Specialist Solutions Architect, VMware EMEA

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DESCRIPTIONDo you have a passion for helping customers architect systems, innovate and implement transformative computing solutions Do you have an ability for helping companies to understand new cloud platforms and application architectures, and the consultative and leadership skills to launch a project on a trajectory to success Are you ready to bring your unique combination of technical skills and business acumen, be part of a team of Specialist Solutions Architects and help customers successfully leverage Amazon Web Services and VMware technologies to transform their businessVMware Cloud on AWS is an integrated cloud offering jointly developed by AWS and VMware delivering a highly scalable, secure and innovative service that allows organizations to seamlessly migrate and extend their on-premises VMware vSphere-based environments to the AWS Cloud running on next-generation Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) bare metal infrastructure. VMware Cloud on AWS allows customers to run VMwares Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) stack and leverage VMwares virtualization and management software to seamlessly deploy and manage VMware workloads across their on-premises and VMware Cloud on AWS environments.Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for experienced and motivated technical experts in Cloud Technologies and VMware to join the World-Wide Public Sector (WWPS) Specialist Solutions Architect team in EMEA. As a member of this team, you will join a global team of VMware Cloud on AWS-focused Solution Architects and have the opportunity to work directly with VMware product and engineering teams, AWS customers, VMware customers and also Partners looking to integrate this service with their products and service offerings.The ideal candidate have a deep technical knowledge of and hands-on experience with VMware technologies such as ESXi, NSX, and vSAN, a strong understanding software architecture and cloud computing, and a deep understanding of AWS services such as Amazon EC2, VPC, and DirectConnect. In this role, you will need to be technically capable and credible with both AWS and VMware as well as effective in shaping the customer and solutions-focused skills of your team.As a trusted customer advocate, youll need to understand best practices around advanced AWS and VMware solutions. You will build and architect solutions for a broad range of customer use cases such as hybrid architectures, migration and application modernization initiatives. The ability to connect technology with measurable business value is critical and you should have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, products, and technical challenges.Candidates must have great written and verbal communication skills and be very technical, with the ability to earn the trust AWS customers at any level, from executive to developer. Were looking for builders to help us innovate the future of cloud computing.As a Specialist Solutions Architect, you must enjoy learning and introducing new features and technology in order to help colleagues and customers embrace and adopt new technology. Furthermore, thought leadership in terms of looking beyond the technology and considering the value technology creates for our customers, and helping to change how technology are viewed as important aspects of the role. You will also need to be adept at interacting, communicating and partnering with other teams within AWS such as security and compliance, services teams, field solutions architecture, sales, marketing, and professional services.Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.Roles and Responsibilities:· As a member of the Specialist Solutions Architecture team, you will ensure success in helping customers accelerate their adoption of our specialized services and that of VMware Cloud on AWS.· Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the VMware solutions engineering and AWS solutions architect communities.· Guide and motivate the development of artifacts, data sheets, proof of concept best practices, and other high-value customer facing guidance and best practices· Act as a conduit and liaison between customers, service engineering teams, and supportCandidates must have strong communication skills and be very technical, with the ability to earn trust with AWS and VMware customers and partners at any level, from executive to developer.This role covers the World-Wide Public Sector (WWPS) EMEA region and regular travel will be required.