Sr. Solutions Architect, FSI

ID: 7247

Type: Full-time

Category: Others

Company Name: Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd

Location: AUS, VIC, Melbourne - Melbourne - Australia

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Job Description

AWS is seeking an experienced Senior Solutions Architect to provide expert guidance to our Financial Services customers. In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor, helping Financial Services organisations optimise their adoption and leverage of AWS technologies.

The ideal candidate will have expertise in the Financial Services industry, knowledge of Financial Services applications and infrastructure, and a strong understanding of how cloud services can empower customers to modernise their applications, migrate their data centres to AWS, and accelerate the development of innovative industry solutions. As the FSI Solutions Architect, you will leverage your domain expertise to architect and deploy resilient, secure, and scalable cloud-based solutions that address the unique needs of Financial Services organisations. You will collaborate closely with customers to understand their business objectives, technical requirements, and compliance constraints, and then recommend the optimal AWS services and best practices to meet their goals. This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced Solutions Architect who is passionate about driving cloud transformation in the Financial Services sector.

Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
* Customer Engagement:
* Build strategic relationships with Financial Services customers
* Understand their business challenges, technical needs, and compliance requirements
* Deliver consultative guidance for cloud transformation initiatives

* Technical Leadership:
* Guide optimal adoption of AWS services
* Design solutions for application modernization and cloud migration
* Architect secure, resilient, and scalable cloud solutions
* Lead implementation of industry-specific innovations

* Solution Design & Implementation:
* Partner across teams to design and optimize cloud infrastructure
* Ensure solutions align with Financial Services compliance requirements
* Drive best practices in security, reliability, and performance

* Business Enablement
* Help customers maximize AWS platform capabilities
* Align technical solutions with business objectives
* Enable successful cloud adoption through proven methodologies

* Technical Excellence:
* Maintain expertise in latest AWS services and features
* Share knowledge and insights across customer organizations
* Contribute to AWS Financial Services industry solutions

About the team
AWS AGS 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.

Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

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.

Work/Life Balance
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Inclusive Team Culture
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Mentorship and Career Growth
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Basic Qualifications

- 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

Preferred Qualifications

- 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
- Knowledge of SAP systems (like SAP Business Suite, S/4HANA, SAP Business Warehouse, SAP HANA, SAP Business Objects, etc.) and their architecture and infrastructure needs
- Experience working with end user or developer communities
- Experience managing relationships with SAP customers and partners
- Experience in SAP S/4HANA, SAP Cloud Platform, SAP Cloud ERP and Cloud ERP Private
- Experience in SAP clean core design concepts, including design and build using non-SAP technologies in domains such as Generative / Agentic AI, and data & analytics

Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE statement:
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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Company Information

Company Name: Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd

Company Website: https://aws.amazon.com

Company Address: AUS, NSW, Sydney

Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd is the Australian legal entity for Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of Amazon. As presented in official AWS materials, AWS operates a global cloud platform that delivers a broad set of on-demand cloud services including compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, application services, deployment, management, developer tools, security and identity services, machine learning, and Internet of Things (IoT). Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd represents AWS’s presence and operations in Australia, supporting Australian customers, partners, government agencies, and the local technology ecosystem by providing access to AWS cloud infrastructure, platform services, and related commercial and professional offerings located in or delivered into the Australian market. Company overview and position: Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd is part of the broader AWS organization, which AWS describes on its official site as “the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform.” In Australia the company supports a local AWS Region and multiple Availability Zones that enable customers to run workloads with data residency in Australia and to meet local regulatory and compliance needs. The local entity facilitates sales, customer engagement, partner programs, technical support, professional services and training for enterprises, public sector organisations, startups, educational institutions and independent software vendors across Australia and nearby markets. Core business activities: The core business activity of Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd is to provide cloud infrastructure and platform services on a commercial, on-demand basis. Key activities include provisioning compute capacity (virtual servers, containers, serverless compute), object and block storage, managed database services, networking and content distribution, analytics and data lakes, machine learning and AI services, developer tooling, identity and access management, security and compliance controls, and migration and hybrid-cloud solutions. The entity also operates programs for partners (AWS Partner Network), provides professional services and technical consulting (AWS Professional Services), and delivers training and certification programs to help organisations build cloud skills and adopt AWS services. Main products and services: In line with AWS’s global product portfolio, the Australia entity offers the primary AWS service families to local customers. Compute services include Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), AWS Lambda (serverless), AWS Elastic Beanstalk and container services such as Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS). Storage offerings include Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) and various archival and file storage options. Managed database services offered locally include Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB (NoSQL) and Amazon ElastiCache. Networking and delivery capabilities include Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), AWS Direct Connect for private connectivity, and Amazon CloudFront for content delivery. For analytics and big data, AWS provides services such as Amazon EMR, Amazon Redshift (data warehousing), AWS Glue (data integration) and a range of analytics tools. The company also offers machine learning and artificial intelligence services—led by Amazon SageMaker for model development—as well as prebuilt AI services for vision, language and forecasting. Additional services include developer and DevOps tooling (CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline), monitoring and observability (Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray), security tooling (AWS Identity and Access Management, AWS Key Management Service, AWS Security Hub), IoT services, and specialized edge and hybrid offerings such as AWS Outposts. Local capabilities and compliance: AWS’s Australian operations emphasize local data residency, security and compliance frameworks appropriate for enterprises and public sector customers. The local Region and associated Availability Zones enable organisations to keep data and workloads in Australia to satisfy regulatory and contractual requirements. AWS also publishes compliance programs, certifications and guidance relevant to Australian law and sector-specific requirements, and works with customers to implement security controls and architectures aligned with best practices. Customer segments and partner ecosystem: Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd serves a broad base of customers, from government agencies and large enterprises to startups, academic institutions and nonprofit organisations. The company supports digital transformation initiatives, cloud migration, analytics and AI deployments, software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings from local independent software vendors, and emerging workloads such as IoT and edge computing. AWS runs partner programs through the AWS Partner Network (APN) to enable system integrators, managed service providers, consultancies and technology partners to build, market and sell solutions on AWS. The organisation also supports startups via programs like AWS Activate and provides training and certification to build cloud skills within the Australian workforce. Support, training and professional services: To help customers adopt and operate cloud solutions, Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd provides technical support plans, architectural guidance, migration tools and professional services through both AWS’s own professional services teams and certified partners. AWS Training and Certification offerings are delivered locally to help developers, cloud architects and operations teams gain practical skills across AWS services and best practices. In summary, Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd operates as the Australian arm of AWS, delivering the company’s global portfolio of cloud infrastructure and platform services to organisations in Australia. Its activities include provisioning and supporting compute, storage, database, networking, analytics, machine learning, developer tooling, security and management services; supporting compliance and data residency requirements through a local AWS Region; enabling partners and customers through professional services, training and certification; and fostering a local ecosystem of technology providers and innovators that build on AWS cloud capabilities. The information above is consistent with the descriptions and service portfolios presented on AWS’s official website and AWS regional documentation.

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