Senior Solutions Architect, Media, Entertainment, Games & Sports

Senior Solutions Architect, Media, Entertainment, Games & Sports
Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks a Senior Solutions Architect with a specialized background in broadcast and streaming to join our Media, Entertainment, Games & Sports (MEGS) team. You'll work at the intersection of cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and the most exciting transformation in media history: the global shift from traditional broadcast to intelligent, multi-platform streaming experiences reaching viewers everywhere. This position could require travel up to 25% (including international travel for industry events and customer engagements). The future of video is being rewritten, and you'll be the architect behind it.

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 and streaming use cases

Technical Leadership: Understand and anticipate business needs of multiple customers, 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 streamers. 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.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience

Experience with cloud computing technologies

Experience in written and verbal communication skills to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership

Speak, write, and read fluently in English, and have the ability to take direction in English

Experience programming with at least one software programming language

8+ years in technology domains such as broadcasting, streaming, software development or cloud computing

5+ years of experience in design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures related to broadcast, video production, media processing, or streaming

Preferred Qualifications

Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)

Experience working with media industry standards bodies

Compensation

San Francisco: 176,600.00 - 239,000.00 USD annually

Santa Monica: 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

Atlanta: 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

New York: 169,000.00 - 228,600.00 USD annually

Dallas: 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

Arlington: 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

Seattle: 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

Benefits
Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Additional benefits include EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.

Equal Opportunity 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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