Principal Solutions Architect, Games Specialist, Media, Entertainment, Games & Sports

Are you passionate about cloud game development and want to help gaming companies transform their remote production capabilities? Amazon Web Services (AWS) has an exciting opportunity for you. We're seeking an experienced and motivated technologist with expertise in cloud-based game development, remote collaboration solutions, and virtual production environments.

As a Principal Specialist Solutions Architect (SA) for Game Cloud Development at AWS, you'll be responsible for helping gaming companies modernize their development infrastructure and transition to cloud-based production environments. You'll work with studios of all sizes to implement secure, scalable remote development solutions that enable global collaboration, reduce costs, and accelerate time-to-market. Your focus will be on architecting solutions for cloud-based development workflows, virtual workstations, real-time collaboration tools, and secure content management systems. You'll provide hands-on architectural guidance for real-life customer projects involving various AWS services and Independent Software Vendor (ISV)/partner solutions and collaborate with cross-Amazon teams to develop outcome-based holistic solutions for strategic opportunities in the games industry.

In this role, you'll be a content creator, a storyteller, and a presenter, building and publishing content and collateral for games customers in one-on-one and group settings. You'll work with customers remotely and in person, sharing your expertise and insights. This role requires at least 30% travel, including international travel.


Key job responsibilities
As a Leader, you'll anticipate future trends and identify applications of emerging technologies to enhance game development, operations, and analytics, enabling personalized gaming experiences and effective game solutions for our customers.

* Drive the strategy for game solutions for customers in the games industry.
* Architect and deliver innovative, customer-obsessed solutions leveraging AWS services and partner offerings tailored for the games industry.
* Foster strategic partnerships with key industry players in the games industry, driving thought leadership and shaping industry trends.
* Create high-quality enablement content, including guidance, blogs, demos, POCs, and presentations, to share your expertise in game solutions.
* Engage with customers, partners, and industry events to inspire and educate on the transformative potential of AWS solutions for the games industry.
* Deliver written and spoken communications on complex game development, operations, and analytics subjects, establishing AWS as the public cloud of choice for organizations in the games industry looking to accelerate innovation.- 10+ years of experience in technology leadership roles within large enterprise games organizations or game development studios and experience architecting complex game solutions using AWS, IT/ISV, and multi-vendor environment technologies.
- 10+ years of hands-on experience with cloud-based development environments and virtual workstations
- Strong understanding of game development pipelines and workflows
- Experience with virtual production environments and remote collaboration tools
- Expertise in implementing secure access controls and content management systems- Prior hands-on experience with AWS services and solutions tailored for the games industry.
- Broad experience across multiple IT domains relevant to the games industry, including Cloud Gaming, Game Engines, and Game Analytics.
- Strong technical acumen to understand the customer or partner landscape in the games industry, identify opportunities, overcome technical obstacles, and ultimately influence the adoption of AWS services in conjunction with business requirements.
- Strong business acumen to comprehend the games industry, customer/partner challenges, and propose solutions to address their business problems effectively.
- Experience interacting with and presenting to senior leadership (e.g., CTOs, CIOs, Chief Architects, Senior Developers) within customer or partner organizations in the games industry, effectively communicating complex technical concepts and solutions.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $164,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $284,300/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.