Senior Solutions Architect

Who you are

• Brings deep Financial Services domain expertise and a point of view on how cloud and AI are transforming the industry
• Thrives in a collaborative, customer-obsessed environment and enjoys working with large, global enterprise customers
• Is passionate about educating, designing, and building cloud solutions for complex and diverse challenges
• Keeps their technical skills sharp and contributes meaningfully to architectural discussions and design reviews
• Actively develops others and contributes to a culture of learning and inclusion
• 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
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
• Speak, write, and read fluently in French and English at C1 level or above
• 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
• Knowledge of AWS services, market segments, customer base and industry verticals
• Knowledge of cloud architecture
• Experience architecting infrastructure solutions using both Linux/Unix and Windows with specific recommendations on server, load balancing, HA/DR, & storage architectures

What the job involves

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for an experienced and technically deep Senior Solutions Architect to join our Global Financial Services (GFS) team
• In this role, you will partner with some of the world's largest banking, insurance, and capital markets companies, alongside AWS Sales and cross-functional teams, to design highly scalable, resilient, and secure cloud architectures that solve real business problems and accelerate AWS adoption
• You will serve as a trusted technical advisor to senior customer stakeholders, helping organizations understand best practices for cloud migration, cloud-native development, and AI adoption
• You will also contribute to the broader SA community through mentorship, reusable content, and thought leadership
• Partner with customers to architect, build, and migrate applications, software, and services on the AWS platform
• Work with sales teams to develop and execute strategies that drive AWS adoption and exceed revenue objectives
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior technical leaders at Financial Services customers, influencing their long-term technology strategy
• Lead architectural discussions and design reviews, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, cost-optimized, and operationally excellent
• Develop and contribute reusable reference architectures, patterns, and best-practice content for the SA community
• Mentor and develop fellow Solutions Architects, actively contributing to team capability growth
• Act as a Financial Services thought leader through public speaking, written content, and industry engagement on cloud and AI adoption
• Conduct training sessions (one-to-few and one-to-many) to transfer knowledge to customers evaluating or already using AWS
• Provide structured feedback to AWS service and product teams based on customer needs and gaps identified in the field
• Contribute to organizational strategic planning, recruiting, and the development of team-wide initiatives
• This role may require travel of up to 30% to meet with customers and attend industry events. Travel expectations will be discussed during the interview process
• The Global Financial Services team works with a select group of the world's largest banking, insurance, and capital markets AWS customers. Our customers are leading the industry in cloud adoption through large-scale migrations and cloud-native innovation. What we achieve here shapes financial services cloud adoption worldwide