Principal Networking Solutions Architect, WWSO EMEA Core Services and Advanced Compute Solutions Architects

DESCRIPTION

Transform the Future of Cloud Networking

Join AWS as a Principal Networking Solutions Architect and lead the technical evolution of how the world's largest enterprises architect their cloud networks. You are the technical authority shaping our networking infrastructure decisions and driving AWS's networking product roadmap, directly working with AWS's most strategic customers, influence over product development, and the opportunity to solve networking challenges at unprecedented scale.

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.

Key job responsibilities
Strategic Technical Leadership

- Customer Impact: Lead technical engagements with the CTOs and VP of Engineering of our largest customers supporting them in their cloud networking transformations
- Product Influence: Direct input into AWS networking service roadmaps based on customer needs
- Thought Leadership: Author definitive whitepapers and present at major industry conferences

Advanced Architecture & Innovation

- Scale: Design enterprise networking solutions supporting millions of users across global infrastructures
- Technology: Architect with VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, CloudFront, VPC Lattice and emerging AWS networking services
- Innovation: Pioneer SDN, NFV, and containerized networking approaches for cloud-native applications

Technical Excellence & Automation

- Infrastructure as Code: Build reusable, scalable automation using CloudFormation, Terraform, and CDK
- DevOps Integration: Create networking automation that integrates seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines
- Mentorship: Elevate team capabilities through technical guidance and knowledge sharing

- Review critical customer escalations and coordinate with global teams. Your technical input directly impacts customer decisions
- Lead architecture sessions with enterprise customers planning major network transformations to design the backbone infrastructure for digital transformation initiatives.
- Collaborate with AWS product teams on networking service development. Your customer insights drive features used by millions of AWS users
- Mentor team members and develop technical strategies for complex opportunities.
- Create thought leadership content, research emerging technologies, and prepare for industry presentations. Your technical perspective helps establish AWS's position in cloud networking innovation

A day in the life
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
- Experience developing technology solutions and evangelising end-to-end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing
- Experience in specific technology domain areas like software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data and analytics
- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences and at C-level, including training, workshops, publications
- Deep hands-on expertise in networking technologies and cloud architecture (CCIE or equivalent in experience, AWS Networking Professional certfied or similar in experience)