Sr. Database Specialist Solutions Architect

November 5, 2026

Job Description

Company: Amazon Web Services
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Workplace Type: Remote
Employment Type: Full-time
Pay / Compensation: $153,600.00 – $207,800.00 USD annually

About the Role

AWS Global Sales drives cloud adoption, and as a Database Solutions Architect, you will design complete solution architectures based on AWS database services, focusing on solving complex, high-scale data challenges for enterprise customers.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

  • Provide Enterprise customers with deep technical expertise to advance AWS Database Services adoption.
  • Design and deploy future state petabyte-scale data services for high volume OLTP/OLAP environments.
  • Lead architectural reviews and workshops focused on solving customer business cases and cloud transformation.
  • Develop and deliver proof-of-concept projects and support migration from on-premise databases like Oracle/SQL Server to AWS RDS/Aurora-PostgreSQL/MySQL.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • 8+ years of specific technology domain experience (cloud computing, data & analytics).
  • 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures.
  • Deep knowledge and experience on at least one commercial relational database (Oracle, SQL Server) or open source database (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB).
  • 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture, and networking experience is preferred.

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications (if applicable)

  • Experience in technology/software sales, pre-sales, or consulting.
  • Expertise with Open Source database technologies such as PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases like ElastiCache and DynamoDB.

Benefits & Perks (if applicable)

  • Comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

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