Senior Solutions Architect UK Cross Industry

Amazon.com, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global technology company is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect in the United Kingdom to drive innovative cloud solutions. In this role, you will provide exceptional technical design and leadership to customers, especially in Construction and Real Estate. You will collaborate with a world-class team to address complex challenges using AWS technologies. Candidates must possess a Bachelor’s degree and have experience in IT development and effective communication with diverse audiences.

Benefits

Flexible work hours

Career mentorship

Inclusive team culture

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent, or experience in a professional field.
• Experience in IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries.
• Experience in communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect end-to-end cloud solutions that address complex customer business problems.
• Provide technical leadership and communicate complex technical concepts effectively.
• Drive feedback gathering from customers and translate that into technical requirements.

Skills

Cloud computing

Technical leadership

Strong communication

Experience in software development

Infrastructure architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent

Job description

Senior Solutions Architect, UK Cross Industry

Job ID: 3174827 | AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)

Are you passionate about helping customers implement innovative cloud computing solutions? Join our team as a Senior Solutions Architect where you'll provide exceptional technical design and thought leadership to our customers while working with a world‑class sales and business development team. In this role, you'll be the principal technical advisor for organizations across Construction, Real Estate, and Manufacturing industries, crafting scalable cloud architectures and solving complex technical challenges.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Design and architect end‑to‑end cloud solutions that are secure, reliable, cost‑optimized, and performant to address complex customer business problems across diverse industries.
• Provide technical leadership and serve as a trusted advisor to customers, effectively communicating complex technical concepts to both technical and business audiences.
• Develop deep expertise in AWS technologies and how applications and services are constructed using the AWS platform, becoming a subject matter expert on security as it relates to customer applications.
• Drive effective feedback gathering from customers and translate that feedback into clear business and technical requirements for product and engineering teams.
• Lead technical engagements for specific implementation projects, create reusable technical content, and share best practices within the AWS Solutions Architect community.

A Day in the Life

Your day begins with reviewing technical implementation plans for key customers in the Construction and Real Estate sectors. You'll spend time owning technical engagements around specific implementation projects, providing best practices to customers, and developing deep expertise in AWS technologies. As a subject matter expert on security, you'll evaluate architectures, identify issues, and recommend remediations. Throughout the day, you'll collaborate with sales teams, lead customer meetings to discuss cloud architecture designs, and capture feedback to influence future product development.

About the Team

The UK Cross Industries Solution Architect Team works with customers across various industries including Construction, Real Estate, and Manufacturing. We focus on delivering innovative cloud solutions that address unique industry challenges while driving business transformation. Our team combines technical expertise with industry knowledge to help customers leverage the full potential of AWS services. We're passionate about solving complex technical problems and building long‑term relationships with our customers, ensuring they achieve their business objectives through effective cloud adoption.

Diverse Experiences

Amazon 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.

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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee‑led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship and 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.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent, or experience in a professional field or military
• Experience in IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries
• Experience within specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics)
• Experience in design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures
• Experience communicating across technical and non‑technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking
• Experience working with end user or developer communities

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