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Senior Solutions Architect

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JohannesburgFull-timeSeniorHybridPosted 14 Oct 2026

Job Overview

AWS Global Sales is hiring a Senior Solutions Architect in Waterfall, Gauteng, to work with South African Enterprise customers across industries on AI and cloud transformation (Job ID 10499474). Confirmed active on amazon.jobs SA search on 2026-10-14.

Solutions Architects engage customers to understand business drivers, assess application portfolios, and design reliable, cost-effective cloud-native architectures. The role partners with AWS teams to address business problems and accelerate adoption of AWS services, spanning Generative AI, Agentic AI, infrastructure, security, DevOps, databases, application development and data analytics — deep in at least two to three of those areas.

Most of the day is spent with customer stakeholders including CxOs, directors, architects, developers and engineers, connecting technology choices to measurable business value.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Business Development to formulate and execute sales strategy that exceeds revenue objectives via AWS adoption

• Ensure success in building, migrating and modernising applications, software and services on AWS cloud and AI platforms

• Educate customers on the AWS value proposition; lead deep architectural discussions for successful cloud deployment

• Conduct one-to-few and one-to-many enablement sessions (e.g. Dev Days / Immersion Days)

• Capture and share best-practice knowledge across the AWS Solutions Architect community

• Contribute to customer-facing publications such as white papers

• Act as technical liaison between customers, Service Teams and Support

• Design reliable, cost-effective cloud-native architectures for Enterprise customers

• Assess application portfolios and business drivers to guide transformation

• Advise across Generative AI, infrastructure, security, DevOps, databases, app development and analytics

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years in specific technology domain areas (software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics)

• 5+ years of design, implementation or consulting in applications and infrastructures

• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in software or Internet industries

• Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive stakeholders

• Preferred: 10+ years in the technology domains above; Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree or above

• Preferred: cloud technology certification (e.g. Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)

Skills & Requirements

Solutions ArchitectureAWSCloud MigrationGenerative AIEnterprise ArchitectureSecurityDevOpsData AnalyticsCustomer EnablementExecutive CommunicationInfrastructure DesignApplication ModernisationTechnical ConsultingSales Engineering

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