Do you enjoy helping customers solve technical problems? Would you like to be part of a team that redefines how Education approaches technology? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is leading a large technology paradigm shift, and you could be part of that excitement, building mind-share, establishing customer trust and nurturing AWS adoption. You would be a Solutions Architect (SA) for our Ontario Education customers. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing, mentorship, and supporting new members.

As an SA, you will own customer technical engagements, diving deep with them and being hands-on with technology. You will evangelize and educate, remove technical sales blockers through knowledge transfer and partnerships, and define implementations and transition architectures. The SA has technical breadth and depth in security, networking, operating systems, storage, application architectures, and implementation. You will use these to develop expertise in AWS, including a deep understanding of how customer applications and services are best built and operated.

The SA possesses customer-facing skills that represent AWS well, and that enable and drive discussions with senior public-sector technical and non-technical leaders. You will also use your technical knowledge to guide and collaborate with software developers and infrastructure architects. Strategic thinking will be an important asset: influencing and engaging customers eagerly as they think about long-term business, mission, product, and technical challenges.

Travel Requirements:
• Open to travel, up to 20% of the time when required for customer meetings
• AWS training during the onboarding process can require travel to the USA for up to 5 consecutive days; this is typically in your first 3 months of Amazon employment

Our team also values work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional lives is crucial to your happiness and success at Amazon, so we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life.

About the team
As part of the AWS solutions organization, we have a vision to provide business applications, leveraging Amazon's unique experience and expertise, that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day-to-day operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers' businesses through delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. we blend vision with curiosity and Amazon's real-world experience to build opinionated, turnkey solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build, we become their trusted partner with solutions that are no-brainers to buy and easy to use.

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

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
Basic Qualifications:
- 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
- 4+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
- 4+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with AWS technologies
- Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
- Experience working directly in customer implementations

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.