Senior Engagement Manager, WWPS FedCiv

Overview

Description This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and currently possess and maintain an active Secret security clearance.

Description This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and currently possess and maintain an active Secret security clearance.

The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (Pro Serve) team is seeking a highly skilled and versatile Engagement Manager (EM) to join our team and lead the delivery of complex cloud solution projects. In this role you will combine technical expertise with strong project leadership skills to drive successful implementations of AWS-based solutions for our clients. You will bridge business requirements with technical solutions, facilitate technical discussions and ensure alignment with customer outcomes.

You will distill customer needs into clear technical requirements, decompose complex problems, and make informed trade-off decisions considering performance, scalability, security, and business impact. You will validate technical solutions against business goals, recognize when additional technical evaluation is needed, and manage technical risks. You will be expected to achieve and maintain relevant AWS certifications, develop domain-specific expertise, and effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and business audiences.

As you progress, you’ll lead increasingly complex technical projects, shape cross-organizational technical strategies, and establish best practices in your domain. In this role you will apply your management and leadership capabilities to successfully execute project plans, proactively identify and manage risks, resolve issues, escalate when appropriate, and drive projects to successful completion, while exceeding customer expectations.

The AWS Professional Services organization is a global team of experts that help customers realize their desired business outcomes when using the AWS Cloud. We work together with customer teams and the AWS Partner Network (APN) to execute enterprise cloud computing initiatives. Our team provides assistance through a collection of offerings which help customers achieve specific outcomes related to enterprise cloud adoption.

We also deliver focused guidance through our global specialty practices, which cover a variety of solutions, technologies, and industries.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years experience in cloud computing
• Experience in project management of technical programs
• 5+ years of customer-facing, large-scale implementation consulting experience across multiple cross-functional teams, as well as 5+ years of hands-on experience with enterprise-level IT projects that followed documented methodologies such as Agile and used project management tool sets (Confluence, Jira, etc) and source code management products
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Secret or above

• AWS experience preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) and/or AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
• Strong understanding of AWS services, architectures, and best practices
• Experience applying AWS frameworks like Well-Architected and Cloud Adoption Framework
• Proven ability to establish technical credibility with engineering teams and senior technical decision-makers
• Experience supporting National Security mission systems, and the ability to represent AWS within the customer s environment, driving discussions with senior personnel regarding trade-offs, best practices, project management, and risk mitigation
• Hold at least one active project management certification, understand the value proposition of the public cloud and has delivered cloud engagements, presented to C-level executives and technical subject matter experts, balanced multiple stakeholders, and managed projects with 10+ resources, 6+ months, or $250k+ in contract value

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