expertise to drive AWS Pipeline and Achieve Revenue Targets.
  • Architecture and design of holistic AWS solutions with alignment to business outcomes.
  • Specify the deliverables of services and implementation projects by writing the statements of work (SOW).
  • Enable sales teams to drive AWS adoption, aligning with AWS co-selling initiatives, Partner Funding Programs, and opportunity generation.
  • Collaborate with AWS stakeholders to optimize funding strategies for projects.
  • Own content and lead technical client workshops focused on modern cloud architectures and AI adoption.
  • Maintenance of a clean, accurate and sufficient pipeline in the CRM system.
  • Collaborate with the service delivery teams to ensure the services are delivered as specified in your Statements of Work and as required to meet customer business outcome objectives.
• Technical Leadership & Mentorship
  • Guide engineers and architects on best practices for cloud-native development, AI model deployment, and infrastructure modernization.
  • Provide strategic direction for AWS-based application development, ensuring alignment with customer business objectives.
  • Define success metrics for AWS implementations, optimizing cost-efficiency, security, and scalability.
• Technical Expertise
  • Application Modernization & Cloud-Native Development
    • Architect serverless and microservices-based solutions using AWS Lambda, Amazon ECS/EKS, and API Gateway.
    • Lead monolithic-to-microservices refactoring and cloud migration strategies.
    • Design scalable, resilient architectures utilizing AWS Well-Architected Framework and AI-enhanced modernization workflows.
  • Generative AI & Machine Learning Solutions
    • Architect cloud-native AI-powered applications utilizing AWS Bedrock, SageMaker, AI inference optimization, and vector databases.
    • Build LLM-powered workflows leveraging retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and fine-tuned AI models.
    • Automate business processes with AI-driven solutions for data extraction, customer interaction, and operational efficiency.
  • Transitional AWS Services & Migration Strategies
    • Define hybrid cloud and multi-cloud strategies using AWS Control Tower, AWS Landing Zone, and VPC networking.
    • Lead legacy-to-cloud transitions, utilizing AWS Migration Hub, AWS Database Migration Service (DMS), and AWS App2Container.
    • Support enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, ensuring smooth integrations with AWS infrastructure.