Senior ANZ Database Specialist Solutions Architect AGS Specialists Data and AI

AWS Specialist Solutions Architects (SSAs) are technologists with deep domainspecific expertise able to address advanced concepts and feature designs. As part of the AWS sales organization SSAs work with customers who have complex challenges that require expertlevel knowledge to solve. SSAs craft scalable flexible and resilient technical architectures that address those challenges. This might involve guiding customers as they refactor an application or designing entirely new cloudbased systems. Specialist SAs play a critical role in capturing customer feedback advocating for roadmap enhancements and anticipating customer requirements as they work backwards from their needs. As domain experts SSAs also participate in field engagement and enablement producing content such as blogs and workshops for customers partners and the AWS Technical Field.

Database SSAs combine technical skills in database technologies with business acumen and technical sales skills. They are focused on supporting customers throughout the engagement lifecycle and work closely with the teams that support implementation including AWS Professional Services and Partners. SSAs unblock customers and help them get to production faster. Joining AWS as a Specialist Solutions Architect will give you opportunities to work on interesting and challenging problems collaborate with a group of skilled practitioners focused on delivering outcomes for our customers and be part of a diverse and inclusive community committed to being Earths Best Employer.

Specialist Solutions Architects are part of the Amazon Global Sales Organization (AGS) which builds and executes gotomarket plans that turn AWS ideas into multibilliondollar businesses. Our teams include business development specialist sales and specialist solutions architecture working together to provide customerobsessed solutions that help people run their businesses more effectively. We pride ourselves on thinking big delivering exceptional results for our customers and working across AWS as OneTeam.

Key job responsibilities
Design best in class database solutions for all stages of customer and product lifecycles.
Partner with SAs Sales Business Development and Service teams to accelerate customer adoption and revenue attainment.
Thought Leadership Evangelize and share best practices through forums such as AWS blogs reference architectures and publicspeaking events such as AWS Summit AWS re:Invent etc.
Act as a technical liaison between customers and the AWS teams to provide customer driven product improvement feedback.
Develop and support an AWS internal community of related subject matter experts.

A day in the life
Watch the video to find out what its like to be a Solutions Architect at 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 customers unique challenges then craft innovative solutions that accelerate their success. This customerfirst approach is how we built the worlds most adopted cloud. Join us and help us grow.

This role is part of the Data and AI specialist team for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). As a member of this team you will work with customers and be based out of our Auckland offices. You will focus on customers across ANZ working directly with customers across industry verticals from large Enterprises to startups across all stages of their cloud journey.

About the team
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8 years of specific technology domain areas including both relational (e.g. PostgreSQL MySQL) and nonrelational (e.g. keyvalue document graph) databases.
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 AWS database services and and solutions (e.g. Amazon RDS Amazon Aurora Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon DocumentDB) and their architecture and infrastructure needs

Technical communication skills; able to bridge the gap between business outcomes and technical requirements
Experience managing databases ranging from 110TB in size across multiple platforms (e.g. Oracle SQL Server MySQL PostgreSQL Netezza Teradata Vertica)
Experience with database replatforming from commercial to opensource engines
Cloud expertise as demonstrated by one or more cloud certifications with Database related discipline highly preferred

Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

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