Do you have both broad and strong
knowledge of networking, virtualization, operating systems, application
architectures, web applications, LOB apps, databases, and the new
scale-out style of applications designed for the cloud?
Do you have a
passion for helping government agencies, educational institutions and
nonprofit organization to implement innovative IT solutions?
Do you
have a knack for helping customers to build a deep understanding of new
cloud platforms and application architectures, and the consultative and
leadership skills to launch cloud computing projects on trajectories to
success?
Are you knowledgeable about security best practices for applications, servers, and networks?
Amazon
Web Services (AWS) is looking for highly skilled and motivated Solution
Architects to help accelerate our growing public business in Spain.
Government, education and nonprofit organizations face unique challenges
to accomplish complex missions with limited resources. You would be
part of a dynamic team bringing the latest in disruptive, cut-edge cloud
computing technologies to public sector leaders that want to serve
citizens more effectively, achieve scientific breakthroughs, reach
broader constituents and put more of their time and resources into their
core missions.
If you want to know more examples about how Amazon
Web Services helped customer in the Public Sector to innovate, look at
these case studies:
https://aws.amazon.com/it/solutions/case-studies/government-education/
and be part of it!
As a Public Sector Solution Architect
within Amazon Web Services, you will have the opportunity to shape and
deliver on a strategy to build mind share and broad usage of AWS's
utility computing services (such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2),
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Elastic
MapReduce, and Amazon CloudFront) within public sector organizations and
the larger ecosystem that supports them.
Your broad responsibilities
will include: owning the technical engagement, removing technical
blockers, defining implementation and transition architectures,
responding to RFIs and RFPs, and achieving ultimate success around
specific technical projects.
To achieve those goals—and building on
your broad background and technical breadth and depth in security,
networking, operating systems, storage, and application architecture,
you will develop expertise in all AWS technologies, and deep
understanding of how customer applications and services are best built
and operated on the AWS cloud computing platform.
The ideal candidate will …
Enjoy
working with public sector customers and partners. You will have a
passion for educating, training, designing, and building cloud computing
systems for some Spain’s largest and most important government,
education and non-profit organizations to reduce costs, drive
efficiencies, and increase innovation across the country.
Have a
good understanding of government mandates, security, standards, and
compliance for designing large scale cloud computing solutions. The
ideal candidate will have a variety of experiences working as an
architect and systems or software or network engineer.
You will enjoy
keeping your existing technical skills and developing new ones, to the
point that you cannot only contribute to but lead deep architecture
discussions around systems and applications in the cloud.
You will
regularly take part in deep-dive education and design exercises along
with technical discussions to create world class systems for government
agencies, educational institutions, and AWS partners who operate in the
Public Sector space, including system integrators and ISVs.
You will
be happy to roll up your sleeves, learn the deep details of systems,
possibly write some code, and generally do what it takes to achieve
technical success for customers on the AWS platform.
Roles & Responsibilities:
·
Serve as a key member of the business development and account
management team in helping to ensure agency and institution success in
building and migrating applications, software and services on the AWS
platform.
· Engage systems integrators and support their technical implementation efforts.
· Closely collaborate with AWS Account Management teams in order to deliver maximum customer value.
·
Assist solution providers and government agencies with the definition
and implementation of technical and business strategies that will enable
them to sell more of their offerings on the AWS platform.
· Develop
and deliver compelling presentations, product demos, sample solutions,
and discussions to drive awareness and adoption of Amazon Web Services
in the Public Sector
· Gain industry recognition and credibility as a
regular attendee, speaker at AWS and third party technology
conferences, trade shows and press events
· Capture and share
best-practice knowledge amongst the worldwide AWS solution architect
community, as well as your Public Sector SA team.
The candidate will
possess both technical and customer-facing skills that will allow them
to be the technical “face” of Amazon within a solution providers’
ecosystem/environment as well as directly to end customers. She or he
will be able to drive discussions with senior personnel within an
agency, as well as the technical background that enables him or her to
easily interact and give guidance to software developers, IT pros, and
system architects in public sector markets. The ideal candidate will
also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about business,
product, and technical challenges.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
·
The right person will be highly technical and analytical, possess
significant experience of software development and/or IT and networking
implementation as well security and compliance
· Advisory/consulting experience, including some experience with government and/or education customers.
·
Excellent verbal and written communications skills are a must, as well
as the ability to work effectively across internal and external
organizations and virtual teams.
· English and Spanish fluency
· Strong knowledge of application architecture, software development, server, networking, security
· Technical degrees in computer science, software engineering, math or similar degrees
· Understanding of and government certifications and compliances.
· Experience working within the software development or Internet industries.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
·
Executive speaking and presentation skills – Formal presentations,
white boarding, large and small group presentations is highly desired
·
Working knowledge of modern software development practices and
technologies such as agile methodologies, containers and DevOps is
highly desired.
· Other European language fluency is a plus