BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: - Experience working with video Broadcast, OTT/ABR, or MVPD/MSO workflows - Experience with video compression and packaging, especially H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, HLS and DASH - 10 years' experience with Linux operating systems - Willingness to travel within LATAM up to 30% - 3 years’ experience using at least one Linux-based scripting language (e.g. Perl, Ruby, Bash, Python) Job summary Do you like helping customers implement challenging video workflows? Would you like to do this using the best in class encoding and industry leading cloud computing technologies? Do you have the consultative and leadership skills to help customers succeed with their cloud adoption initiatives? The AWS Elemental Solutions Architect will work closely with customers as well as our internal development teams on creating new blueprints and best practices for helping customers in their journey to AWS cloud services. Building next generation architectures requires both a depth and breadth of understanding of the technical, operational and business challenges each Media & Entertainment (M&E;) customer is facing. We are looking for a Senior Solutions Architect to guide customers through this disruptive shift to cloud based video processing and delivery, utilizing best of breed AWS services as well as partner solutions. Here are some other qualities we are looking for: - At AWS, we have a credo of “Work hard. Have fun. Make history”. - You will be willing to take on any challenge and make a big impact. - You need to have a passion for educating, training, designing, and building new cloud solutions to support video workflows for a variety of different markets. Key job responsibilities - Ensure customer success in designing architectures to support video processing and delivery workflows - Act as the primary technical interface for customer Proof of Concepts and provide responsive and knowledgeable pre-sales support - Work with Partners to help deliver products and services to customers - Conduct one-to-few and one-to-many training sessions to transfer knowledge to customers, partners and system integrators on best practices - Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS Solutions Architect community - Author or otherwise contribute to AWS customer-facing publications such as whitepapers - Communicate customer feedback to Product Management and the Services team (feature requests, market trends, etc.) - Work closely with the Software Engineering team to verify technical requirements for customer-requested features and defect fixes Preferred Qualifications: - A BS in computer science, electrical engineering or other related field - Strong communication skills - Experience with AWS cloud services (S3, EC2, Cloudfront, etc.) or AWS SA Associates certification