• Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for experienced and motivated technologists who possess a unique balance of technical depth and strong interpersonal skills
• The ideal candidate must be self-motivated with a proven track record in software/technology sales or consulting
• You should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, products, and technical challenges
• We are looking for candidates who are comfortable at the intersection of technology and business
• The Solutions Architect is a very technical role - you must be broadly competent across many areas of technology (infrastructure, security, DevOps, databases, application development, analytics) and deep in at least two of those areas
• On the business side, the ability to connect technology with measurable business value is critical to a solutions architect
• 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 3+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience

Desirable

• We are hiring Enterprise Solutions Architects to work with some of the world's largest Enterprise customers
• The Solutions Architect engages with customers to understand their business drivers, assess application portfolios, and design reliable and cost-effective cloud native architectures
• As an Enterprise Solutions Architect, you will partner with customers, AWS Sales, and other AWS teams to create solutions that address customer business problems and accelerate the adoption of AWS services
• In collaboration with sales, you will drive revenue growth across a broad set of customers
• The Solutions Architect will spend most of their day interacting with customer stakeholders, including developers, team leads, engineering directors, and CxOs
• In partnership with the sales team, formulate and execute a sales strategy to exceed revenue objectives through the adoption of AWS
• As a key member of the business development and sales team, ensure success in building and migrating applications, software and services on the AWS platform
• 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 across the AWS Solutions Architect community
• Author or otherwise contribute to AWS customer-facing publications such as whitepapers and blog posts
• 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
• Be open to domestic (US) travel up to 25%