Solutions Architect

DESCRIPTION

Do you have broad skills in software development or networking or system administration? Are you passionate about cloud computing and teaching others how to benefit from and use cloud technologies and solve business and technical problems? Are you willing to collaborate with the SA team to expand and enhance (Cloud Sales Center) CSC's capabilities, while gaining insight into the organization's business requirements? The CSC Solution Architect presents opportunities for the right individual to help customers innovate on AWS and shape customer solutions by empowering Central Sales teams with technical skills and to have effective engagement and meetings with customers. The CSC SA's will also educate customers on how to craft highly scalable, flexible, resilient, secure and cost-effective cloud architectures with the knowledge and understanding of the resources and processes available to achieve operational excellence. You will have the equally exciting opportunity to grow the business impact of the SA team helping us to scale and grow at the speed that CSC Organization needs. We are looking for a candidate who is comfortable at the intersection of technology, business and team leading. They will be broadly competent across many areas of technology and deep in a handful of areas. The candidates must possess excellent communication skills and demonstrate organizational or process scaling skills. Cloud is the new normal, and the only way to meet demands on your new team is to be engaged with the continuous improvement process. This role requires travel up to 10%. AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) 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. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services. Key job responsibilities
- Partner with CSC leadership to design a flexible, strong and scalable SA team
- Partner with the CSC team to educate customers on the value proposition of AWS, and participate in architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud
- Own each engagement, helping to work towards a timely and successful delivery of customer outcomes and solutions
- Capture and share best-practice knowledge within the AWS solutions architect community
- Create and deliver training and education sessions to widen and deepen technical and process skills for the Demand Generation team
- Author or otherwise contribute to AWS customer-facing publications such as whitepapers
- Act as a technical liaison between customers and product teams and help evolve the AWS platform About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. Hybrid Work
We value innovation and recognize this sometimes requires uninterrupted time to focus on a build. We also value in-person collaboration and time spent face-to-face. Our team affords engineers options to work in the office every day or in a flexible, hybrid work model near one of our Amazon offices. Our hybrid models allow you the freedom to work from home whenever in-office collaboration isn’t necessary. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Calgary, AB, CAN | Vancouver, BC, CAN

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
- 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
- 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience