Cloud Application Architect, Application Migration, Modernization and Management (AM3)

As a Senior Cloud Application Architect, you will be engaged in complex projects with autonomy and discretion, often involving multiple Amazon and customer teams.

On a daily basis, you will work with customers and partners, guiding and supporting them through planning, prioritization and delivery of complex transformation initiatives, while collaborating with relevant Sales and Service Teams. You will help with designing and delivering of solutions that solve for new levels of complexity, scale and performance, and in turn, enable breakthrough innovations. You will create and apply frameworks, methods, best practices and artifacts that deliver prescriptive guidance to customers, and publish and present them in large forums and across various media platforms.

Do you have experience delivering IT solutions in agile environment - plan, organize, and manage all phases of a project lifecycle to ensure successful delivery?

Extensive experience in large-scale software development with proficiency in multiple programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, C++, JavaScript).
- Proven track record in designing and building highly available, resilient, large-scale distributed systems.
- Strong background in software engineering best practices, including code reviews, source control, testing, deployment, and release management.
- Experience with Agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and leading innovation initiatives across teams or customers., Previous experiences as Software / Solution Architect, Lead Architect or similar role.
- Experience in architecting, designing and developing applications on the AWS platform.
- Experience in designing and modernizing applications using containers, serverless technologies and event-driven architectures.
- Prior consulting experience working directly with customers and partners.

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