Amazon

Sr. Solutions Architect, US FSI

Amazon$153K — $207K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in technology domains like software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, etc.
  • 3+ years in design, implementation, or consulting for applications and infrastructures.
  • 10+ years in IT development or implementation/consulting within software or Internet industries.
  • 5+ years in infrastructure architecture, database architecture, or networking (preferred).
  • Cloud Technology Certification (e.g., Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional, Cloud DevOps Engineering) is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure success in designing, building, and migrating applications on AWS.
  • Educate customers on AWS value propositions.
  • Engage in architectural discussions to create AWS solutions designed for cloud deployment.
  • Contribute to AWS publications like whitepapers and proofs of concept.
  • Collaborate with the sales team to exceed revenue goals via AWS adoption.
  • Cultivate relationships with senior technical client personnel to encourage cloud advocacy.
  • Share best practices within the AWS solutions architect community.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription).
  • 401(k) matching program.
  • Paid time off.
  • Parental leave.
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
Full Job Description
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a Solutions Architect in Portland who is passionate about helping customers build infrastructures and applications at scale. Our solutions architects are experienced technologists with technical breadth and depth coupled with strong interpersonal skills. As a solutions architect, you will work directly with some of our largest customers to enable innovation through continuous deployment across technology stacks and demonstrate best practices around advanced cloud solutions.

You will partner with Sales, Professional Services, and several other AWS teams to craft highly scalable, flexible and resilient cloud architectures that address customer business problems and accelerate the adoption of our services. Our solutions architects build architectures and provide prescriptive guidance across networking, storage, operating systems, virtualization, RDBMS & NoSQL databases, Hadoop, and mid-tier technologies (application integration, security, in-memory caches). The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of large scale computing solutions and experience leading deep architecture discussions in a pre-sales role.

Roles and Responsibilities:

- As a key member of the Account team, ensure success in designing, building and migrating applications, software, and services on the AWS platform

- Educate customers on the value proposition of AWS

- Participate in deep architectural discussions and design exercises to create world-class solutions built on AWS while ensuring solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud

- Author or otherwise contribute to AWS customer-facing publications such as whitepapers and proof of concepts

- In partnership with the sales team, formulate and execute a sales strategy to exceed revenue objectives through the adoption of AWS

- Build deep relationships with senior technical individuals within customers to enable them to be cloud advocates

- Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS solutions architect community

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

- 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience

- Experience working with end user or developer communities

- Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS

- Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)

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, TX, Austin - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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