Sr. Solutions Architect – Database Migration & Modernization Specialist

Are you an experienced presales Solutions Architect with deep expertise in databases migrations and modernization AWS is seeking a Sr. Solutions Architect to serve as a trusted technical advisor to our customers who are embarking on complex database migration and modernization this role youll combine your strong business acumen with your technical expertise in relational and non-relational database technologies to architect solutions that transform our customers most critical data workloads.

Our Solutions Architecture team is dedicated to helping customers achieve their business goals through thoughtful well-architected technology solutions. We work closely with sales engineering and professional services teams to deliver outcomes that matter. We are a collaborative group that values knowledge-sharing continuous learning and creative problem-solving. If you are excited about working with customers across industries tackling new technical challenges and contributing to a team that is always learning and growing this is the place for you.


Key job responsibilities
Design and architect end-to-end database solutions for customers in our Healthcare and Life Sciences (HCLS) vertical
Lead technical discussions on complex migration and modernization strategies across commercial relational databases (e.g. Oracle SQL Server) open-source relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL MySQL MariaDB) NoSQL services (e.g. DynamoDB DocumentDB) and specialized database engines (e.g. Neptune ElastiCache)
Translate business requirements into technical solutions that address the customers unique challenges in the competitive database landscape
Drive database migration assessments performance optimization engagements and architecture reviews - applying technical judgment to evaluate trade-offs in scalability reliability cost optimization and operational excellence
Provide strategic guidance to customers through 1:1 advisory sessions and 1:many enablement workshops driving database service adoption and ultimately revenue growth by contributing to go-to-market strategy and creating reusable technical content (reference architectures best practices)
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including sales product and engineering to gather customer feedback influence database service roadmaps and ensure customer requirements are translated into actionable product enhancements
Stay current with emerging trends in Database and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) technologies in order to help customers innovate and maintain competitive advantage


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- 5 years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development cloud computing systems engineering infrastructure security networking data & analytics) experience
- Skilled in relational data modeling NoSQL data modeling (e.g. single-table design for DynamoDB) and choosing the right database for the right workload
- Experience working with commercial relational databases (e.g. Oracle SQL Server) and non-relational databases (e.g. MongoDB Cassandra DynamoDB ElastiCache Redis Couchbase Neptune Neo4j)
- Experience with Terraform CloudFormation and/or CDK for database infrastructure automation
- Strong understanding of how databases interact with GenAI workloads

- 6 years of experience in a solutions architecture function preferably with a focus in infrastructure database and/or networking
- AWS Certifications: AWS Database Specialty AWS Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent certifications

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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. Amazon also 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. Learn more about our benefits at MA Boston - 153600.00 - 207800.00 USD annually
USA NJ Jersey City - 169000.00 - 228600.00 USD annually
USA NY New York - 169000.00 - 228600.00 USD annually