Solutions Architect II - AMZ9082484

Amazon Web Services, Inc.; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 141,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud services provider is seeking a Solutions Architect II to act as a technical liaison between customers and engineering teams. The role requires expertise in cloud architecture and programming, with the opportunity for 100% telecommuting. The ideal candidate must have a Master's degree and relevant experience, or a Bachelor's degree with stronger experience. Salary ranges from $141,439 to $177,600 annually.

Benefits

Full range of medical benefits

Equity opportunities

Sign-on payments potential

Qualifications

• Master's degree or foreign equivalent and one year experience, or Bachelor's degree with five years experience.
• Experience with object-oriented programming languages like C++, Perl, Python, Java, etc.
• Experience in database architecture and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical liaison between customers and engineering teams.
• Architect hybrid AWS and on-premises solutions.
• Educate customers on AWS value propositions.

Skills

Distributed application design

Cloud environment provisioning

Database architecture

Big Data processing

Mobile app development

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics

Bachelor's degree in a related field with experience

Job description

Employer: AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.

Position: Solutions Architect II

Location: Seattle, Washington

Job Number: AMZ9082484

Position Responsibilities

Act as a technical liaison between customers, service engineering teams and support. Analyze application portfolios, identify dependencies and common infrastructure platform components, and access migration feasibility. Architect hybrid AWS and on-premises solutions. Guide customers on architecture choices and inform them of the best practices to adopt AWS efficiently and cost-effectively. Ensure success in building, migrating, and deploying applications, software and services on the AWS platform. Brief senior executive team on customer progress of adopting the AWS and define future platform requirement for on-boarding and migration to AWS. Author AWS customer-facing publications such as whitepapers. Share best-practice knowledge among the AWS solutions architect community. Engage with developers, system administrators, software architects, project manager, directors, and C-level customers to define cloud strategies and deployments. Educate customers on the value proposition of AWS and ensure that solutions are designed for successful deployment on AWS.

Position Requirements

Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and one year of experience in the job offered, or as a Database Administrator, Support Engineer, or a related occupation. Employer will accept Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or related occupation as equivalent to the Master's and one year of experience. Must have one year of experience in the following skill(s):

• designing, implementing, and consulting with distributed applications;
• architecting, provisioning, and deploying applications to public cloud environments or on-premises virtualized environments using C++, Perl, Python, Java, Ruby, Node.js, or equivalent object-oriented programming language;
• experience with database architecture, performance tuning, big data processing, mobile app development, or Big Data / Hadoop.

100% telecommuting permitted, work may be performed from anywhere in the U.S.

Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation

40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $141,439 / year to $177,600 / year

Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and / or other benefits.