Amazon never asks for fees or deposits in any form during recruitment process. Please click here to learn more and safeguard yourself from potential frauds.Senior Solutions Architect, AWS Private EquityJob ID: | Amazon EU SARL (Netherlands Branch) - I49Would you like to help the largest Private Equity (PE) firms and their portfolio companies leverage new technologies to improve their operations? Would you like to use your IT leadership experience to build relationships with technical leaders, C-level executives, and influencers at all levels across the PE segment?As a Private Equity Solutions Architect, you will work directly with Private Equity firms, their portfolio companies, and consulting partners to help them adopt new technologies and build new solutions to make the most of the Cloud. You will be at the crossroads of business and technology, engaging with organisations at all stages of cloud adoption. You will provide thought leadership in terms of looking beyond the technology and considering the value that technology creates for our customers. You will practice your creativity by linking technology to tangible solutions and business outcomes. You will educate PE firms and their portfolio companies about the art of the possible, defining and developing cloud-native reference architectures for a variety of use cases. You will have the opportunity to present publicly at AWS conferences and industry events.The ideal candidate will possess a technical background that enables them to drive customer engagement with business, finance or IT executives at the highest levels of our PE customers. You will have experience working with complex IT environments including applications, middleware, storage, networks, information security, and operations. The Private Equity Solutions Architecture team is a diverse group of technologists from a variety of backgrounds. Practical knowledge of the AWS platform is desired but not required, provided you have a balanced technical foundation and a desire to learn. You will develop deep expertise in AWS technologies, as well as a broad set of tools and methodologies of how applications and services are constructed using the AWS platform.Scoping and understanding specific use cases to design appropriate AWS-based technical solutions (including integrations with third party solutions).Serve as a key technical member of the AWS PE team to help ensure customer success in architecting, building, migrating, or optimizing applications and services on the AWS platform.Build rapport with Executives at both PE firms and their portfolio companies leveraging your understanding of enterprise architecture, merger and acquisitions, migration and cost optimization of IT infrastructure and other key technologies.Establish technical credibility with PE firms and their portfolio companies to lead discussions with CTOs, CIOs, Chief Architect, Senior Developers, etc. Provide technical and architectural guidance to PE firms and their portfolio companies and help develop cost optimization strategies by deploying the right architecture given their budget constraints.Evangelize and educate key stakeholders within the Private Equity ecosystem about AWS technologies.Create and capture best practices, technical content and new reference architectures (e.G. white papers, code samples, blog posts).Experience within specific technology domain areas (e.G. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).Experience in IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries.Knowledge of SAP systems (like SAP Business Suite, S/4HANA, SAP Business Warehouse, SAP HANA, SAP Business Objects, etc.) Experience in infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking.