What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Solutions Architect, Strategic Accounts position at Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
Description
Are you ready to help organizations navigate their cloud journey with AWS? As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will serve as a technical advisor for a strategic SaaS-provider customer. You will combine deep technical knowledge with business acumen to architect solutions that address complex challenges and drive innovation.
This role offers a unique opportunity to work with a customer who operates at unprecedented scale. You will leverage your foundational technical knowledge across various domains while diving deep into specific technical areas. With your builder mindset, you'll craft scalable, flexible, and resilient technical architectures that help customers transform their business through technology.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.
AWS Industries
The AWS Industries team is committed to helping industry customers enable their digital transformation journeys. Our primary goal is to meet customers in their cloud journeys and work backwards from their industry-specific needs to transform their businesses and industries. Our team focuses on business outcomes and industry use cases on behalf of our customers, whether that is how we build products and solutions, how we sell, how we deliver, or how we partner.
Key job responsibilities
Design and own end-to-end customer solutions, shepherding them through the implementation lifecycle while combining business acumen with technical skills to architect solutions for complex problems.
Drive technical solution discussions with customer teams, diving deeply into details including design choices, best practices, and use cases.
Create and share technical content - such as sample code, blog posts, presentations, and workshops - to educate others and promote best practices.
Build consensus across customer teams by clearly articulating concepts and strategies, and leading resolution of contentious issues.
Identify opportunities to accelerate solution adoption by leveraging reusable assets that can benefit the broader customer community.
A day in the life
As a Senior Solutions Architect supporting a strategic customer, you'll begin your day aligning with internal stakeholders on customer priorities before joining customer calls to explore technical architecture and solution options. You'll spend time experimenting with new AWS services to address specific customer challenges and document your findings for broader use. Your afternoons may include architecture sessions where you design solutions for complex workloads, followed by building proof-of-concepts to demonstrate feasibility. You'll also create and share best practices with both internal teams and customers through technical content and hands-on sessions.
About The Team
Our team partners with a strategic SaaS provider. We help this innovative company transform their businesses and deliver exceptional value to their users worldwide. The scale at which our customer operate presents unique technical challenges that require creative solutions.
Join us to be part of a team that values technical excellence, customer obsession, and innovation. You'll work alongside passionate technologists who are excited about solving complex problems and helping customers achieve remarkable outcomes through AWS technologies.
Basic Qualifications
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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, San Francisco - 176,600.00 - 239,000.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
Company - Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Job ID: A10375303
Are you ready to help organizations navigate their cloud journey with AWS? As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will serve as a technical advisor for a strategic SaaS-provider customer. You will combine deep technical knowledge with business acumen to architect solutions that address complex challenges and drive innovation.
This role offers a unique opportunity to work with a customer who operates at unprecedented scale. You will leverage your foundational technical knowledge across various domains while diving deep into specific technical areas. With your builder mindset, you'll craft scalable, flexible, and resilient technical architectures that help customers transform their business through technology.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.
AWS Industries
The AWS Industries team is committed to helping industry customers enable their digital transformation journeys. Our primary goal is to meet customers in their cloud journeys and work backwards from their industry-specific needs to transform their businesses and industries. Our team focuses on business outcomes and industry use cases on behalf of our customers, whether that is how we build products and solutions, how we sell, how we deliver, or how we partner.
Key job responsibilities
Design and own end-to-end customer solutions, shepherding them through the implementation lifecycle while combining business acumen with technical skills to architect solutions for complex problems.
Drive technical solution discussions with customer teams, diving deeply into details including design choices, best practices, and use cases.
Create and share technical content - such as sample code, blog posts, presentations, and workshops - to educate others and promote best practices.
Build consensus across customer teams by clearly articulating concepts and strategies, and leading resolution of contentious issues.
Identify opportunities to accelerate solution adoption by leveraging reusable assets that can benefit the broader customer community.
A day in the life
As a Senior Solutions Architect supporting a strategic customer, you'll begin your day aligning with internal stakeholders on customer priorities before joining customer calls to explore technical architecture and solution options. You'll spend time experimenting with new AWS services to address specific customer challenges and document your findings for broader use. Your afternoons may include architecture sessions where you design solutions for complex workloads, followed by building proof-of-concepts to demonstrate feasibility. You'll also create and share best practices with both internal teams and customers through technical content and hands-on sessions.
About The Team
Our team partners with a strategic SaaS provider. We help this innovative company transform their businesses and deliver exceptional value to their users worldwide. The scale at which our customer operate presents unique technical challenges that require creative solutions.
Join us to be part of a team that values technical excellence, customer obsession, and innovation. You'll work alongside passionate technologists who are excited about solving complex problems and helping customers achieve remarkable outcomes through AWS technologies.
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
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients
- Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS
- Knowledge of software development tools and methodologies
- Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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, San Francisco - 176,600.00 - 239,000.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
Company - Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Job ID: A10375303