Worldwide Specialist Solutions Architect - Database, Data & AI

About the role

As a Specialist Solutions Architect for RDS for Oracle and Oracle Database @AWS, you will be the technical authority that AWS's largest and most complex customers rely on to architect, migrate, and operate RDS Oracle workloads. This is not a generalist database role. You will focus on RDS for Oracle and Oracle Database @AWS, going deep where others go broad. You will partner directly with customer engineers and CTOs to design well architected production architectures that hold up under real-world pressure and the operational patterns that distinguish battle-tested practitioners from those with only surface-level familiarity. You will have experience with multi-terabyte database migrations. You will collaborate closely with the RDS service team to surface customer patterns, escalate feature gaps, and drive the product roadmap on behalf of the customers you serve. Equally important, you will operate as a thought leader and force multiplier across the broader Specialist SA organization, mentoring teammates, publishing technical content, presenting at AWS re:Invent and AWS Summits, and establishing repeatable frameworks that raise the bar for PostgreSQL engagements worldwide.

Key job responsibilities

• Serve as the technical advisor for AWS's key customers running or migrating to RDS for Oracle and Oracle Database @AWS, providing hands-on architectural guidance from design through production operation.
• Guide customers on RDS operational best practices including performance & scaling, high availability & durability, monitoring & observability, maintenance & patching, backup & recovery, security and operational hygiene.
• Design and validate RDS Oracle architectures that leverage RDS-specific capabilities, ensuring customers realize the full value of the platform.
• Partner with the RDS service team as the voice of the customer, surfacing recurring pain points, advocating for feature enhancements, and participating in roadmap reviews.
• Engage with customer engineers in whiteboard sessions, architecture reviews, and technical deep dives, providing candid guidance and pushing back diplomatically when a proposed design will not hold up at scale.
• Develop and publish technical thought leadership content including blogs, reference architectures, white papers, and re-usable artifacts, that elevate the broader Oracle community on AWS.
• Advise customers on complex database migrations.
• Present at key industry events including AWS re:Invent, AWS Summits, Oracle AI World, and customer-facing workshops.
• Stay current with Oracle developments (new major versions, ecosystem, tooling) and translate those advancements into actionable guidance for AWS customers.

Basic qualifications

• 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.
• Experience in Oracle DB, or experience in software development and experience in technical support.
• Experience owning and leading significant projects from concept to deployment.
• Experience architecting or operating Oracle solutions at scale (multi-TB databases, tens of thousands of connections, cross-region replication).
• Software development experience (Python, Java, etc.), and fluency with AI tooling (Kiro, Claude Code, Codex, etc.).

Preferred qualifications

• Speak, write, and read fluently in Spanish.
• Speak, write, and read fluently in Portuguese.

Pay

• USA, CA, East Palo Alto - 176,600.00 - 239,000.00 USD annually
• USA, CA, San Francisco - 176,600.00 - 239,000.00 USD annually
• USA, NJ, Jersey City - 169,000.00 - 228,600.00 USD annually
• USA, TX, Dallas - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

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