Senior Solutions Architect at Vodacom

Role purpose:

• As a part of the AWS Cloud Services team, the purpose of the role is to interact with customers to gather technical requirements, architect customer infrastructure & networks, deliver solutions based on AWS cloud platform and compile solution proposal documentation in the AWS cloud services space as part of the Sales process.

Your responsibilities will include:

• In partnership with the sales team, formulate and execute a sales strategy to exceed revenue objectives through the adoption of AWS
• As a key member of the business development and sales team, ensure success in building and migrating applications, software and services on the AWS platform
• Help educate customers on the value proposition of AWS, and participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud.
• Regularly meet with the internal parties; e.g. Products and Engineering teams; as well as external parties; e.g. suppliers and partners; in order to understand internal and external roadmaps, technology strategies and product strategies.
• Help Customers maximise their business value with the adoption of AWS.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Must have technical/professional qualifications: 
• Matric/Grade 12 (Essential)  
• 3-year Degree in IT or Engineering related field (essential).
• 8-10 Years relevant experience in IT or Engineering (essential).  
• AWS Solution Architect Certificates; Associates, Developer, Professional.
• Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (e.g. AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, Amazon ECS, Amazon DynamoDB, AWS CodeStar, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeCommit, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy, Amazon Elasticsearch service, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon CloudFront etc.)
• Experience in a customer-facing, sales-aligned role such as consultant, solutions engineer or solutions architect

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• 8+ years of experience in the design and implementation of complex IT solutions (including scalable cloud-based solutions and microservices architectures). Hands on Experience with AWS
• Experience in infrastructure, database and networking architecture for highly available, Internet-scale applications
• Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with CTOs, enterprise architects, IT management, and developers
• High level of comfort communicating effectively across internal and external organizations
• Excellent Interpersonal skills.