AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.
We are seeking Principal Enterprise Architects to join our Strategic Customer Engagements (SCE) team to work on AWS’s most complex commercial pursuits. The ideal candidate has experience in leading global technology strategies with enterprise companies, demonstrated experience in defining strategic technology initiatives, bringing together multiple solutions together to create a holistic solution.

You are a proven expert and thought-leader in complex business-IT transformations including platform modernization, enterprise systems, digital transformation, cloud deployment and migrations, transformational outsourcing, governance, software development, and enterprise architecture. You have a sales background that enables you to drive a pursuit engagement. You are a well-rounded and broad architect that is able to easily interact with builders, architects, and C-suite leadership.
Customers we engage with are looking to be disruptive and leaders in their markets and industries. You will advise them on how they can reimagine, re-invent and transform their business to create new business models and economic value, using modern digital technologies.

Key job responsibilities
• Work with senior customer leaders (CIO and CTO) to build a common vision and architecture based on the transformation strategy
• Engage in pursuits that span across multiple Amazon businesses
• Define end-to-end holistic outcome-based solution in collaboration with sales, strategy, and business development teams
• Ensure multiple solutions work together, align to enterprise architecture standards, leverage common solutions and services, and meet financial targets (cost and benefits)
• Serve as the AWS executive technical sponsor for the strategic transformation initiative
• Engage with system integrators, multiple ISVs and other partners and provide oversight
• Create board ready presentations articulating the transformation strategy, solution vision and value case
• Present the strategy and vision to the C-suite including CEOs, COO, CFO, CIO and CTO
• Partner closely with Sales Leadership teams and Field Sales organization
Partner with cross functional teams across Amazon and partners – legal, product, engineering, architecture, structuring, and professional services to help execute a winning pursuit

About the team
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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.• 10+ years of experience building and implementing technical infrastructure and services, and/or consulting experience advising such operations
• 5+ years in a technical leadership role e.g. CTO, Head of Technology, Engineering/Technology Director, General Manager, Principal Solutions Architect, Lead Architect/Engineer, etc.• Experience designing and implementing enterprise-grade architectures for Fortune 1000 companies. Demonstrated ability to engage and influence C-level executives.
• Broad based technology experience including cloud computing, applications development, DevOps, IoT, relational databases, NoSQL databases, analytics, networking, security, storage, compute, continuous deployment, containers, and management and monitoring.
• Visible IT Industry thought leadership on relevant topics related to enterprise IT infrastructure and adoption. Experience in driving and successfully closing large complex deals in a highly matrixed organization. International technical sales and delivery experience w/ global F500 enterprise customers and partners. Use of AWS services in distributed environments with Enterprise Software.

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