AWS CLOUD ARCHITECT – SANDTON – GAUTENG

AWS CLOUD ARCHITECT

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As an AWS Cloud Architect, you’ll be responsible for developing and implementing a cloud architecture strategy to drive the company’s IT needs. You will work closely with senior management on technology decisions that impact your team and the business. You will also be expected to lead projects across multiple teams and de ne best practices in collaboration with all our stakeholders, including engineering, sales & marketing, finance & operations and legal.

Provides primarily pre-sales technical support for the development and implementation of complex AWS solutions. Uses in- depth product knowledge to provide technical expertise to sales staff and the customer through sales presentations.

  • Assists the sales staff in assessing potential application of company products to meet customer needs and may prepare detailed product specifications for the development and implementation of customer products/applications/solutions
  • Create detailed design and implementation specifications for complex solutions
  • Provide consultation to prospective users and/or product capability assessment and validation

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The primary responsibility of the AWS Solutions Architect is to consult with the client and work with internal teams to create strategies, transformational designs and the architectural vision for complex solutions that address the clients’ needs. They provide multi-technology consulting services on all aspects of application software, infrastructure, and related technology components

Key roles and responsibilities

  • Contributes to the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas
  • Identifies and evaluates alternative architectures and the trade-offs in cost, performance, and scalability
  • Produces specifications of AWS components, tiers, and interfaces, for translation into detailed designs using selected services and products
  • Supports a change programme or project through the preparation of technical plans and application of design principles that comply with enterprise and solution architecture standards
  • Takes responsibility for understanding client requirements, collecting data delivering analysis and problem resolution
  • Creates multiple design views to address the concerns of the different stakeholders of the architecture and to handle both functional and non-functional requirements, including proof of concept (POC)
  • Reviews, verifies, and improves own designs against specifications
  • Operate across both the technical levels within the enterprise architecture and the value chain to develop holistic and integrated solutions

Knowledge, skills, and attributes:

  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
  • Knowledgeable on how specific infrastructures and application software are deployed in line with relevant methodologies and frameworks
  • Ability to develop and leverage their knowledge of reference architectures
  • Ability to maintain knowledge of trends and development in technology domains

Academic qualifications and certifications:

  • Qualification in Information Technology or Information Systems
  • AWS Solutions Architect Associate (minimum) (AWS SAA) and working knowledge of AWS required
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required
  • 3+ years of experience in development and/or architecture using AWS services

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