Solutions Architect II - AMZ9803599

Amazon • San Francisco, CA

17h

About The Position

Act as a technical liaison between customers, service engineering teams and
support. Analyze application portfolios, identify dependencies and common
infrastructure platform components, and access migration feasibility. Architect
hybrid AWS and on-premises solutions. Guide customers on architecture choices
and inform them of the best practices to adopt AWS efficiently and
cost-effectively. Ensure success in building, migrating, and deploying
applications, software and services on the AWS platform. Brief senior executive
team on customer progress of adopting the AWS and define future platform
requirement for on-boarding and migration to AWS. Author AWS customer-facing
publications such as whitepapers. Share best-practice knowledge among the AWS
solutions architect community. Engage with developers, system administrators,
software architects, project manager, directors, and C-level customers to define
cloud strategies and deployments. Educate customers on the value proposition of
AWS and ensure that solutions are designed for successful deployment on AWS.

Requirements

• Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and one year of experience in the job offered, or as a Database Administrator, Support Engineer, or a related occupation.
• Employer will accept Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or related occupation as equivalent to the Master's and one year of experience.
• Must have one year of experience in the following skill(s): (1) designing, implementing, and consulting with distributed applications; (2) architecting, provisioning, and deploying applications to public cloud environments or on-premises virtualized environments using C++, Perl, Python, Java, Ruby, Node.js, or equivalent object-oriented programming language; and (3) experience with database architecture, performance tuning, big data processing, mobile app development, or Big Data/Hadoop.
• Domestic and/or international travel up to 25% to perform role responsibilities may be required.

Nice To Haves

• Please see job description and the position requirements above.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical liaison between customers, service engineering teams and support.
• Analyze application portfolios, identify dependencies and common infrastructure platform components, and access migration feasibility.
• Architect hybrid AWS and on-premises solutions.
• Guide customers on architecture choices and inform them of the best practices to adopt AWS efficiently and cost-effectively.
• Ensure success in building, migrating, and deploying applications, software and services on the AWS platform.
• Brief senior executive team on customer progress of adopting the AWS and define future platform requirement for on-boarding and migration to AWS.
• Author AWS customer-facing publications such as whitepapers.
• Share best-practice knowledge among the AWS solutions architect community.
• Engage with developers, system administrators, software architects, project manager, directors, and C-level customers to define cloud strategies and deployments.
• Educate customers on the value proposition of AWS and ensure that solutions are designed for successful deployment on AWS.

Benefits

• equity
• sign-on payments
• medical
• financial
• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level