Optimization Solutions Architect, OPTICS

About the role

The AWS Industries OPTICS (Optimization Intelligence for Cloud Systems) team has a direct impact on AWS’s largest customers’ FinOps and Cloud Financial Management strategies. The OPTICS team works to proactively optimize our customer’s deployments, identify cost savings, educate stakeholders on cloud best practices & FinOps, and create cost and usage transparency.

Responsibilities

• Dive deep into our customer's cloud footprint to find the unique opportunities for them to save money.
• Build relationships and mechanisms to drive and motivate change related to cloud optimization and efficiency best practices.
• Engage with technology leaders up to the CXO level, in order to drive strategic financial outcomes.
• Simplify cost reporting and visibility, provide insights into cost-efficient cloud operations and guidance on key performance indicators.
• Create, present, and implement guidance on cost optimization reviews.
• Develop strategies to bring business, finance and technology together to drive optimization and efficiency across customer’s cloud footprints.
• Formulate and implement a strategy on how the team can share their learnings with AWS.
• Evangelize cost management with customers, partners, and at various networking opportunities.
• Act as the subject matter expert around building cost aware cultures, cloud financial strategies, cost management mechanisms, and cost-efficient cloud architecture best practices.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 2+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 3+ years developing, negotiating and executing business agreements and working with, presenting to, and negotiating with C-level executives, IT, lines of business, procurement, finance, and legal and internal stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certification, such as, AWS Solutions Architect, or a similar cloud certification
• Experience working with Cloud related technology, and optimized or designed Cloud related technology for an enterprise customer
• 2+ years working with customers on substantial, strategic, and complex software or cloud services/infrastructure deals
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field of study or 12+ years of related work experience

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Schedule

Our 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.