About this role
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to join our Media, Entertainment, Games & Sports (MEGS) Industry Business Unit. In this role, you will be a trusted technical advisor to broadcasters, content creators, and production companies, helping them reimagine their workflows using AWS cloud technologies. You'll work with customers across broadcast operations, live production, content creation, and media supply chain to accelerate their digital transformation. The role requires approximately 10% travel (including international). Key job responsibilities Customer Engagement: Work backward from the customer to drive adoption of AWS services for media and entertainment workloads, with specific focus on broadcast, streaming, and content production use cases Technical Leadership: Understand and anticipate customer business needs, accelerating their ability to innovate by building working prototypes and industry-specific solutions Architecture & Design: Run technical workshops and advise customers on architectural decisions for cloud-based media solutions Best Practices: Educate customers to ensure their solutions follow AWS best practices for scalability, availability, security, and operational excellence in media environments Thought Leadership: Author or contribute to AWS customer-facing publications such as whitepapers, tutorials, and blog posts focused on media technology External Communication: Participate in industry conferences and events, sharing knowledge with the broader AWS solutions architect community and media industry Product Feedback: Drive customer requirements alignment with AWS service teams' roadmaps, acting as the voice of media and entertainment customers A day in the life Your days blend technical depth with strategic advisory work across broadcasters and content creators. You'll architect cloud solutions for live sports streaming and broadcast workflows, build proof-of-concepts with AWS media services, collaborate with account teams on customer workshops, and share field feedback with AWS product teams. Throughout the week, you balance hands-on customer engagements with thought leadership—mentoring junior SAs, presenting at industry conferences, and documenting architectural patterns About the team About the team AWS Global Sales (AGS) aims to deliver the highest level of sales support to our customers. 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. Join dynamic and diverse AWS Sales team, focused on large enterprise's digital transformation. 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 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. 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 empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship and 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.