Principal Solutions Architect, AWS, Public Sector MENAT📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking experienced and motivated technologists to join our team as Principal Solutions Architects. In this role, you will partner with organizations within the Public Sector in the MENAT region to design and implement highly scalable, flexible, and resilient cloud architectures. You will play a crucial part in addressing customer business challenges and accelerating their adoption of AWS services, contributing to their digital transformation journeys.

As a trusted customer advocate, you will help organizations understand best practices for advanced cloud-based solutions and guide them through the process of migrating existing workloads to the cloud. You will have the opportunity to shape and execute strategies to build mind-share and drive broad adoption of AWS within enterprise customers. A critical aspect of this role is the ability to connect technology with measurable business value, demonstrating strategic thinking across business, product, and technical challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic technical leader in the field, providing architectural guidance and recommendations to promote and accelerate customer adoption of AWS.
• Ensure customer and partner success in designing, building, and migrating applications, software, and services on the AWS platform.
• Lead architectural discussions and design exercises to create world-class solutions built on AWS, ensuring successful deployment in the cloud.
• Serve as an AWS evangelist, educating customers and partners of all sizes on the value proposition of AWS.
• Build deep relationships with senior technical individuals within customer and partner organizations to empower them as cloud advocates.
• Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS solutions architect community.
• Author or contribute to AWS customer-facing publications such as white papers, blogs, and proof-of-concepts.
• In partnership with the sales and partner teams, formulate and execute a sales strategy to exceed revenue objectives through the adoption of AWS and its partner solutions.
• Conduct one-to-few and one-to-many training sessions to transfer knowledge to customers considering or already using AWS.
• Act as a technical liaison between customers, service engineering teams, and support.

Qualifications and Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or an equivalent field.
• Experience developing technology solutions and evangelizing end-to-end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing.
• Experience communicating effectively across technical and non-technical audiences, including at the C-level, through training, workshops, and publications.

Required Skills and Experience

• AWS
• Cloud Computing
• Systems Engineering
• Infrastructure
• Security
• Networking
• Data & Analytics
• Software Development
• Distributed Systems Design
• Large Scale Automation
• Workflow Management
• Database Design
• Presentations
• Whiteboarding
• Cloud Migration
• Cloud Transformation
• Cloud Modernization
• Technical Leadership
• Customer Advocacy
• Sales Strategy
• Training Delivery
• Communication
• Interpersonal Skills
• Strategic Thinking

Additional Information

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Candidates are expected to have over 10 years of experience in specific technology domain areas, including but not limited to software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, and data & analytics. Preferred qualifications include knowledge of distributed systems design and implementation, large-scale automation and workflow management, and database design and implementation. Strong presentation and whiteboarding skills are essential, along with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and external executives, IT management, and developers. Experience architecting, migrating, transforming, or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud is highly valued. Saudi Nationals are encouraged to apply.

AWS values diverse experiences and encourages candidates to apply even if they do not meet all preferred qualifications. We are committed to fostering an inclusive team culture with opportunities for mentorship and career growth, while also valuing work-life harmony.