Specialist Solutions Architect, Databases, US Specialist Solutions Architects

Specialist Solutions Architect, Databases, US Specialist Solutions Architects

Job :  | Amazon Web Services, Inc.

AWS Global Sales drives adoption of the AWS cloud worldwide, enabling customers of all sizes to innovate and expand in the cloud. Our team empowers every customer to grow by providing tailored service, unmatched technology, and unwavering support. We dive deep to understand each customer's unique challenges, then craft innovative solutions that accelerate their success.

As a Database Specialist Solutions Architect (SA) you will design complete solution architectures based on AWS database services.

As a Database Specialist SA you will collaborate with customers and partners on key engagements. You will engage with Sales, marketing, and product teams to develop innovative solutions for customers' most challenging business problems, lead architectural reviews and workshops, provide proof-of-concept projects, deliver technical workshops, and support implementation projects involving database migration or development on AWS.

• Provide AWS customers with deep technical expertise and strategic guidance to effectively use AWS Database Services across their business, both tactically and strategically.
• Collaborate with AWS specialist sales, marketing, and product teams to develop innovative solutions for customers' most challenging business problems.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers' executives, helping them navigate cloud transformation and digital innovation.
• Lead architectural reviews and workshops focused on common use cases, industry best practices, and help customers jump‑start their AWS migration journey.
• Design and architect complex database solutions based on relational or non‑relational technologies.
• Champion industry best practices through technical thought leadership content, including blogs, white papers, and reference architectures.
• Present at key industry events, including AWS re:
  
  Invent, AWS Summit, and other conferences.
• Educate customers on AWS value proposition for data management.
• Provide feedback to AWS product teams on customer specific requirements and act as primary point of contact for urgent customer issues in your technical specialty.
• Stay current with emerging trends in Database, Analytics, and Generative Artificial Intelligence technologies to help customers innovate and maintain competitive advantage.
• Travel approximately 25% of the time, mostly in the US, supporting customer and stakeholder needs.

• 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructure experience.
• 4+ years of specific technology domain experience (e.g., software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).
• 4+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries.

• Experience working within software development or Internet‑related industries.
• Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud.
• Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective.
• Proficiency with relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server, Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL, Maria
  
  DB) and No
  
  SQL platforms (Cassandra, Dynamo
  
  DB).
• Demonstrated ability to design and architect complex database solutions incorporating both relational and non‑relational technologies.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Base salary range for this position: USA, AZ, TEMPE –  –  USD annually; USA, CA, Mountain View –  –  USD annually; USA, CA, Santa Monica –  –  USD annually; USA, CO, Denver –  –  USD annually; USA, OR, Portland –  –  USD annually; USA, WA, Seattle –  –  USD annually.