I am from Telecom/Networking background working in Pre-Sales. What are the skill set required for Solution Architect position at Amazon? I am very well versed with networking concept, vendor hands-on,doing demos/POC , customer engagement etc. I applied online through portal and got rejected via cold email so not sure what other things they look specifically? I am not into coding as it never required in 6 YoE. I don't think SAs need coding. I am looking for some insight from SAs or recruiter,what is most important skill they are looking for...
Take the acloudguru Certified solutions architect exam training. For 30 bucks you'll get an overview of concepts
Yeah CloudGuru or Linux Academy. Get AWS Solution Architect Associate. Amazon certs do hold value, unlike most. Do labs.. read white papers. You are missing the AWS specific foundation which is why I think you were rejected cold.
Most Amazon SAs that I've encountered can sling code well enough to publish blog posts with github repos including Cloudformation and some code (python, ruby, or Java).
You need to code.
I happen to be getting ready to apply for a couple of Senior SA roles at AWS and am quite surprised to see several ads that list "AWS knowledge is not needed". How true is this in reality? Meaning, if I applied not having any AWS skills, would my resume even make it to the hiring manager? For clarity, I'm currently an SDE in my current role with a cloud SA background. Just nothing related to AWS at all.
It’s very true, I had 0 AWS skills and knowledge when I applied and got hired, they give you 3 months to train and get up to speed including getting certifications while you work and shadow others...
What was the overall time from applying to getting hired?
I'm an L6 SA at AWS. You don't need to have AWS experience to come in, the onboarding training is extremely thorough. Your life will be a lot easier and more fun if you do, though. You DO need strong modern app/infrastructure/cloud experience, of some flavor. DevOps/orchestration/SRE experience helps a lot as well.
Thanks for the reply...one other question I have is on remote work. Last year when I was checking out remote SA roles, I saw about 300 listed. Today, I see 800 openings. I'm assuming remote workers are more accepted now than a year ago? Is the interview conducted in person or onsite somewhere?
A huge portion of SAs are remote, most roles are eligible. The tradeoff is that we tend to have a lot of travel.
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