Sr. Database Specialist SA, Media & Entertainment, ASPI Auto & Manufacturing

Are you a customer-obsessed builder with deep expertise in database design and architecture Do you have the technical acumen and business savvy to help customers successfully migrate their most critical data workloads to AWS Join the Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) within the Media & Entertainment team as a Senior Database Specialist Solutions Architecta senior individual contributor role requiring deep technical expertise in Database technologies and Data Architecture and Data foundation for AI.

The Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) is part of AWS Sales Marketing and Global Services (SMGS) responsible for driving revenue and accelerating adoption across enterprise customers. We work backwards from our customers most complex migration challenges to develop and execute go-to-market plans that transform legacy infrastructure into modern cloud-native architectures. As part of WWSO you will contribute across the full lifecycle of AWS customer migration initiativesfrom initial assessment to post-migration optimization.

Key job responsibilities
In this role you will translate customer infrastructure challenges into comprehensive data architecture strategies leveraging AWS. You will define and design large-scale Database/Data architectures that accelerate adoption of AWS services across storage data and analytics domains. You will engage with senior engineers architects data leaders and executives at strategic enterprise customers to influence migration decisions and provide structured feedback to AWS product teams.

As the ideal candidate you bring deep technical expertise in enterprise migrations and the business acumen required to lead complex data center exit programs with large enterprises. You have hands-on experience with databases data migration strategies application modernization patterns database migrations and infrastructure-as-code approaches. You are able to credibly advise senior technical and executive stakeholders on migration trade-offs risks and long-term optimization strategies.

Core Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with business development colleagues to provide technical input into migration GTM strategy and support field marketing through technical events campaigns and customer engagements

- Lead complex database architecture and problem solving to unblock customers most critical data needs and modernization initiatives
- Design and execute data migration strategies design and implement relational and non-relational data architectures
- Represent the voice of the customer and collaborate with field and central teams to bring migration feedback to product teams
- Act as a thought leader in Database and Data technologies by sharing best practices through AWS blogs whitepapers reference architectures migration patterns and public speaking engagements such as AWS Summits and AWS re:Invent
- Guide and support an internal AWS community of technical subject matter experts aligned to your customers including the creation of field enablement materials for the broader Solution Architect population
- Partner with AWS Database Competency Partners and ISVs to deliver comprehensive data solutions for M&E customers.

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- 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
- 8 years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience

- 5 years of infrastructure architecture database architecture and networking experience
- Knowledge of AWS services market segments customer base and industry verticals
- Experience working with end user or developer communities
- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences including executive level stakeholders or clients
- Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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 CA Mountain View - 176600.00 - 239000.00 USD annually
USA CA Santa Monica - 153600.00 - 207800.00 USD annually
USA NY New York - 169000.00 - 228600.00 USD annually
USA TX Dallas - 153600.00 - 207800.00 USD annually