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Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services, Federal Financial

Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Herndon, VA · 1 mo ago
ConsultingFull-time

Do you like helping customers implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems? Do you have experience helping groups understand application architectures and migration approaches, and the 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?

About the role

Amazon Web Services is looking for a highly motivated Solutions Architect to help accelerate our growing Public Sector practice. As a Solutions Architect within AWS, you will have the opportunity to help shape and deliver a strategy to build broad use of Amazon's utility computing web services (e.g., Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, and Amazon CloudFront) directly with customers and AWS Partners.

This role requires the ability to travel 30%. The candidate selected must be a US Citizen.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical engagement around specific implementation projects
  • Provide best practices to customers
  • Develop deep expertise in AWS technologies and how applications and services are constructed using the AWS platform
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on security as it relates to customer applications and services
  • Provide exceptional technical design and thought leadership to customers while working with a world-class sales and business development team
  • Lead efforts to capture and share best-practices within the AWS Solution Architect community

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

  • 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
  • 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
  • 5+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
  • Bachelor's degree, or CASP+ (CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner) or CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) or Cloud+ or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries
  • Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
  • Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective

Skills

  • Technical presentation experience – whiteboard, small and large group presentations
  • Designing, developing, deploying, and/or migrating to cloud environments
  • Web site/services operations, management, and security
  • Passion for helping customers design and create cloud computing architectures
  • Curiosity to keep technical skills current and maintain a pulse on industry trends

About the team

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.

Why AWS?

  • Inclusive Team Culture: Employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to embrace our uniqueness.
  • Mentorship & Career Growth: Continuous learning and mentorship opportunities to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
  • Work/Life Balance: Flexible working culture to support work-life harmony.

Pay

USA, VA, Arlington - $131,300.00 - $177,600.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Herndon - $131,300.00 - $177,600.00 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.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and optional supplemental life plans)
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and 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 amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

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