Sr Solutions Architect, Web Services

Sr Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services

Job  | Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Do you like helping customers implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems? Do you have experience helping groups understand application architectures and migration approaches, and the skills to launch a project on a trajectory to success? Are you familiar with security best practices for applications, servers, and networks? Do you want to be part of the business development team helping to establish Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a leading technology platform?

Amazon Web Services is looking for a highly motivated Solutions Architect to help accelerate our growing Public Sector practice. As a Solutions Architect within AWS, you will have the opportunity to help shape and deliver a strategy to build broad use of Amazon's utility computing web services (e.g., Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, and Amazon Cloud Front) directly with customers and AWS Partners.

• Own the technical engagement around specific implementation projects.
• Provide best practices to customers, develop deep expertise in AWS technologies, and be a subject matter expert on security as it relates to customer applications and services.
• Provide exceptional technical design and thought leadership to customers while working with a world‑class sales and business development team.
• Lead efforts to capture and share best‑practices within the AWS Solution Architect community.

Key job responsibilities include: owning the technical engagement around specific implementation projects; providing best practices to customers, developing deep expertise in AWS technologies and how applications and services are constructed using the AWS platform; being a subject matter expert on security as it relates to customer applications and services; leading efforts to capture and share best‑practices; and collaborating with partners.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about the following:

• Helping our customers design and create cloud computing architectures.
• Living and working by AWS Leadership Principles and taking pride in your value proposition to customers.
• The curiosity to keep technical skills current while maintaining a pulse on industry trends.

With experience in the following key areas:

• Technical presentation experience – Whiteboard, small and large group presentations.
• Designing, developing, deploying and/or migrating to cloud environments.
• Website/service operations, management, and security.

This role requires the ability to travel 30%.

• 8+ years of specific technology domain experience (e.g., 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 experience in the software or Internet industries.

• 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience.
• Experience working with end‑user or developer communities.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

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USA, VA, Arlington - $ - $ USD annually