Description We are seeking a seasoned Technology Architect who will play a pivotal role in developing and delivering migrations and modernization solutions for enterprise customers. As a key member of our Migrations and Modernization SA team, you will collaborate with customers and consulting partners to architect and implement comprehensive migration strategies for organizations transitioning to AWS cloud. This role demands expertise in designing enterprise-grade architectures for migrations and modernization of varying complexity while establishing and maintaining customer migration best practices. You'll evaluate technical feasibility and commercial viability of cloud migrations, working closely with Migration and Modernization Business Development managers, Partner Development Managers, and Customer Solution Managers to drive revenue growth through successful migration of legacy IT estates to AWS cloud. The ideal candidate must possess strong technical capabilities, demonstrate a passion for learning and implementing new technologies, and excel at communicating complex technical strategies to diverse stakeholders. Success in this role requires effective collaboration with various AWS departments, including services teams, marketing, and professional services, while maintaining a customer-first mindset. Your expertise will be instrumental in helping organizations embrace cloud technology and achieve their digital transformation goals. Key job responsibilities - Ensure success in building and migrating and modernizing applications, software and services onto the AWS platform - Build repeatable mechanisms, architectures, solutions, and playbooks to enable faster, cheaper, predictable, and risk-free workload migrations to AWS - Define and execute on the technology migration strategy by engaging highly technical teams within AWS (other Solutions Architects, Technical Account Managers, professional services consultants and consulting/managed services partners) to define migration pathways. - Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS solutions architect community - Guide and motivate the development of whitepapers, data sheets, and other high-value customer facing guidance and best practices - Share customer feedback to internal product management and engineering teams to help drive the future of AWS - Work with the team to drive POCs to completion - Work with the team to organize technical workshops and facilitate the sharing of knowledge across teams - Build deep relationships with decision makers within customer accounts to enable them to be “Cloud advocates” - Strategy & Innovation: articulate business/industry fundamentals (e.g., ROI, TCO, cost benefit analysis); understand regulations and operational excellence; familiarity with business strategy and trends in the IT industry (e.g., CI/CD, Migration, AI…etc.) - Technology Breadth: demonstrate architectural best practices applied across a breadth of technologies to solve organizational problems, articulate views/roadmaps for future development, and understand the interaction between infrastructure, operations, and development. About the team Diverse Experiences AWS 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. Inclusive Team Culture AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do. 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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve. 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 software development tools and methodologies - Experience working with end user or developer communities - Experience in design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures - Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. 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