Solution Architect - Marketplace, AWS Partners

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Description:

The Partner Solutions Architect specializing in AWS Marketplace, will have the opportunity to help shape and deliver on an strategy to change the way enterprise software is bought and sold across India. Our vision is to make AWS Marketplace the one stop shop for buying and selling software.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is one of Amazon’s fastest growing businesses, servicing millions of customers in more than 190 countries, reshaping the way global enterprises consume information technology and powering the developers who are building the next generation of global industry leaders.

The ideal candidate will need to demonstrate:

• Deep technical skills in software architecture and cloud computing and possess several years of implementation/consulting experience
  
• Customer facing skills ideally gained within a partner organization and have demonstrated the ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges
  
• Strong understanding of the software market, software procurement and licensing models
  
• Strong verbal and written communications skills are a must, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations
  
• Experience supporting partners and programs.
  
• Domestic/International travel is required for this role
  

Basic qualifications

• 5+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
  
• 5+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
  
• 5+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
  

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in technology/software sales, pre-sales, or consulting
  
• Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
  
• Experience writing and publishing technical white papers
  
• Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries
  

About the team

Diverse Experiences

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Key job responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

• Owning technical engagements with sellers and buyers in adopting AWS Marketplace across India
  
• Working with Engineering and Product teams to shape the roadmap and increase adoption
  
• You will act as a trusted advisor to our customers, partners and internal teams in India on AWS Marketplace
  
• Provide architectural guidance and recommendations necessary to promote successful partner engagements across India
  
• Capture and share best-practice knowledge with the India AWS Solution Architect community
  
• Evangelise AWS services and solutions to the wider technology community (e.g. Summits, workshops, product launches and other external events)
  

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• 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
  
• 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
  
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
  
• 6+ years of Information Technology (IT) experience
  
• Bachelor's degree
  
• Knowledge of cloud architecture
  

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• Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)
  
• Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries
  
• Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
  
• Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective
  

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