Enterprise Architect, Strategic Customer Engagements, Enterprise Architecture, SCE
About the team
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Key job responsibilities
- Work with senior customer leaders (CIO and CTO) to build a common vision and architecture based on the transformation strategy
- Engage in pursuits that span across multiple Amazon businesses
- Define end-to-end holistic outcome-based solution in collaboration with sales, strategy, and business development teams
- Ensure multiple solutions work together, align to enterprise architecture standards, leverage common solutions and services, and meet financial targets (cost and benefits)
- Serve as the AWS executive technical sponsor for the strategic transformation initiative
- Engage with system integrators, multiple ISVs and other partners and provide oversight
- Create board ready presentations articulating the transformation strategy, solution vision and value case
- Present the strategy and vision to the C-suite including CEOs, COO, CFO, CIO and CTO
- Partner closely with Sales Leadership teams and Field Sales organization
- Partner with cross functional teams across Amazon and partners – legal, product, engineering, architecture, structuring, and professional services to help execute a winning pursuit
About the role
We are seeking Principal Enterprise Architects to join our Strategic Customer Engagements (SCE) team to work on AWS’s most complex commercial pursuits.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of IT and/or Management Consulting Services, or 10+ years of progressive technology implementation experience
- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years in a technical leadership role e.g. CTO, Head of Technology, Engineering/Technology Director, General Manager, Principal Solutions Architect, Lead Architect/Engineer, etc.
Preferred qualifications
- 10+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience engaging and influencing C-level executives, both business and technical
- Experience as an IT industry thought leader on relevant topics related to enterprise IT infrastructure
- Experience implementing AWS services in a variety of distributed computing environments
- Experience in leading complex, large-scale, IT, technical or engineering programs
Benefits
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.