Solutions Architect Mgr, Startups, East Engaged

## Responsibilities - As a key member of the Startups Solutions Architecture team, ensure our customers’ success in building and migrating infrastructure, software and services onto the AWS platform leveraging best practices and modern architectures - Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS Solutions Architect community, especially learnings for what the earliest startups require - In partnership with the sales and business development teams, formulate and execute a strategy to drive successful customer outcomes worldwide for startups - Hire, on-board, train, and develop new Solutions Architects - Coach Solutions Architects in the skills needed to conduct one-to-few and one-to-many training sessions so they can transfer deep technical skills to customers who are considering or using AWS - Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS Solutions Architect community - Create and motivate the development of whitepapers, data sheets, solutions, quickstarts, and other high-value customer facing content and best practices - Act as a conduit and liaison between customers, service engineering teams and support - Broadly engage with Amazon leadership to communicate, drive your vision, and work across the organization ## Requirements - 5+ years of enterprise IT application work that includes at least 2 years of hands-on software development or DevOps engineering experience - 2+ years of architecting/operating solutions built on any cloud service provider like Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI, etc. experience - 5+ years of technology solutions development and evangelising end-to-end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing experience - Experience leading and growing teams of senior technology professionals, ideally in customer facing roles - Bachelor's degree ## Nice to Have - Experience architecting, migrating, transforming or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud ## Benefits - Open to domestic travel up to 30% - Work/Life Balance - Inclusive Team Culture - Mentorship and Career Growth - Flexible work hours and arrangements - Employee-led affinity groups fostering a culture of inclusion - Ongoing events and learning experiences including Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) conferences - Opportunities to build enduring relationships with customers and establish yourself as a trusted advisor - Chance to work directly with a variety of interesting customers and help them make the best (and sometimes the most pragmatic) technical decisions along the way - Solid understanding of the Startup journey and unique challenges startups face - Solid understanding of modern development practices and experience working at, or with our fastest growing startups - Ability to interact, communicate and partner with other departments within AWS such as our Services Teams, Marketing, Business Development and the broader Solutions Architecture Organization - Ability to represent your team to executive management ## About the Team Diverse Experiences Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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.