Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, Databases, US Specialist Solutions Architects

Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, Databases, US Specialist Solutions Architects

o:  | 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 constant support. We dive deep to understand each customer's unique challenges, then craft innovative solutions that accelerate their success. This customer‑first approach is how we built the world's most adopted cloud.

Join us and help us grow.

Do you like to solve the most complex and high‑scale data management challenges in the world today? Do you like to build scaling mechanisms that act as a force multiplier? Do you like to engage with all levels of customer personas, from engineering to C‑level executives?

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

Have you developed complex applications? Are you an experienced PostgreSQL/No

SQL Platform Specialist? Have you migrated applications from one database engine to another? Have you designed and architected complex database solutions incorporating both relational and non‑relational technologies? Would you like a career that gives you opportunities to help organizations understand and use cloud computing web services to do big new things faster, at lower cost?

• 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 and industry best practices, helping 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 such as AWS re:
  
  Invent, AWS Summit, and other conferences
• Educate customers on AWS value proposition for data management workloads, ensuring solutions are optimized for production environments
• 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, to support customer and stakeholder needs

• 8+ years of experience in technology domain areas such as software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, or data & analytics
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting experience in applications and infrastructures
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting experience in the software or internet industries
• Knowledge of software development tools and methodologies
• Experience communicating across technical and non‑technical audiences, including executive‑level stakeholders or clients
• Deep knowledge and experience with at least one open‑source relational database (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) or non‑relational database (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, Elasti Cache, Couchbase, Neptune, Neo4j)
• 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture, and networking experience
• Experience working with end‑user or developer communities
• Experience in a technical role within a sales organization
• Experience architecting or operating solutions built on AWS
• Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) fluency

The base salary range for this position varies by location: USA, GA, Atlanta –  –  USD annually; USA, TX,…