Job description
We are seeking an experienced AWS Solutions Architect to design, architect, and implement comprehensive AWS-based solutions that align with customer requirements and business objectives.
Main responsibilities
- Design, architect, and document comprehensive AWS-based solutions that align with customer requirements and business objectives.
- Create proposals and SOWs in key areas such as data modernization, migration, GenAI, etc.
- Interact directly with customers to understand their business needs, challenges, and goals.
- Participate in AWS sales and partnering meetings, both in market and at AWS offices.
- Build relationships with key AWS stakeholders, including Solution Architects, Account Managers, and Partner Sales and Development Managers.
- Develop strategies for cloud adoption and migration of existing workloads to AWS.
- Assess existing AWS environments, identify optimization opportunities, and propose strategies for enhancing performance, reliability, and cost savings.
- Communicate technical concepts and solutions effectively to diverse audiences.
- Support the implementation and deployment of AWS solutions, ensuring adherence to AWS architectural best practices.
- Initiate strategic meetings, including onsite, and build relationships with senior technical individuals to encourage customer advocacy.
- Provide thought leadership on AWS best practices, architectures, and integrations to both customers and internal teams.
- Work closely with Sales to provide status updates and insights learned during customer discovery.
- Collaborate with Legal, Finance, and Sales teams to prepare sales proposals, statements of work, and other strategic agreements.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on AWS technologies, trends, and best practices, providing mentorship to junior team members.
- Stay abreast of emerging AWS services, industry trends, and new technologies.
- Author and contribute to customer-facing publications such as whitepapers and blogs.
- Ability to travel up to 25%.
Requirements and skills
- 8+ years of experience in technology domains (e.g., cloud computing, systems engineering, architecture, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).
- 3+ years in pre-sales/sales engineering with AWS or AWS-related projects at AWS Consulting Partner (Advanced or Premier).
- Experience in pre-sales with large SMBs or enterprise customers; be prepared to discuss three recent projects that meet these criteria.
- 5+ years of design and professional services experience, with at least 2+ years implementing solutions on AWS.
- Experience in migrations, data-driven applications, and building cloud platforms for delivering business and client-facing applications.
- Experience with DevOps practices, cloud networking, cloud migration, cloud security, and application integration.
- Experience automating cloud infrastructure with Terraform, CloudFormation, and similar products and services.
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification required.
- Clear understanding and demonstrated experience in using Bedrock to deploy and apply LLMs and foundation models effectively.
- Based in US.
- Fluency in English is mandatory.
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