Principal Solutions Architect
Amazon, Singapore
Job Description
AWS is looking for an experienced Solutions Architect who will be the Trusted Advisor of our Financial Services customers in order to adopt and leverage the value of AWS Platform, ensuring they get the most out of the cloud at every stage of their journey.
In this role, you will serve as a core member of the Worldwide Financial Services Technology team, and play a key role in executing our go-to-market strategy. You will engage with customers to determine business needs, identify opportunities and issues, and develop related technical solutions and value propositions leveraging the power of AWS cloud technology.
You will be able to dive deeply into technical details (e.g. design choices, best practices, use cases) with customer teams and be a key contributor to constructive technical solutions discussions. You will help customers identify both the opportunities and risks with their technical decisions. You will take part in the creation and sharing of best practices, technical content and new reference architectures (e.g. white papers, code samples, blog posts) and evangelize and educate about AWS technology (e.g. through workshops, user groups, meetups, public speaking, online videos or conferences).
Job Specification
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
· Experience working in Financial Services organizations; implementing solutions in a regulated environment and knowledge supporting FSI related applications
· Solid knowledge in infrastructure; virtualization and/or cloud computing technologies
· Experience designing and implementing solutions in the Financial Services industry
· Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with executives, IT Management, and developers.
· Fluency (spoken, written) in English is required for this position
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
· 3+ years software/technology customer facing experience
· Financial Services experience
· Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
· Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries
· Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
· Familiarity with common enterprise services (Directory Services, Information Assurance, Virtual Desktop, etc.), products (i.e., Oracle, SAP) and frameworks (ITIL, Zachman, TOGAF, etc.)
· Professional experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS
· Strong written communication skills
· High level of comfort communicating effectively across internal and external organizations
· Working knowledge of software development tools and methodologies
· History of successful technical sales consulting and architecture engagements with large-scale customers or enterprises
· Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with executives, IT Management, and developers.
· Technical degree; Computer Science or Math background highly desired
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