Do you enjoy helping customers solve technical problems? Would you like to be part of a team that redefines how governments approach technology? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is leading a large technology paradigm shift, and you could be part of that excitement, building mind-share, establishing customer trust and nurturing AWS adoption. You would be a Senior Solutions Architect (SA) for our British Columbia government (provincial, municipal, crown corporation) customers. Our team is dedicated to supporting new members also. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.

As an SA, you will be able to help customers ranging from large provincial governments to various municipal organizations. You will own customer technical engagements, diving deep with them and being hands-on with technology. You will work with customers to set up resilient, secure, high-performing AWS solutions. The SA possesses technical and business acumen that enables engagement at all levels of an organization, plus the ability to dive deep and build optimally. You will therefore be comfortable presenting on complex software architectures to engineers but also explaining such concepts to non-technical executives. You will author whitepapers and reference architectures that will be leveraged by the SA community, including our partners and customers. You will deliver technical webinars, speak at public events, and file patents for what could potentially be future features/products.

SAs within our team have experience working in the public sector space, building secure and compliant solutions. They also have strong communication skills and technical knowledge: able to impress customers at any level, from executive to developer. Public-sector SAs are also expected to have thought-leadership experience in the sector regarding business, products, and technical challenges. By nature, the SA is an influencer and leader: someone with whom customers are eager to engage.

Travel Requirements:
- Open to travel, up to 20% of the time when required for customer meetings
- AWS training during the onboarding process can require travel to the USA for up to 5 consecutive days; this is typically in your first 3 months of Amazon employment

Our team also values work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional lives is crucial to your happiness and success at Amazon, so 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.


Key job responsibilities
- Owning technical engagements at all levels
- Removing technical account management barriers
- Defining implementation and transition architectures
- Owning RFI and RFP technical strategy and responses
- Helping customers achieve project and overall technical success
- Assisting strategic solution providers with AWS-oriented definitions and implementations
- Developing and delivering presentations, discussions, product demos, sample solutions, blog posts, and white papers
- Working closely with account managers and business developers to ensure customer success in building and migrating applications, software and services on the AWS cloud
- Supporting and promoting AWS consulting and technology partners
- Gaining industry recognition and credibility as a regular attendee, panelist and keynote speaker at AWS and third-party technology conferences, trade shows and press events
- Capturing and sharing knowledge with the broader AWS Solutions Architecture community


About the team
As part of the AWS solutions organization, we have a vision to provide business applications, leveraging Amazon's unique experience and expertise, that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day-to-day operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers' businesses through delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. we blend vision with curiosity and Amazon's real-world experience to build opinionated, turnkey solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build, we become their trusted partner with solutions that are no-brainers to buy and easy to use.

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.