Amazon
Principal Solutions Architect, Global Financial Services (GFS)
Amazon, New York, New York, us, 10261
Principal Solutions Architect, Global Financial Services (GFS)
Job ID: 2836236 | Amazon Web Services, Inc.Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for an experienced and motivated technologist who possesses a unique balance of technical depth and strong interpersonal skills. As a Principal Solutions Architect, you will partner with leaders from some of the world’s largest financial services companies, AWS leadership, account management, and several other AWS teams to craft highly scalable, flexible, and resilient cloud architectures that address core customer business problems and accelerate the adoption of AWS services.
In collaboration with sales, you will drive revenue growth across a small set of systemically important global financial services industry (FSI) customers. As a trusted customer advocate, the solutions architect will help these organizations understand best practices around advanced cloud-based solutions and how to migrate existing workloads to the cloud. You will have the opportunity to help shape and execute a strategy to build mind-share and broad use of AWS within enterprise customers.
The ideal candidate must be self-motivated with a proven track record in software/technology sales or consulting. The ability to connect technology with measurable business value is critical to a solutions architect. You should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, products, and technical challenges. Above all, have a passion for building technology solutions that solve business problems.
Key job responsibilities
Lead trusted relationships with the D-Suite, C-suite (CIO, CTO, CISO, etc.) and Enterprise architects; understand the customer’s technology challenges; dive deep and understand stated, unstated business needs, and challenges.Own the overall technical relationship between customers and AWS. Influence leaders on topics such as AI/ML, app modernization, reliability, and operational efficiency, security, cost, and performance.Working backwards from the customer's business needs, create a holistic technology vision, strategy, and practical transformation plan; addressing technology challenges but also increasing business impact, innovation, and agility, addressing skills and org challenges.Build a strategic ecosystem of AWS consulting, integration, and delivery and ISV partners to support the delivery of customer’s digital transformation outcomes, increase satisfaction, and build a sustainable platform for sales growth.As a key member of the sales team, ensure success by formulating, co-authoring, and executing a sales strategy to exceed revenue objectives through the adoption of AWS technology.Educate customers of all sizes on the value proposition of AWS, and participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud.Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS solutions architect community.Advocate for and influence the AWS technology strategy for FSI internally and externally, at industry events, meet-ups, and summits.Author AWS customer-facing publications such as solutions, blog posts, and white-papers.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
10+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g., software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience.Knowledge of presentations and whiteboarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and external executives, IT management, and developers.Experience developing technology solutions and evangelizing end-to-end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing.8+ years of Financial service industry experience, or experience in another highly regulated industry.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience in cloud architecture and CXO level engagement.Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences and at C-level, including training, workshops, publications.Knowledge of database design and implementation or equivalent.Bachelor's degree, or AWS certification, such as AWS Solutions Architect, or a similar cloud certification.Experience working with AI/ML/GenAI, and CI/CD solutions in the context of MLOps and LLMOps.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
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Job ID: 2836236 | Amazon Web Services, Inc.Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for an experienced and motivated technologist who possesses a unique balance of technical depth and strong interpersonal skills. As a Principal Solutions Architect, you will partner with leaders from some of the world’s largest financial services companies, AWS leadership, account management, and several other AWS teams to craft highly scalable, flexible, and resilient cloud architectures that address core customer business problems and accelerate the adoption of AWS services.
In collaboration with sales, you will drive revenue growth across a small set of systemically important global financial services industry (FSI) customers. As a trusted customer advocate, the solutions architect will help these organizations understand best practices around advanced cloud-based solutions and how to migrate existing workloads to the cloud. You will have the opportunity to help shape and execute a strategy to build mind-share and broad use of AWS within enterprise customers.
The ideal candidate must be self-motivated with a proven track record in software/technology sales or consulting. The ability to connect technology with measurable business value is critical to a solutions architect. You should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, products, and technical challenges. Above all, have a passion for building technology solutions that solve business problems.
Key job responsibilities
Lead trusted relationships with the D-Suite, C-suite (CIO, CTO, CISO, etc.) and Enterprise architects; understand the customer’s technology challenges; dive deep and understand stated, unstated business needs, and challenges.Own the overall technical relationship between customers and AWS. Influence leaders on topics such as AI/ML, app modernization, reliability, and operational efficiency, security, cost, and performance.Working backwards from the customer's business needs, create a holistic technology vision, strategy, and practical transformation plan; addressing technology challenges but also increasing business impact, innovation, and agility, addressing skills and org challenges.Build a strategic ecosystem of AWS consulting, integration, and delivery and ISV partners to support the delivery of customer’s digital transformation outcomes, increase satisfaction, and build a sustainable platform for sales growth.As a key member of the sales team, ensure success by formulating, co-authoring, and executing a sales strategy to exceed revenue objectives through the adoption of AWS technology.Educate customers of all sizes on the value proposition of AWS, and participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud.Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS solutions architect community.Advocate for and influence the AWS technology strategy for FSI internally and externally, at industry events, meet-ups, and summits.Author AWS customer-facing publications such as solutions, blog posts, and white-papers.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
10+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g., software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience.Knowledge of presentations and whiteboarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and external executives, IT management, and developers.Experience developing technology solutions and evangelizing end-to-end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing.8+ years of Financial service industry experience, or experience in another highly regulated industry.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience in cloud architecture and CXO level engagement.Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences and at C-level, including training, workshops, publications.Knowledge of database design and implementation or equivalent.Bachelor's degree, or AWS certification, such as AWS Solutions Architect, or a similar cloud certification.Experience working with AI/ML/GenAI, and CI/CD solutions in the context of MLOps and LLMOps.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
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