Sr. WW Solutions Architect - EC2 Performance - AmazonWebServices

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Specialist Solutions Architects (SSAs) are technologists who address advanced concepts and feature designs
As part of the AWS sales organization, SSAs work with customers who have complex challenges that require expert-level knowledge to solve
SSAs craft scalable, flexible, and resilient technical architectures that address those challenges
This might involve guiding customers as they refactor an application or designing entirely new cloud-based systems
Do you enjoy solving novel and unique technical challenges for customers? Become an AWS Specialist SA!The Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector
We work backwards from our customer’s most complex and business critical problems to build and execute go-to-market plans that turn AWS ideas into multi-billion-dollar businesses
WWSO teams include business development, specialist and technical solutions architecture
As part of WWSO, you'll provide expertise across the entire life cycle of an AWS customer initiative, from developing ideas for new services to accelerating the adoption of established businesses
We pride ourselves on thinking big, delivering exceptional results for our customers, and working across AWS as #OneTeam.Role includes up to 30% travel.Key job responsibilitiesThe team is looking for an experienced Solutions Architect who will be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) responsible for our supporting customers across the wide range of EC2 instances
As an EC2 Performance Solution Architect (SA), you will work with customers globally, partner closely with the engineering, business development, and technical field teams to drive the adoption of Amazon EC2 Compute resources
The EC2 Performance SA will develop white papers, blogs, reference architectures, and presentations to enable customers and partners to understand and leverage the value of EC2
The EC2 Performance SA will also help drive enablement initiatives to continually develop the best technical field teams in the industry.About the teamThe AWS EC2 Performance team was created to make sure customers can deploy the best, most scalable, and most performant architectures possible
You’ll play an important role as an advocate with our service teams to make sure we are building the right products
The Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) works backwards from customers to build and execute go-to-market plans that turn AWS ideas into multi-billion-dollar businesses, and pride themselves on thinking big, delivering exceptional results for our customers, and working across AWS as #OneTeam
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You may also reach them directly by visiting please qualifications- 7+ Years design/implementation/consulting experience of distributed applications.- 5+ Years of experience debugging and troubleshooting application's developed in Java, Ruby, Python, C/C++, Go, or Rust language(s) and frameworks.- 5+ Years experience analyzing and interpreting performance metrics and logs- 5+ Years deploying and running containers at scale including orchestration technologies like EKS and ECS- 3+ Years experience presenting to senior leadership within a customer or partner organization.Preferred qualification - Ability to understand the impact of cross-az/cross-region on network communication latency and application performance- Familiarity with common enterprise services and working knowledge of software development tools and methodologies- Strong written and verbal communication skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with executives, IT Management, and developers.- Technical leadership, including the ability to understand the customer IT landscape, identify opportunities and overcome any technical obstacles, ultimately influencing the adoption of AWS platform in conjunction with business requirements.- AWS Solution Architecture certification or relevant cloud expertise- Computer Science /relevant degree and/or experience highly desiredAmazon 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
For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit 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.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.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
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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
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