Enterprise Cloud Architect for Greenfield Innovation

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 131,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Solutions Architect to partner with customers in designing scalable, resilient cloud architectures and to accelerate AWS adoption across enterprise accounts.

Lead architectural discussions, publish technical guidance, and collaborate with sales to drive revenue. Travel is regionally focused, up to 15–20% of the time, with a strong emphasis on customer success and education.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience.
• 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g., software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience.
• 6+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience.
• Experience in technology/software sales, pre-sales, or consulting.
• Experience in design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures.
• Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective.

Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively with both business and technical stakeholders as a trusted technical advisor.
• Participate in deep architectural and design discussions to create world‑class solutions built on AWS while ensuring solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud.
• Author and contribute to AWS customer‑facing publications such as whitepapers and proof of concepts.
• In partnership with the sales team, formulate and execute a sales strategy to exceed revenue objectives through the adoption of AWS.
• Build deep relationships with business and senior technical individuals within customers to enable them to be cloud advocates.
• Capture and share best‑practice knowledge amongst the AWS solutions architect community.
• Travel is mostly regional, and is expected to be 15-20%

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Solutions Architect to partner with customers in designing scalable, resilient cloud architectures and to accelerate AWS adoption across enterprise accounts.

Lead architectural discussions, publish technical guidance, and collaborate with sales to drive revenue. Travel is regionally focused, up to 15–20% of the time, with a strong emphasis on customer success and education.