Solutions Architect - Cloud Optimization Success

AWS Cloud Optimization Success is seeking a Solutions Architect who will build out example scenarios and hands-on labs to demonstrate best practices for deploying workloads in the cloud. This person will work with internal and external stakeholders to help acquire and maintain a proficiency in conducting Well-Architected Framework Reviews along with using tools like AWS Trusted Advisor and AWS Health, reviewing the results, and encouraging the resolution of any critical items or improvements detected in the workloads.

The ideal candidate will be just as comfortable talking with the implementation engineers as they are talking with the CTO or CFO. We want to help our customers build cloud native applications and adopt new ways of thinking about technology solutions. We are extending an information-rich product that uses advanced tooling to deliver the right content and advice to customers as they build and operate their workloads on AWS.

You will enjoy the opportunities in this role if you like working with partners and customers, and helping them with their adoption and execution of this solution with end customers.

The Role

In this role, you will need to be technically capable and credible in shaping the solutions-focused skills of AWS partners and customers with respect to conducting AWS Well-Architected Framework Reviews, implementing best practices to remediate any critical issues, and educate customers and partners on how to improve their implementations. You will be responsible for building and maintaining example workloads and hands-on labs that will be used to educate and onboard partner organizations.

You will help shape and deliver on a strategy to build mind share and broad use of AWS across the partner and customer communities by emphasizing the importance of implementing AWS Well-Architected best practices. Working backwards from the customer business challenges, you will define specific technical enablement strategies which enable our customers and partners to become more successful on AWS.

You will take part in delivering Cloud Optimization Success Workshops and leading labs to enable various partners, customers, and internal stakeholders. You will provide leadership for the technical relationship and act as the trusted advisor for specific questions on implementation using tooling and within their processes. You will develop, improve, and execute multi-day workshops, lead whiteboarding sessions, and respond to inquiries while the partner or customer is learning and implementing the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

You will have the opportunity to dive deep on our AWS technologies and will work side by side with some of the top technical talent in the industry.

Key job responsibilities

This is an opportunity to be part of history and transform businesses through cloud computing adoption and growth. Deep technical skills and trusted advisor in Solution Architecture and Cloud Computing. Customer facing skills, ideally gained within a partner organization. A demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges. Some travel required (25-40% domestic travel, travel across EMEA and occasional broader international travel).

Assist partners and customers on diving deep on AWS Services as they develop their use of the AWS Well-Architected Framework, Cloud Adoption Framework and supporting tooling.

A day in the life

AWS Global Services includes experts from across AWS who help our customers design, build, operate, and secure their cloud environments. Customers innovate with AWS Professional Services, upskill with AWS Training and Certification, optimize with AWS Support and Managed Services, and meet objectives with AWS Security Assurance Services. Our expertise and emerging technologies include AWS Partners, AWS Sovereign Cloud, AWS International Product, and the Generative AI Innovation Center. You’ll join a diverse team of technical experts in dozens of countries who help customers achieve more with the AWS cloud.

About the team

AWS Global Services includes experts from across AWS who help our customers design, build, operate, and secure their cloud environments. Customers innovate with AWS Professional Services, upskill with AWS Training and Certification, optimize with AWS Support and Managed Services, and meet objectives with AWS Security Assurance Services. Our expertise and emerging technologies include AWS Partners, AWS Sovereign Cloud, AWS International Product, and the Generative AI Innovation Center. You’ll join a diverse team of technical experts in dozens of countries who help customers achieve more with the AWS cloud.

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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience of technical writing (documentation, blog posts, books, online courses, whitepapers etc) and experience working as part of a distributed team.
• Hands-on experience building, deploying and running production Cloud workloads and experience with industry architecture and compliance frameworks.
• Understands large-scale complex distributed systems from an operational effectiveness, security, and reliability perspective.
• Strong automation mindset and passion to identify or develop strategies to mitigate manual intervention going forward and have a track record of designing and implementing cloud best practices (e.g. architecting, provisioning, deployment, monitoring, incident management, continual service improvement, cost containment, etc.).
• Ability to work globally.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience as a Senior Solutions Architect/Consultant supporting Cloud workloads across a variety of implementations.
• Content and digital asset management.
• Experience in a high-level programming/scripting language(s) (e.g. Python, Golang, JavaScript, Java, C#, etc.).
• AWS Certifications (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect Professional, AWS DevOps Professional, etc.).
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional or military experience.