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

Amazon • Jersey City, NJ

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About The Position

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. 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 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 Oracle/SQL Server/NoSQL Platform Specialist? How about
PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Casandra, or DynamoDB?

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?

As a Database Specialist SA you will collaborate with our customers and partners
on key engagements. You will engage with Database Specialists Sellers and other
stakeholders supporting sales activities such as customer discovery, ideating,
white board solutioning, presenting, educating, leading technical deep dives,
and other technical sales support activities for an assigned US division and
territory. You will develop and deliver proof-of-concept projects, technical
workshops, and support implementation projects in order to develop or migrate
applications from on-premise databases like Oracle/SQL Server to AWS, eg. RDS,
Aurora-PostgreSQL/MySQL, DynamoDB or other database services on AWS.

You will focus on customer solutions that depend on databases, designing and
deploying future state data services and reference architectures to enable our
customers to make the most of AWS managed databases.

Requirements

• 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
• 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 commercial or open source relational database (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL), or non-relational database (e.g. MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB)

Nice To Haves

• 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/operating solutions built on AWS

Responsibilities

• Provide AWS customers with deep technical expertise and strategic guidance to allow them 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, 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 including 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 the Database, Analytics, and Generative Artificial Intelligence technologies to help customers innovate and maintain competitive advantage

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed