Sr. Application Architect, Professional Services

Are you an experienced Cloud architect/developer who can assist our customers in application modernization, design and development of cloud-native applications, and/or re-engineering applications that can fully leverage the AWS Cloud? Do you like working on a variety of game-changing projects at the forefront of application development and cloud technology adoption? This role is open for Delhi/NCR.

As an architect you would champion applications to be cloud optimized by making them well-architected, enabling them to reap the benefits of elasticity, horizontal scalability, automation, and high availability. You should have a knack for GenAI tooling to drive application modernization at scale with GenAI tools.

On the AWS platform services such as Amazon EC2, Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon Elastic Container Services, to name just a few, provide opportunities to design and build cloud-ready applications.

AWS ProServe India LLP is looking for highly talented, hands-on technical architects to help accelerate our growing Professional Services business in India. This is an opportunity to join Amazon's world-class technical teams, working with some of the brightest engineers while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most innovative and progressive technology companies.

Professional Services engage in a wide variety of projects for internal customers and partners, providing collective experience from across the AWS customer base and are obsessed about success for the internal customers. Our team collaborates across the entire AWS organization to bring access to product and service teams, to get the right solution delivered and drive feature innovation based upon customer needs.

Amazon aims to be the most customer-centric company on earth. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers critical applications for hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world., * Strong consulting, client-facing (CXO) level communication driving cloud solutioning and leading technical workshops

• Ability to translate technical concepts for business stakeholders into implementable solutions adhering to the well-architected framework
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking driving envisioning, presales and being a thought leader in the domain driving Application discovery, risk mitigation strategies, performance testing and validation, Migration and Post-migration optimization
• Deep expertise in large-scale cloud migrations, and AWS infrastructure to drive complex cloud transformation journey from on-prem successfully modernizing them to realize true value from cloud
• Deep expertise in VMware technologies having worked on vSphere administration, vCenter management, NSX networking, vSAN storage, HCX for migrations, VMware Cloud on AWS
• Ability to drive Migration discovery to Mobilize to lead and drive Migration and Modernization end-to-end
• Strong experience on Cloud Infra, network, security and cloud resiliency (DR)
• Ability to modernize application and get them out of legacy framework to realize true potential of cloud
• Hands-on experience in designing and developing web applications, APIs, microservices, and data integrations for cloud-native applications
• Knowledge of cloud-native design patterns, including microservices architecture and event-driven systems
• Demonstrated experience building scalable and highly available applications on AWS, leveraging services such as Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, etc.
• Preferred experience in optimizing cloud-based architectures for scalability, security, and high performance
• Experience working in Agile development environments, with a strong focus on iterative delivery and continuous improvement
• Ability to advise on and implement AWS best practices across application development, deployment, and monitoring

Additional Desired Skills

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Scripting (Python, PowerShell)
• CI/CD pipelines
• Container technologies
• Database migrations
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks
• Multi-cloud experience, * Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
• 10+ years of external or internal customer facing, complex and large-scale project management experience
• Experience or certifications in API design, cloud architecture/deployment, service-oriented architecture, mobile development, performance optimization, database design and related fields
• Experience leading the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
• Experience developing, deploying and managing AI products at scale, * Experience and technical expertise (design and implementation) in cloud computing technologies
• Experience in investigating, designing, prototyping, and delivering new and innovative system solutions
• Experience blending product and program management skills to execute strategic initiatives about process creation, standardization, and improvement
• Code generation platforms (e.g. GitHub, AmazonQ Developer)
• Automated test case generation and AI-assisted code reviews
• Integrating machine learning models into applications (e.g., recommendation engines, NLP-based search, predictive analytics)

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 in the cloud.

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., 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: Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empowers us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. 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.