Amazon · 3 weeks ago
Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, Containers, Startups, Startup WWSO
New York, New York, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$138K/yr - $239K/yr
7+ years expAmazon Web Services, Inc. is a leading cloud platform provider, and they are seeking a Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect to help startups scale effectively on AWS. The role involves working with startups to adopt AWS technologies, particularly focusing on container services, and developing programs to support their growth.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Interact at the CxO/VP level, as well as with developers and technical architects, to ease adoption, develop pipeline, secure lighthouse customers, drive top-line revenue, and explore strategic partnerships
Become a trusted advisor within customer accounts through Technical Thought Leadership
Develop and deploy programs that leverage AWS Field Solution Architect teams, as well as technology and consulting partner channels
Deployment and operations of workloads on AWS using Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), AWS Fargate, Kubernetes or others
Collaborate with AWS Product and Technical teams to create solutions that solve customer problems, including reference architectures, patterns, automation, and release plan
Guide and Support an AWS internal community of technical subject matter experts aligned to your domains. Create field enablement materials for the broader SA population to help them understand how to integrate new AWS solutions into customer architectures
Qualification
Required
7+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
5+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
Bachelor's degree
5+ years management of technical, customer facing resources
5+ years of technical experience in cloud native applications and/or container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, Fargate, Docker, Mesos, and others
Preferred
Knowledge of presentations and whiteboarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and external executives, IT management, and developers
Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)
Experience in a fast-paced, high-tech company, or experience completing complex tasks quickly with little to no guidance and react with appropriate urgency to situations that require a quick turnaround
Advanced degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field
Startup background and experience at a VC or PE-backed firm in a Technical Executive capacity
Familiarity with open-source software used by Startups and working knowledge of software development tools and methodologies common to Startups
Proficiency with design, deployment, and evaluation of LLM-powered agents and tools and orchestration approaches
Benefits
Equity
Sign-on payments
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
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VP & CTO
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