What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Solutions Architect position at Amazon?
Description
Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.
The Solutions Architect will play a pivotal role in defining and implementing Third Party (3P) Partner technical integration strategy and services. The successful candidate will be a trusted advisor, working to integrate Kuiper and partner systems in order to facilitate a wide range of business processes. Kuiper is looking for thought leaders who are able to create innovative solutions to problems and leverage learnings to increase integration efficiency and operational success. You will have the opportunity to help shape Kuiper's early partner engagements, and develop scaling mechanisms as the team expands.
Key job responsibilities
Own the technical system integration and technical system validation with Kuiper 3P Partners
Dive deep with both 3P Partners and internal stakeholders to determine technical requirements, architectures, and outcome
Advocate for 3P Partners and provide feedback to Kuiper's internal teams, including product, engineering, operations and marketing
Collaborate with Business Development, Operations, Product and Engineering teams to develop best practices and scalable solutions
Work with leadership team to set the Partner strategy and make appropriate high-judgment trade-offs between features and speed-to-launch
Manage the entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical execution and work with key internal and external stakeholders to deliver on that vision, e.g. engineering, sales, finance, operations, international, etc.
Responsible for launch plan and enablement, working to ensure that all teams have what they need to be successful
Provide input into new business development opportunities, lead calls with key customers, create tools to support the success, help to identify opportunities to increase that success
Establish goals and reviewing metrics to identify opportunities and deliver success
Research and identify new opportunities to innovate on behalf of our customers
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, consisting of both short-form and long-form documents and a combination of internal and public speaking
Export Control Requirement :
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
8 years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
3 years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working with end user or developer communities
Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $164,500 / year in our lowest geographic market up to $284,300 / year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and / or other benefits. For more information, please visit . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Salary : $164,500 - $284,300
