Lead Solutions Architect, Cloud Optimization

Lead Solutions Architect, Cloud Optimization

Job  | AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)

AWS Cloud Optimization is seeking a Solutions Architect who will curate, define, and maintain best practices for technology and industry‑specific workloads in accordance with the AWS Well‑Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework, collaborating with global subject‑matter experts.

You will work with product teams to define requirements, develop prescriptive guidance, speak at AWS events, create labs and reference implementations, and support customers. The role is customer‑focused, collaborative across AWS teams, and focuses on delivering cloud best practices for industry and technology domains.

• This is an opportunity to be part of history and transform businesses through cloud computing adoption and growth.
• As a trusted advisor, solve some of the most complex and large‑scale challenges faced by AWS customers, ranging from rapidly growing cloud‑native start‑ups to global enterprises migrating to AWS.
• As a Thought Leader, provide focus to a community of Subject Matter Experts to create content that delivers prescriptive guidance to AWS customers.
• Constantly gather feedback from AWS customers to understand their needs and technical challenges, ensuring they achieve the greatest value from AWS at scale.
• Meet with AWS customers who implement cloud workloads at scale to understand and communicate any previously unidentified best practices.
• Use feedback from customers, field team members, and service teams to develop and improve guidance artifacts and resources.
• Help with uplift and enablement for cloud workload implementations and capabilities of customers, while mentoring other AWS field team members.

• Experience writing for developer and technical audiences – blog, product documentation, technical information.
• Experience designing, building, operating, and managing large‑scale distributed systems or web services.
• Experience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize, or simplify finance or business tools and processes, or creating process improvements with automation and analysis.
• Experience in cloud architecture.
• Hands‑on experience building, deploying, and running production Cloud workloads and familiarity with industry architecture and compliance frameworks.

• Experience with digital asset management tools.
• Experience in at least one modern scripting or programming language, such as Python, Java, Scala, or NodeJS.
• AWS certification, such as AWS Solutions Architect, or a similar cloud certification.
• Master's degree or above in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Experience as a Senior Solutions Architect/Consultant supporting Cloud workloads across a variety of implementations.

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Location will be office based in London or Manchester, UK.