Senior Cloud Solutions Architect

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 177,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a highly experienced Solutions Architect to design scalable, resilient cloud architectures for enterprise customers. You will collaborate with AWS Sales and other teams to accelerate cloud adoption, mentor customers, and publish technical guidance.

You will lead architectural discussions, build relationships with senior stakeholders, and help customers migrate workloads to AWS while advancing best practices and security.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in technology domains such as software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics.
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures.
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in software or Internet industries.
• 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience.
• Experience working with end user or developer communities.
• Proven experience as a technical builder or leader in the Financial Services Industry.

Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively with business and technical stakeholders as a trusted technical advisor.
• Participate in deep architectural and design discussions to create world-class solutions built on AWS.
• 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.
• 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%.

Skills

Tech domain experience

Solution architecture

Cloud computing

Stakeholder communication

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelors or higher in a technical field

Tools

AWS Cloud Platform

Cloud architecture tooling

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a highly experienced Solutions Architect to design scalable, resilient cloud architectures for enterprise customers. You will collaborate with AWS Sales and other teams to accelerate cloud adoption, mentor customers, and publish technical guidance.

You will lead architectural discussions, build relationships with senior stakeholders, and help customers migrate workloads to AWS while advancing best practices and security.