Principal - Migrations & Modernization

5+ years consulting or in-house technical leadership experience with a track record of working with stakeholders to identify and prioritise business and technical requirements in order to plan and execute IT transformations
- Experience in technology sales, pre-sales, or technical consulting in customer-facing roles
- Customer facing experience driving discussions with senior stakeholders regarding trade-offs, best practices, project delivery and risk mitigation
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.
- Experience leading the analysis, planning, architecture and migration of complex, large-scale solutions from on-premises datacentres to the public Cloud

Job summary

The person in this role will come with experience planning and executing complex migration and modernisation projects, architecting and implementing complex Cloud Native solutions, providing consultancy, extensive hands-on building, coupled with cross-industry business acumen, including a heavy dose of passion for continued knowledge acquisition and growth, obsession for customers and their success using AWS to align with the desired business outcomes. This role is a blend of consultancy as well as technical skills, across all aspects of migrations, modernization and Cloud Native solutions, using Cloud services in large scale and complex environments.

Key job responsibilities
- Educate customers on the value proposition of AWS and various migration strategies, value, and tools
- Lead deep architectural discussions and design exercises with Customers to create Well Architected solutions on AWS Cloud
- Author or otherwise contribute to AWS customer-facing publications such as whitepapers and proofs of concept
- In partnership with the ProServe leadership and account team, formulate and execute a strategy to accelerate customer outcomes through the adoption of AWS in conjunction with Professional Services engagements
- Build deep relationships with senior technical individuals within customers to enable them to be cloud advocates
- Capture and share best-practice knowledge, sales and delivery content amongst the AWS Professional Services community

About the team

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Work/Life Balance

Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

Mentorship & Career Growth

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
- Hands-on experience using automation tools to migrate workloads from on-premises datacentres to the public Cloud
- Strong practical Linux and Windows-based systems administration skills in a Cloud or Virtualized environment.