Senior Solutions Architect, AWSI Healthcare & Life Sciences

Job Description

As an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solutions Architect in AWS Industries Healthcare and Life Sciences segment, you are responsible for partnering with our most valuable customers to design cloud architectures utilizing AWS services to help drive forward the pharmaceutical industry. You have technical depth, business aptitude, and the ability to lead in‑depth technology discussions, articulating the business value of the AWS platform and services.

Effective communication and interpersonal skills are required for engaging and influencing Enterprise Architects, Technical Architects, Cloud Architects, Directors, VPs and CXOs. You will partner some of the world’s largest companies to craft highly scalable, flexible and resilient cloud architectures that address customer business problems and accelerate the adoption of AWS services. In collaboration with account managers, you will assist in driving growth across a small set of global customers.

As a trusted customer advocate, the solutions architect will help organizations understand best practices around advanced cloud‑based solutions and how to migrate existing workloads to the cloud. You will have the opportunity to help shape and execute a strategy to build mind‑share and broad use of AWS within enterprise customers. The ability to connect technology with measurable business value is critical to a solutions architect.

You should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, products, and technical challenges.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent.
• Experience in IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries.
• Experience in design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures.
• Experience communicating across technical and non‑technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients.
• Knowledge of AWS services, market segments, customer base and industry verticals.
• Knowledge of cloud architecture.
• 3+ years of solving problems with technology in the Healthcare/Life Sciences Industry experience.

• Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud Dev Ops Engineering).
• Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud.
• Experience in infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking.
• Experience working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage.

• Ensure success in building and migrating applications, software and services on the AWS platform.
• In partnership with the account management team, formulate and execute a strategy.
• Educate customers of all sizes on the value proposition of AWS, and participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud.
• Conduct one‑to‑few and one‑to‑many training sessions to transfer knowledge to customers considering or already using AWS.
• Capture and share best‑practice knowledge amongst the AWS solutions architect community.
• Author or otherwise contribute to AWS customer‑facing publications such as white papers.
• Build deep relationships with senior technical individuals within customers to enable them to be cloud advocates.
• Act as a technical liaison between customers, service engineering teams, and support.

Amazon values diverse experiences and encourages candidates to apply even if they do not meet all of the preferred qualifications. We offer comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. For more information, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

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