Payments Senior SA, GFS - Payments Market Development

We are seeking a Payments industry senior solution architect to join the AWS Worldwide Financial Services team. This role focuses on accelerating AWS adoption in the consumer and institutional payments space, working with C-level and line of business executives to meet customer needs and drive cloud technology adoption.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key member of the Worldwide Payments team, driving AWS marketing, sales, and technical strategies for the payments industry.
• Coach sales teams on AWS services relevant to payments customers.
• Understand the unique technical requirements of payments and banking customers and guide the adoption of AWS services for complex customer needs.
• Work directly with customers to recommend best-practice cloud architectures aligned with their long-term business goals.
• Drive technical solution discussions, solving complex challenges and crafting scalable, flexible, and resilient cloud architectures.
• Scope and own customer engagements with clear objectives and success criteria.
• Work backward from customer business needs to accelerate adoption of the most appropriate AWS technology.
• Define and execute strategy by engaging with highly technical teams, including Solutions Architects, Technical Account Managers, and AWS professional services consultants.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in specific technology domain areas (e.g., software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).
• 3+ years of experience in design, implementation, or consulting for applications and infrastructures.
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting experience in the software or Internet industries.

Skills

• 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture, and networking experience.
• Knowledge of SAP systems (e.g., SAP Business Suite, S/4HANA, SAP Business Warehouse, SAP HANA, SAP Business Objects) and their architecture and infrastructure needs.
• Experience working with end-user or developer communities.
• Experience managing relationships with SAP customers and partners.
• Experience in SAP S/4HANA, SAP Cloud Platform, SAP Cloud ERP, and Cloud ERP Private.
• Experience in SAP clean core design concepts, including design and build using non-SAP technologies in domains such as Generative/Agentic AI and data & analytics.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D, with options for supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).

Pay

Base salary range: $169,000 - $228,600 USD annually.