Senior Solutions Architect, Strategic Accounts

Are you ready to help organizations navigate their cloud journey with AWS? As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will be serve as a technical advisor for a premier media and entertainment customer. You will combine deep technical knowledge with business acumen to architect solutions that address complex challenges and drive innovation. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with a customer who operates at unprecedented scale. You will leverage your foundational technical knowledge across various domains while diving deep into specific technical areas. With your builder mindset, you'll craft scalable, flexible, and resilient technical architectures that help customers transform their business through technology. Key job responsibilities Design and own end-to-end customer solutions, shepherding them through the implementation lifecycle while combining business acumen with technical skills to architect solutions for complex problems. Drive technical solution discussions with customer teams, diving deeply into technical details including design choices, best practices, and use cases. Create technical content that is easily adopted and reusable by others, educating and sharing best practices through sample code, blog posts, presentations, and workshops. Build consensus across customer teams by clearly articulating concepts and strategies, harmonizing discordant views and leading resolution of contentious issues. Identify opportunities to accelerate solution adoption by componentizing solutions and leveraging existing reusable assets that can benefit the broader customer community. A day in the life Your day begins with internal stakeholder meetings to align on customer priorities before joining customer calls to discuss technical architecture and solution options. You'll spend time experimenting with new services to solve specific customer challenges, then document your findings. Afternoons might include solutioning sessions where you craft architectures that address complex media workloads, followed by building proof-of-concepts to demonstrate feasibility. You'll close your day evangelizing best practices to both internal teams and customers. About the team Our team partners with premier media and entertainment customers who are pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the cloud. We help these innovative companies transform their businesses and deliver exceptional content experiences to millions of users worldwide. The scale at which our customers operate presents unique technical challenges that require creative solutions. Join us to be part of a team that values technical excellence, customer obsession, and innovation. You'll work alongside passionate technologists who are excited about solving complex problems and helping customers achieve remarkable outcomes through AWS technologies. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience - 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience - Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent - Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS - Knowledge of software development tools and methodologies - Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering) Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.