Description As a Senior Specialist Solutions Architect for Media Supply Chain and Archive at AWS, you will leverage your deep industry expertise to help our media and entertainment customers design, implement, and optimize their media workflows on AWS. You will focus on creating solutions that address complex media supply chain challenges, from ingest, processing, and management to storage and archival, ensuring that customers can deliver high-quality media content efficiently and securely. In this role, you will partner with business leaders, developers, engineers, and production teams to design cloud-native, scalable, and cost-effective solutions tailored to the media industry’s unique needs. You will play a key role in helping customers modernize their legacy systems, integrate AI/ML for content management, and optimize cloud storage strategies. Your work will directly impact customers’ ability to streamline their operations, reduce costs, and unlock new business opportunities in the evolving media landscape. About AWS Diverse Experiences AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. 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AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) 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. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services. The AWS Industries team is committed to helping industry customers enable their digital transformation journeys. Our primary goal is to meet customers where they are in their cloud journey and work backwards from their industry specific needs to transform their business and their entire industry. Our team speaks the language of our industry customers, which means that we focus on business outcomes and industry use cases on behalf of our customers, whether that is how we build products and solutions, how we sell, how we deliver, or how we partner. Key job responsibilities You will be a subject matter expert on industry topics related to Media and Entertainment, Games and Sports. You will anticipate future trends and identify applications of emerging technologies to reduce friction, eliminate waste, and re-invent consumer workflows. In addition you'll help drive thought leadership around Media Supply Chain & Archive. You will deliver written and spoken communications to establish AWS as the public cloud of choice for media organizations looking to accelerate revenue growth and improve return on assets. You will work with many of the following use-cases: * Advertising signaling and insertion * Distribution and monitoring * Post production * Media Archives and Asset Management * Metadata Management * Content QC, Localization and Preparation workflows * Data Lakes & Data Science * Content Monetization strategies Basic Qualifications - 5+ years of experience in media technology, with a deep focus on media supply chain workflows, content management, and/or archival systems. - Expertise in cloud technologies, preferably AWS, with a proven track record of designing and implementing media workflows on the cloud. - Solid understanding of video/audio codecs, transcoding, media asset management systems, and content distribution networks (CDNs). - Experience with media storage and archive strategies, including tiered storage, data lifecycle management, and content archiving solutions. Preferred Qualifications - 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience - Experience with media and entertainment industry-specific software tools. - Familiarity with AI/ML services and how they can enhance media workflows (e.g., metadata tagging, video analysis, content personalization). - Proven experience with migration of on-premises media infrastructure to the cloud. - Track record of successfully implementing scalable and cost-efficient cloud storage solutions (e.g., S3, Glacier). Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us. Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.