Sr. Partner Solution Architect, Retail, EMEA Industry & Partner Solutions Team

Partner Solution Architects work with a wide array of AWS software and consulting partners, from well-established tech & consulting giants to innovative startups that were born in the cloud. You will be as comfortable white boarding complex software architectures with a room full of engineers as are briefing an executive audience. You will author whitepapers and reference architectures that will be leveraged by customers, partners, and the Solution Architect community within AWS. You will deliver technical webinars, speak at public events and file patents for what might be a future AWS product or feature.

The AWS SMGS Partner Solutions Architecture team is looking for an experienced and motivated technologist with a passion for creating strategies, best practices and solutions addressing complex business challenges focusing on the retail industry. The ideal candidate will possess the technical acumen and executive communication skills that enable them to engage at all levels of an organization. Candidates should show the ability to think strategically and long term about the needs of retail businesses and retail specific workloads, including ECommerce, Point of Sale (POS), Merchandizing and Planning, Supply Chain and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). Experience working directly with enterprise customers is required, and prior experience working with technology companies is a plus. Strong public speaking and writing skills are required.,

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
• Experience in IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries
• Experience within specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).
• Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients
• Solid experience in design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures in retail industry.
Preferred Qualifications
• Knowledge of cloud architecture
• Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)
• Relevant experience as a solution architect in retail industry.
  
  Would you like to help build the EMEA Retail Industry Partner ecosystem for Amazon Web Services (AWS)? Do you want to work with some of the most innovative retail companies? Do you have an aptitude for helping companies understand application architectures and integration approaches?
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