**Cloud Specialist** – Job ID: 2257478 | AISPL – Karnataka – IN, KA, Bengaluru

Amazon

  • Full Time

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Job summary
Are you a seasoned Solution Architect or Technical Executive with hands-on Azure / GCP experience? Would you like to add AWS expertise to that and join an organization recognized for their expertise across multiple cloud vendors?

Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL) is looking for a Cloud Intelligence Specialist, you will be a recognized expert in at least two clouds who advises our customers on the differences between the two. You will develop cloud migration, modernization, and multi-cloud acumen to craft highly scalable, flexible and resilient cloud architectures that solve customer business problems and accelerate the adoption of AWS services. You will understand cloud economics to drive the highest value for our customers. After all your engagements and cloud ecosystem explorations, you will document and share your insights to both train the AWS field, and improve our product offerings.

Ideal candidates have deep expertise with multiple public cloud providers and a desire to stay current on new offerings and the latest industry developments. They must have the technical depth and business experience to easily communicate the benefits of AWS services to IT architects, engineering teams, and C-Level executives. They must be able to collaborate with cross-functional teams and think strategically to solve complex business and technical problems. They must have the inclination to share their insights, and educate peers to foster a technical community of SMEs. In addition, candidates must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities

1. Serve as a technical expert in both AWS and Azure, supporting customers with complex commercial and technical challenges.
2. Stay up-to-date with competitor service offerings to extract technical and business insights that drive reference architectures, run books, blogs, and training content.
3. Deliver technical and business presentations to internal audiences (field SAs, BDMs, consultants, and product engineering) and external audiences (industry and partner events).
4. Work with customers and internal teams to create Proof of Concept (POCs), pilots, and Minimum Viable – Products (MVPs) that demonstrate solutions designed for successful deployment and operationalization in the cloud.
5. Autonomously manage a broad pipeline of technical engagements requiring bias to action, swift delivery, and frequent re prioritization.

The Cloud Intelligence team is excited to meet you. We are building a Cloud Intelligence Specialist organization for competitive cloud and multi-cloud customer scenarios.
Our team delivers the insights that helps our field win competitive deals; we enable the success of customers migrating from competitor Clouds or using multi-cloud; and, we continuously monitor and improve AWS’s competitiveness in the market by collaborating with teams like marketing, market intelligence, and engineering.

A day in the life
You will synthesize data and information as it relates to functional comparison and key differentiators from intelligence gathering and customer engagements into succinct findings / trends and persuasively communicate findings and perspectives to India Cloud Intelligence lead and eventually to Sales and Service teams. The ideal candidate will possess a business and technical background that enables them to drive engagements and communicate the benefits of AWS to IT architects, engineering teams and C-Level executives. You should have demonstrated ability to think strategically and long-term about the complex business and technical needs of customers. You should also have detailed knowledge and a strong technical understanding of cloud concepts and vendors in general, and AWS specifically.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
1. 3+ years architecting/designing solutions built on Azure
2. 8+ years of solid experience in cloud, technology services and/or products with a leading technology services/products/consulting organizations
3. 8+ years of experience as a solutions architect, software engineer, technical consultant, or technical pre-sales in Enterprise IT
4. Clear track record of managing complex projects and programs while demonstrating exceptional business judgement
5. Proven ability to work with business segment leaders, technical leaders with ability to influence roadmaps

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
1. Broad technology experience across cloud architecture, applications development, relational databases, NoSQL databases, analytics, machine learning, networking, security, storage, DevOps, containers, serverless, CI/CD, cloud migrations, or IT transformations
2. MBA, Computer Science, and/or Engineering background highly desirable
3. Deep understanding of Public Cloud Platforms i.e. Microsoft, Google, Oracle Cloud platforms
4. Public cloud provider certifications: AWS, Azure, or Google
5. Demonstrated ability of being a “trusted advisor” to customers. Able to facilitate relationships with senior technical executives, as well as easily interact and give guidance to software developers, IT operations staff, and system architects.
6. Sound business judgment with proven ability to influence business stakeholders.

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