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Senior Cloud Operations Architect

Amazon Web Services Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Posted: 07 Apr 2025

Financial

  • Estimate: $80k - $120k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Hybrid
  • Apply from abroad
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Fluent
  • Arabic: Fluent

Position

Would you like to join one of the fastest-growing organizations within Amazon Web Services (AWS), and help customers of all industries and sizes gain the best value and service from AWS? The Senior Cloud Operations Architect drives our customers’ creative and transformative spirit of innovation across all technologies - including Compute, Storage, Database, Big Data, Application-level Services, Networking, Serverless, Deployment, Security, and more. This is not a sales role, but rather an opportunity to be the principal technical advisor and ‘voice of the customer’ to organizations ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 enterprises.

As a Senior Cloud Operations Architect, you will help craft and execute strategies to drive our customers’ adoption and use of AWS services - including EC2, S3, DynamoDB & RDS databases, Lambda, CloudFront CDN, IoT, and many more. You will provide advocacy and strategic technical guidance to help plan and build solutions using best practices, and proactively keep your customers’ AWS environments operationally healthy.

This position will require the ability to travel 10% or more as needed. The close relationships developed with your customers will allow you to understand their business and operational needs and technical challenges, helping them achieve the greatest value from AWS.

Work Conditions

  • Work-life harmony is a priority, promoting flexibility as part of our culture.
  • Our inclusive team environment fosters diverse experiences, empowering employees to embrace their uniqueness.
  • Continuous mentorship and career growth opportunities are available to help you develop into a well-rounded professional.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of design/implementation/operations/consulting with distributed applications experience
  • 5+ years of technical engineering experience
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or equivalent
  • Experience in operational parameters and troubleshooting for four (4) of the following:
    • Compute
    • Storage
    • Networking
    • CDN
    • Databases
    • DevOps
    • Big Data and Analytics
    • Security
    • Architecture
    • Applications Development in a distributed systems environment
  • Fluency in Arabic and English

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in an internal enterprise or external customer-facing environment as a technical lead
  • Professional oral and written communication skills, presenting to an audience containing decision maker(s)
  • Experience with cloud services and offerings

Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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About Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon offering cloud computing platforms and APIs. AWS provides a broad set of global cloud-based products, helping organizations move faster, lower IT costs, and scale applications. Committed to sustainability, AWS aims for 100% renewable energy usage.

Benefits at Amazon Web Services

    • Innovative culture encouraging pushing boundaries
    • Opportunity to impact businesses and individuals globally
    • Wide range of learning and career advancement opportunities
    • Commitment to environmental sustainability and reducing carbon footprint