Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is leading the next paradigm shift in computing and is looking for a world class candidate for the role of Sr. Partner Solutions Architect – Relational Database to anchor the Data and AI partner practice in our Industry Partner Solutions Center of Excellence.

Ideal candidates are those who have practical working experience with relational databases. This experience would include designing and implementing database schemas, writing efficient SQL queries, optimizing database performance, and managing database operations. Candidates should have a strong understanding of fundamental database concepts such as ACID properties, normalization, indexing, and transaction management. Expertise in data modeling, query optimization, and leveraging relational databases for a variety of use cases, including transactional applications, business intelligence, and data warehousing, is highly desired.

Knowledge of database administration tasks, such as backup and recovery, scaling, and security, would also be valuable. Familiarity with database technologies like Amazon Relational Database Service like Amazon Arora, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Maria DB, SQL Server, or Oracle, and experience integrating relational databases with other systems and applications, would make candidates particularly well-suited for these roles.

In this role, you will need to be technically capable and credible in your own right, as well as effective in shaping customer and partner solutions involving relational databases. You will enjoy learning and introducing new database technologies to a global team to help them adopt best practices. You will be adept at interacting, communicating, and partnering with other departments within AWS such as our service teams, marketing, the broader Solutions Architect community, as well as representing our data analytics work to executive management.

As the right candidate, you will possess technical skills in software architecture, relational databases, software deployment and cloud computing as well as customer facing skills at all levels of a partner organization. You should also be able to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges. You are a thought leader, and have a hands-on approach that partners are eager to engage with. The ideal candidate can learn new concepts and technologies in a yet-to-be-defined space, is able to communicate effectively with a diverse set of customers or partners across multiple disciplines, and is able to work effectively across internal and external organizations and remote teams.

Position may require the ability to travel domestically, 10-20% of the time, as needed

US Role: Position can be in one of our hub cities: Arlington/DC, Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Irvine, Jersey City, Miami, Nashville, Minneapolis, New York City, Pasadena, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area. Santa Monica, and Seattle.

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Key job responsibilities

Partner Trusted Advisor: Collaborate with AWS account, training, and support teams to help partners and customers learn and effectively use AWS relational database services for their data management, analytics, and business intelligence needs.

Drive Partner Success: Work across AWS teams to build and migrate partner solutions that leverage AWS relational database offerings

Business Partners: Serve as a key member of the business development and partner management team, helping to ensure partner and customer success in building and migrating applications and services on the AWS platform using relational databases.

Product Collaboration: Stay closely connected to the AWS database product teams and work closely with partners to launch new database capabilities as services are updated and enhanced.

Thought Leadership: Provide thought leadership on using relational databases for various use cases through external publications, whitepapers, reference architectures, and public presentations at AWS events and industry conferences.

Community Engagement: Capture and share best practices, participate in, and contribute to the worldwide AWS technical community of Solutions Architects, Consultants, and Trainers focused on relational databases.

Partner Evangelism: Evangelize partner value propositions internally across AWS and externally with customers, highlighting how they leverage AWS relational database services.

Partner Enablement: Drive partner solutions, APN program attainment, and continuous enablement through training, certifications, and go-to-market strategies to differentiate and expand their relational database practice.

Architectural Guidance: Provide the architectural guidance and recommendations necessary to promote successful engagements with software and solutions partners leveraging AWS relational database services worldwide.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Atlanta, GA, USA | Austin, TX, USA | Chicago, IL, USA | Dallas, TX, USA | Los Angeles, CA, USA | New York City, NY, USA | San Diego, CA, USA | San Francisco, CA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA | Washington, DC, USA

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

Preferred Qualifications

5+ years of experience in relational database architecture, design, and administration.

Hands-on expertise in managing and optimizing the performance of enterprise-scale relational databases, such as Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, or on-premises databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle.

Strong knowledge of database concepts, including data modeling, indexing, query optimization, backup and recovery, and high availability.

Experience working with software developers and end-user communities to understand their data management requirements and design appropriate relational database solutions.

Familiarity with software development tools, methodologies, and application integration patterns to effectively collaborate with application teams leveraging relational databases.

Exposure to cloud-based data analytics and business intelligence use cases, and the ability to recommend optimal relational database architectures to support these workloads.

Understanding of enterprise data governance frameworks and how relational databases can be leveraged to implement data security, auditing, and compliance controls.

Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts related to relational databases to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.