Amazon

Senior Solutions Architect, California Higher Education

Amazon$153K — $207K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in technology domains (software development, cloud computing, systems engineering).
  • 3+ years of experience in designing or consulting on applications and infrastructure.
  • Bachelor's or higher in STEM, or experience with AWS services (S3, Redshift, Lambda, etc.).
  • 1+ years in technology-related sales or consulting roles.
  • Knowledge of security/compliance standards like HIPAA and GDPR.

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical engagement on implementation projects.
  • Define implementation architectures and respond to RFPs.
  • Develop expertise in AWS technologies and application construction.
  • Act as a subject matter expert on application and service security.
  • Share best practices among the AWS solutions architect community.

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, and prescription).
  • 401(k) matching and flexible spending accounts.
  • Paid time off and parental leave.
  • Mental health support and EAP services.
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
Full Job Description
Do you like helping higher education customers implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems? Would you like to do this using the latest cloud computing technologies? Do you have a knack for helping groups understand application architectures and integration approaches, and the consultative and leadership skills to launch a project on a trajectory to success?

Are you familiar with security best practices for applications, servers, and networks? Would you like to be part of a sales group, but have your opinion valued as a technical resource as part of planning and strategies?

Amazon Web Services is looking for a highly motivated Solutions Architect to help accelerate our growing business as part of the World Wide Public Sector practice. As a Solutions Architect within AWS, you will have the opportunity to help shape and deliver on a strategy to build broad use of Amazon's utility computing web services (e.g., AWS EC2, AWS S3, AWS RDS, and AWS CloudFront) directly with customers and our ecosystem of system integrators and solution providers.

Your broad responsibilities will include: owning the technical engagement and ultimate success around specific implementation projects; defining implementation architectures, responding to RFPs, developing a deep expertise in the AWS technologies as well as broad know-how around how applications and services are constructed using the AWS platform; and being a subject matter expert on security as it relates to customer applications and services.

As a Solutions Architect on our team, you will provide exceptional technical design and thought leadership to our customers while working with a world class sales and business development team. You will lead efforts to capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS solution architect community. You will gain the opportunity to learn from, collaborate with, and educate some of the brightest technical minds in the industry today across the breadth of enterprise architecture.

Please apply if you are passionate about the following:

Helping our customers to design and create cloud computing architectures

Our company credo: "Work hard. Have fun. Make history." It's critical to love what you do and take pride in your value proposition to our customers.

Deep-dive technical discussions around design and an intellectual curiosity to always keep your technical skills current while maintaining a pulse on industry trends.

With experience in the following key areas:

Technical presentation experience - White board, small and large group presentations

Technical - Web Services development/deployment experience, cloud computing

Operational - Web site/services operations, management, and security

Ability to travel 30%

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience

- 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree or above in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM), or experience with AWS services including S3, Redshift, Sagemaker, EMR, Kinesis, Lambda, and EC2

- 1+ years of technology-related sales, business development, or sales engineering/consulting experience

- Knowledge of security and compliance standards including HIPAA and GDPR

- 6+ years of working cross functionally across several teams experience, or Bachelor's degree

- 2+ years of data center or mission critical facilities (example: hospital, military facility, public safety facility, etc.) experience

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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Irvine - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

USA, CA, San Diego - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

USA, CA, Santa Monica - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

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