Sr. Solutions Architect, Salesforce Success Central, Professional Services

- 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
- 5+ years of Salesforce experience
- Knowledge of software development tools and methodologies
- Experience leading or developing high quality, enterprise scale software products using a structured system development lifecycle
- Experience managing teams
- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients
- Advanced Salesforce Certifications (e.g., Salesforce Certified Technical Architect)

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239,000/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Are you interested in building enteprise solutions that deliver significant business impact across AWS and Amazon? Do you love working with a diverse set of customers and engineers? Do you want to work with industry leading application platforms like Salesforce and super power them with AWS?

Salesforce Success Central (SFSC) delivers products and solutions that improve the return on investment in our enterprise-wide Salesforce deployments, deliver products that make running Salesforce at Amazon scale easier, and improve overall governance and security by operating Salesforce at Amazon scale. The Professional Services Team, within SFSC, is looking for an experienced Sr. Solutions Architect to lead and build Salesforce + AWS solutions for internal Amazon teams. You will partner with Salesforce developers, software engineers, product managers, external consulting partners and our customers to deliver enterprise grade Salesforce solutions to teams across Amazon.

We have a team culture that encourages innovation where team members and management alike have a high degree of ownership for their vision and execution of ideas. Beyond a deep technical background and proven track record of building secure products, a successful candidate will have experience driving strategy and operations. We are looking for someone that is a self-starter, someone that approaches complex business questions with data and curiosity, and a person that dives below the surface to identify the root cause and "so what" rather than just superficial trends.

Key job responsibilities
- Act as a strategic technical leader to provide architectural guidance and recommendations necessary to promote & accelerate adoption of Salesforce to internal teams.
- Ensure customer & partner success in designing, building and maintaining applications, software, and services on the Salesforce + AWS.
- Lead architectural discussions and design exercises to create world-class solutions built on Salesforce and AWS while ensuring solutions can be reused across Amazon.
- Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the Salesforce community at Amazon.
- In partnership with the SFSC product management, Salesforce Sales and external consultant (e.g., Slalom, Accenture) teams, formulate, and execute an enablement strategy to grow adoption of SFSC professional services and deeper adoption of Salesforce at Amazon.

A day in the life
We have a team culture that encourages diversity and innovation. We expect team members and management alike to take high ownership for their vision and execution of ideas, and to foster a work environment empowering everyone to do the same. Maturity, high judgment, negotiation skills, ability to influence, analytical talent, and leadership are essential to success in this role.

About the team
Salesforce Success Central (SFSC) at Amazon is a dedicated central team providing Salesforce expertise and managed services to help teams across Amazon accelerate their Salesforce journey. We remove the “muck” of operating Salesforce at Amazon scale.


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