Senior Solutions Architect - Flexible location/Remote Germany, Rapid Response Team

Key Skills

logo, JavaScript, Java Programming, Design of Experiment, Python Programming, .NET, Database, SQL, DevOps, AWS, Big Data Technology, NoSQL, VMware vCentre, Data Analytics, Applied Machine Learning

Job Description

This role is within the Germany organization and you will be working with Enterprise customers.

Solutions Architects 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. Solutions Architects are responsible for creating and presenting technical content and sharing best practices.

Solutions Architects are responsible for the overall technical relationship between customers and AWS and make recommendations on security, cost, performance, reliability and operational efficiency. They work to understand the customers' needs and give prescriptive guidance on how to create business value with AWS technology. Solutions Architects lead activities such as architecture reviews, whiteboarding sessions, demos and technical workshops. They collaborate with other teams such as account management, professional services, support, product teams and the AWS partner ecosystem.

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 define or invent cloud-native reference architectures for a variety of use cases. The Solutions Architecture team is a diverse group of technologists from a variety of backgrounds. Practical knowledge of the AWS platform is desired but not required, provided you have a sound technical foundation and a desire to learn.

You will have the support to grow your expertise in industry and technology areas of depth. Every day you will learn something new from your customers, your peers and your own experiments.

At Amazon you will be encouraged and rewarded for doing what is right for the long-term success of the customer. We value your passion to discover, invent and build on behalf of customers.

The position is available in Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Munich, and virtual location in Germany.

Amazon has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity and inclusion. We seek builders from all backgrounds to join our teams, and we encourage our employees to bring their authentic, original, and best selves to work.

Key job responsibilities

• Run technical workshops and advise customers on architectural and strategic IT decisions
• Educate customers on best practices to ensure their solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud
• Work with other AWS teams to drive adoption
• Capture and share knowledge with our broader Solution Architect community
• Develop technical content (such as blog-posts, white papers and reference architectures) to convey best practices using AWS
• Participate in evangelizing AWS at events, user groups, and hackathons
• Share customer feedback to internal product management and engineering teams to help drive the future of AWS
• Domestic travel up to 30%

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Fluent written and verbal communication skills in German and English
• Background in any of the following: Cloud Architecture, Systems Design, Software Development, Infrastructure Architecture, Data Engineering or DevOps
• Experience designing, building, refactoring, or operating large scale and impactful IT systems - either on premises or in the cloud
• Technical Degree (Computer Science, Maths, Engineering or equivalent) and/or relevant tech experience
• Passion for technology and for learning

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services
• Knowledge of a modern programming language (Python, JavaScript, Go, .Net, Java, etc.) and/or scripting, Infrastructure as Code etc.
• In-depth working knowledge in a technology domain such as DevOps, Serverless, Big Data, Analytics, Machine Learning, enterprise workloads (SAP, VMware, Windows etc.), high-performance databases (SQL and/or NoSQL), complex networking implementations
• Experience working in a customer-facing role
• Experience with public speaking
• A Masters Degree in computer science, MIS, engineering or equivalent technical degree

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