Principal Analytics Solutions Architect, US AGS Specialist SA

About the role

AWS Global Sales drives adoption of the AWS cloud worldwide, enabling customers of all sizes to innovate and expand in the cloud. Our team empowers every customer to grow by providing tailored service, unmatched technology, and unwavering support. We dive deep to understand each customer's unique challenges, then craft innovative solutions that accelerate their success.

As an Analytics Specialist Solutions Architect, you will be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) helping customers leverage AWS services to solve their most challenging business problems. AWS Solution Architects are well-respected and highly-visible, partnering across the company to own the customer’s technical experience. You will work directly with customers' technical and business leaders, joining forces with Account Managers, Business Development, and Service Teams to enable customer adoption and growth.

The Area Specialist Team consists of deep domain experts who work directly with customers to solve complex challenges. We are part of the Account Team, responsible for account planning, opportunity identification, and pursuit. We stay closely connected to our customers and bring valuable data and insights to our product teams, strengthening the product roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Provide customers with deep technical expertise in your domain to advance adoption of AWS products in service to customer goals.
• Collaborate with specialist, sales, marketing, and product teams to ideate around customers’ most challenging business problems.
• Act as a trusted advisor to line of business and C-suite leaders.
• Lead architectural reviews and workshops to advance your customer’s technical objectives.
• Act as a thought leader sharing best practices through forums such as AWS blogs, whitepapers, reference architectures, and public-speaking events like AWS Summit and AWS re:Invent.
• Participate as a leader in AWS technical communities.
• Educate customers on the value proposition of AWS and participate in architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud.
• Provide data and anecdotes on what is working and what is not back to the larger specialist community and product teams.
• Act as the primary point of contact for urgent customer issues in your technical specialty.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in specific technology domain areas (e.g., software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or equivalent.
• Experience developing technology solutions and evangelizing end-to-end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing.
• Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences and at C-level, including training, workshops, and publications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of distributed systems design and implementation or equivalent.
• Knowledge of large-scale automation and workflow management or equivalent.
• Knowledge of database design and implementation or equivalent.
• Strong presentation and whiteboarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and external executives, IT management, and developers.
• Experience architecting, migrating, transforming, or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud.

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and options for supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support.
• Medical Advice Line and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.

Pay

The base salary range for this position varies by location:

• East Palo Alto, CA: $210,200 - $284,300 USD annually
• Atlanta, GA: $182,800 - $247,300 USD annually
• Chicago, IL: $182,800 - $247,300 USD annually
• Boston, MA: $182,800 - $247,300 USD annually
• New York, NY: $201,000 - $272,000 USD annually
• Dallas, TX: $182,800 - $247,300 USD annually
• Arlington, VA: $182,800 - $247,300 USD annually
• Herndon, VA: $182,800 - $247,300 USD annually

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.

About the team

Amazon 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.

At AWS, we strive for work-life harmony, supporting flexibility as part of our working culture. We foster a culture of inclusion through employee-led affinity groups and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences.

We offer endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and career-advancing resources to help you develop into a well-rounded professional.