Senior Solutions Architect - Azure/Emerging Tech, Cloud Intelligence

Senior Microsoft Azure Cloud Intelligence (CI) SAAs a Senior Microsoft Azure Cloud Intelligence (CI) SA you will be a leader with deep technical and business expertise influencing the AWS field on sales strategy and helping to design cloud-native solutions for their customers. You will develop and maintain cloud migration and modernization acumen across AWS and other public cloud offerings. You will document and share your insights to scale your expertise, and will also use these insights to improve our product offerings, and go-to-market campaigns. The ideal candidate is an individual who understands the public cloud and has a passion for continual learning about new cloud offerings and the latest industry developments. You must be able to collaborate with cross-functional teams, think strategically about the complex business and technical needs of our customers, and be equally comfortable communicating with C-level executives and technical decision makers. You must have a proven track record as a consultant, advisor, or main stake holder delivering cloud native solutions.Key job responsibilities:Serve as a subject matter expert on Azure technology and Azure go-to-market strategy.Consult with field SAs and BDs to analyze customers' business and technical requirements and determine how the needs can best be met by AWS.Present your recommendations and designs directly to customers, demonstrating proficiency interacting with business executives (CxOs) and technical audiences (Architect/Director).Analyze trends and competitive offerings to generate technical and business insights. Foster a community of compete specialists who leverage your insights.Technical content creation (decks, whitepapers, recordings)Deliver technical presentations and trainings to field SAs, BDMs, and product stake holders.Deliver operational excellence managing a pipeline of technical engagements that requires rapid delivery and frequent reprioritization.A day in the lifeThe AWS Cloud Intelligence team is a specialty services organization that provides cloud compete expertise globally. We are subject matter experts (SMEs) covering top and emerging competitors, key domains, and industry segments. Cloud Intelligence enables field teams to help their customers quickly by removing both business and technical blockers in the sales cycle. We advise account teams and their customers through at scale content, gather and analyze insights surrounding comparable cloud providers, and highlight product and position gaps that our customers are experiencing to continuously improve AWS' overall value proposition. In addition to on-demand self-service resources, the CI team provides targeted support for specific competitive opportunities through one-to-one customer engagements. This team hires SAs and BDMs who are SMEs in one or more public clouds to advise AWS field teams on the best strategies to develop compelling business cases to support customers co-existing and partnering with competing public cloud services.About the teamDiverse ExperiencesAmazon 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 AWSAmazon 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.Work/Life BalanceWe 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 in the cloud.Inclusive Team CultureHere at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.Mentorship and Career GrowthWe'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.Basic Qualifications8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience8+ years of enterprise IT, either as a vendor, consultant or have prior experience working with or managing technical programs experience6+ years of architecting/operating solutions built on any cloud service provider like Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI, etc. experiencePreferred Qualifications6+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experienceExperience working with end user or developer communities4+ years of leading development of applications backed by AWS services or using other cloud based technologies and services experience4+ years of architecting/operating solutions built on any cloud service provider like Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI, etc. experienceBachelor's degree, or AWS certification, such as, AWS Solutions Architect, or a similar cloud certificationAmazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.