Solutions Architect, AWS Denmark & Iceland

Are you passionate about cloud technology and helping customers innovate?

Join our AWS Solutions Architecture team in Denmark and empower large enterprises across industries to innovate at speed and scale with cloud technologies.

Solutions Architects work hand in hand with AWS customers to help them make the most of the Cloud. They are at the crossroads of business and technology and engage with organizations at all stages of cloud adoption. Solutions Architects are responsible for creating and presenting technical content and sharing best practices.

They work to understand the customer's business needs and give prescriptive guidance on how to create business value with technology. They help customer's validate their initiatives from ideation to proof of concept. Solutions Architects lead activities such as architecture reviews, white-boarding sessions, demos and technical workshops. They collaborate with other teams such as account management, professional services, Industry experts, support, service teams and the AWS partner ecosystem.

Amongst others you will be part of design and building reference architectures, proof of concepts and deploy production workloads on AWS. Provide thought leadership and recommendations on cloud architecture, migration, modernization and operation. Build strong technical relationships acting as the voice of the customer internally to influence AWS service roadmaps.

Come build the future with us.

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. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.

Key job responsibilities

- Work directly with strategic customers to accelerate their challenging, mission-critical projects and recommend best-practice architectures in line with their long-term business outcomes

- Build technical relationships with customers and operate as their trusted advisor. The best interests of the customer will shape the guidance you provide.

- Share the voice of the customer to inform the roadmap of AWS features tailored for the industry.

- Participate in the creation and sharing of best practices, technical content and new reference architectures (e.g. white papers, code samples, blog posts).

- Evangelize and educate customers about AWS technology (e.g. through workshops, user groups, meetups, public speaking, online videos or conferences).

- Contribute to the growth of the Solutions Architecture organization by interviewing candidates and having a voice in hiring decisions. You will also be helping others develop new skills by mentoring team members and identifying talent needs in the organization.

- Develop areas of depth in technical domains relevant to outcomes.

About the team

The Solutions Architecture team is a diverse group of technologists from a variety of backgrounds. Practical knowledge of the AWS platform is desired but not required, provided you have a sound technical foundation and a desire to learn. You will have the support to grow your expertise. Every day you will learn something new from your customers, your peers and your own experiments. At AWS you will be encouraged and rewarded for doing what is right for the long-term success of the customer. We value your passion to discover, invent and build on behalf of customers.

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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

Here 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 & 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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Basic qualifications

- Background in Cloud Architecture, Systems Design, Software Development, Infrastructure Architecture, Data Engineering or DevOps across industries.

- Technical Degree (Computer Science, Maths, Engineering or equivalent) and/or relevant tech experience

- Demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product and technical challenges

- English business level communication skills written and verbal

Preferred qualifications

- Prior domain experience in enterprise cloud adoption and operating production workloads on AWS

- Knowledge of cloud native design patterns, DevOps practices and AWS services

- Experience with or understanding of common enterprise regulations, security and compliance standards

- Experience in working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

- Public speaking experience or passion for creating technical content

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