Job Description

Alibaba Cloud Established In September 2009, Alibaba Cloud (Alibaba Cloud Computing) develops highly scalable cloud computing and data management services providing large and small businesses, financial institutions, governments and other organizations with flexible, cost-effective solutions to their networking and information needs. A business of the Alibaba Group, one of the world\xe2\x80\x99s largest e-commerce companies, Alibaba Cloud operates the network that powers Alibaba\xe2\x80\x99s extensive online and mobile commerce ecosystem, and sells a comprehensive suite of cloud-computing products and services.


Background: Solutions Architect (SA) is a key pre-sales technical position in Alibaba Cloud international business division. Our SA\xe2\x80\x99s are experienced cloud architects with comprehensive IT knowledge and industry insight and are, ultimately, the key to success on implementing projects. Solutions Architects are responsible for developing solutions in Alibaba Cloud and helping customers and partners to develop their applications and services on the Alibaba Cloud platform. Closely work with customers to ensure their cloud architecture is successfully implemented by assisting them in building their applications and services on the Alibaba Cloud platform.

• Create and present solution architecture designs to customers.
• Responsible for understanding the unique requirements of customers and partners, and provide appropriate technical cloud solutions and architecture designs based on Alibaba Cloud cloud services.
• Provide assistance to Alibaba Cloud customers and partners in migrating their existing IT system onto Alibaba Cloud platforms. This includes providing migration technique support for both applications and databases.
• Responsible for demo development and testing Alibaba Cloud services.
  

• A background in IT, computer science and/or cloud computing with a good understanding of networking, servers, storage systems, enterprise applications and the cloud.
• A minimum of 5 years experience working and consulting on enterprise architecture design and has a strong understanding of customer needs and requirements.
• Expert knowledge and understanding of cloud architecture design and familiar with architecture methodology and practice in internet based applications/websites. Must also be familiar with procedures and tools for application migration and cloud/virtualization solutions for enterprise customers.
• Experience with Java/PHP/Python/Scala/Go/C++ development, familiar with JDBC, XML, Web Service and design patterns. Experience with Structs, Hibernate, Tomcat or Weblogic server.
• Nice to have one of the industry experience from Game, E-Commerce, Genomic/Healthcare, Media, Travel, Education, IoT...
• Experience with Redis/ MySQL/ PostgreSQL/ NoSQL DB/Hadoop/Spark/Machine Learning...
• Excellent writing, proofreading and editing skills. Able to create documentation that can express cloud architectures using text and diagrams.
• Able to work under high pressure, a quick learner with a passion for cloud technology. Able to think strategically about businesses, products and technical challenges.
• Good communication skills, a good team player and has professional attitude to work
• The role needs to collaborate with the team in HQ China, hence language proficiency in Mandarin and English are both required.