DescriptionDo you like helping customers implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems? Would you like to do this using the latest cloud computing technologies? Do you have a knack for helping groups understand application architectures and integration approaches, and the consultative and leadership skills to launch a project on a trajectory to success?Are you familiar with security best practices for applications, servers, and networks? Do you want to be part of the business development team helping to establish Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a leading technology platform? Would you like to be part of a sales group, but have your opinion valued as a technical resource as part of planning and strategies?Amazon Web Services is looking for a highly motivated Solutions Architect to help accelerate our growing Education Technology (EdTech) business as part of the World Wide Public Sector practice.As a Solutions Architect within AWS, you will have the opportunity to help shape and deliver on a strategy to build broad use of Amazon's utility computing web services (e.g., Amazon Bedrock, AWS EC2, AWS S3, AWS RDS, and AWS CloudFront) directly with customers and our ecosystem of system integrators and solution providers. Your broad responsibilities will include: 1/ owning the technical engagement and ultimate success around specific implementation projects; 2/defining implementation architectures, 3/responding to RFPs, 4/ developing a deep expertise in the AWS technologies as well as broad know-how around how applications and services are constructed using the AWS platform; 5/ reviewing sales pipeline and working on sales strategy with your account manager counterpart; 6/ developing and conducting thought leadership to share knowledge with customers; and 7/ advancing organization initiatives through collaboration inside AWS/Amazon.As a Solutions Architect on our team, you will provide exceptional technical design and thought leadership to our customers while working with a world class sales and business development team. You will lead efforts to capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS solution architect community. You will gain the opportunity to learn from, collaborate with, and educate some of the brightest technical minds in the industry today across the breadth of enterprise architecture.Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.From idea to IPO and beyond, AWS sets the standard for education technology applications. The AWS Cloud lets EdTechs build and launch solutions that help students learn every day. You will be helping our EdTech customers start, grow, and optimize their businesses on the AWS Cloud. You will work with customers and other AWS team members to solve problems such as scale, or adapting existing solutions for new ways of learning. The AWS Cloud provides the flexibility and agility needed to experiment; you get to help our customers realize their potential.Please apply if you are passionate about the following:
Helping our customers to design and create cloud computing architectures
Our company credo: “Work hard. Have fun. Make history.” It’s critical to love what you do and take pride in your value proposition to our customers.
Deep-dive technical discussions around design and an intellectual curiosity to always keep your technical skills current while maintaining a pulse on industry trends.
With experience in the following key areas:
Technical presentation experience – White board, small and large group presentations
Technical – Web Services development/deployment experience, cloud computing
Operational – Web site/services operations, management, and security
Ability to travel 25-30%
About the teamThe EdTech Solution Architecture team mission is to be the best technology enabler for EdTech ISVs and allow them to achieve their goals by guiding them through their business & technology strategy and the use of AWS services. We are an exciting diverse group of Solution Architects helping EdTech companies and partners serve the needs of their end customers.Inclusive Team CultureHere at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have twelve employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.Work/Life BalanceOur team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.Mentorship & Career GrowthOur team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.A day in the lifeAs an SA you will meet with your sales counterpart to track your territory's pipeline and discuss overall strategy, meet with customers to work backwards towards their goals seeking to understand the timeline, budget, and need, and design and POC architectures for possible implementation. The role is very technical requiring a depth and breadth of technical understanding. The role is also a sales facing role and, as such, requires someone with the ability to earn trust and work out technical, business, and organizational challenges in real time.Basic Qualifications
Experience with one of the following programming languages: Python, Ruby, Node.js, C#, or C+- Experience with two or more of the following: networking fundamentals, security, storage or databases (relational or NoSQL), operating systems (Unix, Linux, or Windows)
Preferred Qualifications
Experience implementing a cloud-based technology solution
Experience in any of the following: Cloud Architecture, Systems Design, Software Development, Infrastructure Architecture, Data Engineering or DevOps
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