Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, Databases, US Specialist Solutions Architects
About the role
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.
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
- 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
- Travel approximately 25% on average, mostly in the US, supporting customer and stakeholder needs
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
- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients
- 10+ years of database (eg. SQL, NoSQL, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Kinesis) experience, or Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, economics, computer science, data science, engineering, or other related field
Qualifications
- 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
Skills
- Developed complex applications
- Experienced Oracle/SQL Server/NoSQL Platform Specialist
- Experience migrating Applications from one Database Engine to another
- Designed and architected complex database solutions incorporating both relational and non-relational technologies
Benefits
Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
Pay
Base salary range for this position is listed below. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
- USA, CA, San Francisco - $176,600.00 - $239,000.00 USD annually
- USA, IL, Chicago - $153,600.00 - $207,800.00 USD annually
- USA, NY, New York - $169,000.00 - $228,600.00 USD annually
- USA, WA, Seattle - $153,600.00 - $207,800.00 USD annually
Schedule
Travel approximately 25% on average, mostly in the US, supporting customer and stakeholder needs.