AWS Senior Solution Architect

Job ID: 3180614 | AWS EMEA SARL (Italy Branch)Solutions Architects (SAs) work hand in hand with AWS customers to help them make the most of the Cloud. They are at the crossroads of business and technology and engage with organizations at all stages of cloud adoption. SAs create and present technical content and sharing best practices.SAs are responsible for the overall technical relationship between customers and AWS and make recommendations on security, cost, performance, reliability, sustainability and operational efficiency. They work to understand the customer's needs and give prescriptive guidance on how to create solutions with AWS technology. SAs lead activities such as architecture reviews, white‐boarding sessions, demos and technical workshops. They collaborate with other teams such as account management, professional services, support, product teams and the AWS partner ecosystem.SAs are technical leaders who combine business acumen with technical skills to architect solutions to complex problems where business objectives may be defined but technology strategy and technical solution design are not. applying judgement and experience when advising customers on short‐ and long‐term implications of tradeoffs. also, they build and own relationships with senior leaders ensuring short‐term technology decisions will meet long‐term business outcomes. They often find opportunities to contribute on shifting delivered solutions into reference designs or reusable artefacts and share best practices by leading and owning the development, delivery, review and maintenance of technical content that educates customers on technology strategy and best practices.They own the root cause resolution of complex problems (both internal and external) and contribute to their organization's strategic planning, helping to identify gaps and opportunities. leveraging their experience to train teammates on how to best design technical solutions for customers.Within the Software&Technology segment in particular, SAs work with large, complex, strategic customers. They work together with Account Managers (AMs) and Technical Account Managers (TAMs) shaping the strategy to achieve business and revenue goals, while ensuring that best, long‐term customer interest is kept as the primary factor in the guidance SAs provide. As such, ISV SAs are expected to have strong technical credibility combined with a great deal of soft skills and business orientation.SAs operate in an autonomous way and are able to identify new technology‐based opportunities. They also play an integral role in developing top SA talent, participating in the hiring process, mentoring new members and contributing to initiatives that help scale the SA organization.In this role you will get to practice your creativity, linking technology to tangible solutions and educating AWS customers about the art of the possible. You will have the opportunity to implement cloud‐native reference architectures for a variety of use cases. Practical knowledge of the AWS platform is desired but not required, provided you have a sound technical foundation and a desire to learn.Key job responsibilities Work directly with customers to accelerate their projects and recommend best‐practice architectures in line with their long‐term business outcomes.Share the voice of the customer to inform the roadmap of AWS features.Participate in the creation and sharing of best practices, technical content and new reference architectures (e.g. white papers, code samples, blog posts).Evangelize and educate about AWS technology (e.g. through workshops, user groups, meetups, public speaking, online videos or conferences).You will also be helping others develop new skills by mentoring team members and knowledge sharing.Background in Cloud Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Systems Design, Software Development, Infrastructure Architecture, Data Engineering and DevOps.Fluency (spoken, written) in Italian and English is required for this position.

Fluency (spoken, written) in Spanish or Portuguese is an advantage for this position.Experience working within software development.Experience working with AWS technologies.Certifications knowledge of AWS services.

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