Description

　　Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for highly talented hands on technical architects to help accelerate our growing partner business. This is an excellent opportunity to join Amazon’s world class technical teams, working with some of the best and brightest engineers while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most innovative and progressive technology companies.

　　As a Mainframe Solution Architect, you will have the opportunity to help shape and deliver on a strategy to build mind share and broad use of Amazon's utility computing web services (Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS) as well as the specific mainframe migration and modernization tools across the GSI community. Your responsibilities will include owning the technical engagement with strategic mainframe partners.

　　The ideal candidate will possess deep technical skill in mainframes, mainframe migration tools, mainframe modernization approaches as well as customer facing skills to engage with CTOs/CIOs/Chief architects. The ideal candidate should also have demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges.

　　Key job responsibilities

　　As a strategic member of the Partner Solution Architecture team, you will act as a trusted advisor to our partners for mainframe migrations and modernizations. This will include:

　　Serving as a key member in helping to drive overall AWS mainframe technical strategy

　　Enable and align partners with AWS mainframe modernization approach and methodology

　　Create joint offerings which can include AWS services, ProServe, consulting partners, technology partners in order to deliver higher value propositions to customers with mainframes

　　Advise customers and commercial sales teams on the AWS mainframe modernization approach and recommend qualified partners to support customer needs

　　Showcase customer success from mainframe projects with partner case studies and thought leadership

　　Provide the architectural guidance and recommendations necessary to promote successful partner engagements worldwide

　　Capture and share best-practice knowledge with our broader Solution Architect community

　　Share customer/partner feedback to internal product management and engineering teams to help drive the future of AWS

　　Technical content composition and delivery: blogs, whitepapers, technical presentations at worldwide major conferences

　　Position may be located near any AWS office within the United States. Up to 50% travel

　　About the team

　　Work/Life Balance

　　Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.

　　Mentorship & Career Growth

　　Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

　　Inclusive and Diverse Culture

　　Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have twelve employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

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　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　Jersey City, NJ, USA

　　Basic Qualifications

　　8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience

　　3+ 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

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience

　　Knowledge of SAP systems (like SAP Business Suite, S/4HANA, SAP Business Warehouse, SAP HANA, SAP Business Objects, etc.) and their architecture and infrastructure needs

　　Experience working with end user or developer communities

　　Amazon 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 https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

　　Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $122,900/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. Amazon is a total compensation company. 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. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.