Senior Cloud Architect — Automotive & Manufacturing

Amazon Inc.; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a senior technologist to join our Japan Automotive & Manufacturing team as a Senior Solutions Architect. You will lead the technical relationship for one of Japan's leading automotive manufacturers, driving large-scale migrations and modernization of core systems and shaping multi-year cloud strategies.

You will collaborate across AWS teams and with customer executives to accelerate cloud adoption and deliver measurable business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in domains like software development, cloud computing, or systems engineering.
• 3+ years in design, implementation, or consulting for applications/infrastructures.
• 10+ years IT development or consulting in software or Internet industries.
• Fluent Japanese at business level (N1+).
• Business English skills, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Lead the account-level technical strategy for a major automotive manufacturer and align with the account team's multi-year business plan.
• Drive large-scale migration and modernization across the customer's enterprise IT estate—from portfolio assessment and workload prioritization through production operations.
• Build and maintain trusted advisor relationships with senior technical leaders and executives across the customer's IT, product, and business organizations.
• Partner with the Global Account Manager to develop and execute the account strategy that accelerates cloud adoption and revenue growth.
• Work with the wider AWS account team to identify and capture line-of-business workloads beyond enterprise IT, including product development, manufacturing, and connected and software-defined vehicle initiatives.
• Lead technical deep-dives, architecture reviews, and executive-level workshops moving initiatives from concept to production.
• Act as technical liaison between the customer and AWS service teams, channeling requirements into roadmaps.
• Mentor and raise the technical bar for other Solutions Architects on the team.
• Publish and present technical content—reference architectures, blog posts, and conference talks.

Skills

Cloud computing

Systems engineering

IT architecture

Business English

Japanese language

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a senior technologist to join our Japan Automotive & Manufacturing team as a Senior Solutions Architect. You will lead the technical relationship for one of Japan's leading automotive manufacturers, driving large-scale migrations and modernization of core systems and shaping multi-year cloud strategies.

You will collaborate across AWS teams and with customer executives to accelerate cloud adoption and deliver measurable business outcomes.