Partner Solutions Architect - Security, AWS Specialists and Partners

This position is part of the AWS Specialist and Partner Organization (ASP). Specialists own the end-to-end go-to-market strategy for their respective technology domains, providing the business and technical expertise to help our customers succeed. Partner teams own the strategy, recruiting, development, and growth of our key technology and consulting partners. Together they provide our customers with the expertise and scale needed to build innovative solutions for their most complex challenges.

Amazon Web Services is leading the next paradigm shift in computing and is looking for a world class candidate for the role of Partner Solution Architect, Security, within our Amazon Specialists and Partner organization (ASP) to work with our strategic security Independent Software Vendors (ISVs)

If you have experience in Information Security, Networking, Security Operations, Application Security, Threat Detection, or Identity and are interested in helping customers embrace cloud technologies, come and talk to us. You will work across the security industry and be in a position to help forge the next decade of innovation.

Specialist Partner Solutions Architects work with AWS' partners product, engineering, alliance, and GTM teams to help accelerate product development and our shared customers cloud journey. As a trusted technical advisor they engage in a wide range of activities providing technical advice to partners, customers, and the greater security community. They present AWS publicly within their domain and are the conduit between AWS service teams, customers, and partners.

This role will focus on working with a set of strategic Security partners and you will own the technical relationship. You will build and design joint solutions to help our shared customers in AWS meet their security objectives.

As the right candidate, you will possess skills in information security, cloud computing, networking, and application architecture. You are seen as a thought leader, and will have customer facing skills that will be leveraged at all levels of a partner organization. You should be able to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges. You are an influencer by nature and must be comfortable conversing at the CxO level and also be hands-on providing expertise at an engineering and product level.

25% travel is required

Key job responsibilities
- Partners' trusted advisor:­ Collaborate with AWS Engineering service teams such AWS Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS Key Management Service (KMS), Amazon GuardDuty, Amazon Security Lake, Web Application Firewall (WAF)
- Business partner: serve as a key member of the business development and partner management team in helping to ensure customer success on AWS
- Public engagement: provide thought leadership on Security solutions that benefit customers through the use of partner products that integrate with AWS Services. This takes the form of contribution to external publications such as the AWS Blogs, White-papers and public presentations at AWS Conferences and Industry Events
- Community player: capture and share best-practices, participate, and contribute as a member of the worldwide AWS technical community of Solution Architects, Support, and Business Development.
- Evangelizing a partner’s value proposition internally throughout AWS and externally with customers
- Establishing AWS as the partner’s preferred cloud computing platform for regulated workloads
- Working alongside business counterparts to develop extensive executive and senior management relationships within partner organizations
- Provide the architectural guidance and recommendations necessary to promote successful engagements with software partners worldwide.
- Serve as a key member of the AWS Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partners team helping to define and deliver the overall go-to-market strategy for the segment.


About the team
Diverse Experiences

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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.

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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.

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

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

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, San Francisco - 151,000.00 - 204,300.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 144,500.00 - 195,400.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Austin - 131,300.00 - 177,600.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 131,300.00 - 177,600.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 131,300.00 - 177,600.00 USD annually