Senior Partner Solutions Architect

Who you are

• Experience in a technical role within a sales organization
• Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS
• Experience in IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries
• Experience in design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures
• Knowledge of AWS services, market segments, customer base and industry verticals
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
• Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)
• Experience with presentations and speaking with executives, IT, management, and developers
• Experience in infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking

What the job involves

• As a Senior Partner Solutions Architect in our UK Public Sector Partner Team you will help develop the technical capabilities of AWS Partners so they can be successful in the building and selling Cloud solutions to Public Sector customers
• Working with Partners is a team effort that will require influence and coordination with many stakeholders; you will have ownership of the technical relationship with partners, making recommendations on partner solutions that best fit customer requirements for security, cost, performance, reliability, operational efficiency and best-practice architectures
• The AWS Partner Network (APN) is the global community of Partners, from Systems Integrators to ISVs, who leverage Amazon Web Services to build solutions and services for customers. AWS helps Partners build, market, and sell their AWS offerings by providing valuable business, technical, and marketing support
• There are tens of thousands of AWS Partners across the globe. More than 90% of Fortune 100 companies and the majority of Fortune 500 companies use AWS Partner solutions and services. AWS Partners are uniquely positioned to help businesses take full advantage of all that AWS has to offer and accelerate journey to the cloud
• If you can educate AWS partners and customers about the art of the possible, while investigating the impossible, come build the future with us. If you have not worked with partners before and the opportunity interests you AWS and the Partner SA team will educate you on the partner landscape
• In this role, your creativity will link technology to tangible solutions, with the opportunity to define or invent cloud-native reference architectures with the worldwide AWS Solutions Architect community
• You will participate in the creation and sharing of best practices, technical content and new reference architectures (e.g. white papers, code samples, blog posts) and evangelise and educate about AWS technology (e.g. through workshops, user groups, meetups, public speaking, online videos or conferences)
• Internally, you will be an advocate acting on behalf of the Partner to help drive continual improvements to the AWS platform, sharing needs and wants to inform the roadmap of AWS features and services. You will also help shape the future of the Solutions Architecture organisation by helping to hire, coach and mentor others