Solutions Architect, Games

DESCRIPTION

AWS Global Sales drives adoption of the AWS cloud worldwide, enabling customers of all sizes to innovate and expand in the cloud. Our team empowers every customer to grow by providing tailored service, unmatched technology, and unwavering support. We dive deep to understand each customer's unique challenges, then craft innovative solutions that accelerate their success. This customer-first approach is how we built the world's most adopted cloud. Join us and help us grow.

Do you love games? Do you want to work with the some of the most innovative Game companies in the world? Do you have a passion for helping customers solve web-scale challenges and understand application architectures? Do you want to help build a new, customer-obsessed team and help establish AWS Game Tech as the leading platform in the Games Industry?

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Game Tech Solutions Architecture team is looking for an experienced and motivated technologist with a passion for creating strategies, best practices, and solving complex business challenges focusing on the Games industry.

As an AWS Game Tech Solutions Architect, you will work with some of the most interesting hyper-growth games companies on the planet. You’ll work with startups, indie studios, legendary blockbuster publishers, technology platforms, and middleware partners in the Games industry to help them build better games with the AWS cloud. You will collaborate closely with the broader Games teams to shape the technical elements of our strategy and strengthen our engagement with customers and partners across the gaming industry. Establishing technical credibility will be a key focus, as you will need to engage credibly with high-level stakeholders, from CTOs and CIOs to Chief Architects and Senior Developers, both from our customers and partners in the gaming sector. Your ability to drive these discussions and demonstrate your expertise will be crucial.

You will work directly with our Engine, Platform, and Middleware Technology customers and partners to deploy, pilot, and scale gaming-focused programs in the field. This will involve coordinating with our sales enablement, regional business development, and account teams to ensure seamless execution. If you possess a deep understanding of the gaming industry, experience with designing cloud architecture, and the ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to shape the future of AWS's gaming offerings.

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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 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
- 5+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 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
- Experience working with game development technologies, platforms (i.e. Unity, Unreal), and data ecosystem

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