• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience from working as a Solution Architect
• Technical background
• Structured way of working
• Experience from cross team collaboration, internally as well as with external organizations

Amazon Web Services (AWS) isn’t a startup, but we act like one. We innovate, move fast, and disrupt the status quo every day. We have the confidence to pursue the unexpected path and do things differently. At the same time, we’re enabling and inspiring our customers to move into the future. AWS values customer trust above all else. Everything we do is in service of making sure our current and future customers feel comfortable, secure, and happy with their choice to move to the AWS cloud.

A Solutions Architect wear two major hats: a trusted entity within the customer’s organization and an advocate on behalf of the customer inside of AWS. Your responsibilities will include: owning the technical engagement and ultimate success around specific implementation projects, 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.

We are looking for people that are humble, authentic, value driven and empathic. The culture is strong at Amazon and we are driven by our leadership principles in our day to day work. As a more experienced Solutions Architect, you will be able to have conversations with leaders of companies about their strategy as well as with developers that are doing the implementation. This bridge between business and technology, and being a trusted advisor to the customer, is key to success as a Solutions Architect.

In the role of a Senior Solutions Architect, the most important work you do will be together with our customers. The ideal candidate will posses customer facing skills and the ability to have discussions with senior personnel within the company. As well, they have a technical background that enables them to easily interact with software developers and architects. They should also have a demonstrated ability to think structured about business, product, and technical challenges.

Come build the future with us.

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.

Key job responsibilities

• Run technical workshops and advise customers on architectural and strategic IT decisions
• Educate customers on best practices to ensure their solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud
• Work with other AWS teams to drive adoption and revenue
• Capture and share knowledge with our broader Solution Architect community
• Develop technical content (such as blog-posts, white papers and reference architectures) to convey best practices using AWS
• Practice Thought Leadership for AWS at events, user groups, hackathons and online
• Share customer feedback to internal product management and engineering teams to help drive the future of AWS

About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and Amaze Con (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

• Technical degree, preferably in Computer Science
• Working knowledge of software development practices and technologies highly desired
• Experience from Cloud Application Architecture
• Certification in Cloud Computing, i.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Certification

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