Senior Rds Specialist Solutions Architect

At AWS, we’re hiring database experts to collaborate with our customers and partners on migrating their databases to the cloud. This role will primarily focus on Amazon RDS Postgresql and Amazon Aurora Postgresql compatible.
- Proven Postgresql Database implementation, operations and/or solution deployment experience in a business-critical, high-availability context.
- Experience in designing and/or implementing highly scalable database architectures
- Implementation and tuning experience of Databases including knowledge of Schema Design, Query Tuning and Optimization, and Data Migration and Integration.
- Technical degrees in computer science, software engineering, or mathematics; working knowledge of modern software development practices such as agile methodologies and DevOps.
- Knowledge of the underlying infrastructure requirements such as Networking, Storage, and Hardware Optimization.

Job summary

Are you a Relational Database Specialist with experience on open-source engines? Are you proficient in PostgreSQL?

Do you like to solve the most complex and large-scale database challenges in the world today? Do you want to have an impact in the development and use of relational technologies built for the cloud? Would you like a career that gives you opportunities to help large enterprises and start-ups to deploy their business-critical database workloads on Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora?

**Location**: Israel, UK, Ireland, France, DACH, Italy, Spain and UAE.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a solutions architect to work with our customers and other AWS teams to help customers understand their existing workloads and provide both technical and strategic guidance, along with architectural best-practice on migrating to the cloud.

**We can help You develop further**:
It’s time to bring your hands-on capability to the next level

And we will enable you to accelerate this. Here are some of the skills we can help you develop further:
Broaden, and deepen, your cloud experience. Build upon your database expertise to become a cloud guru, becoming your customers’ trusted advisor on database-centric architectures.

Expand your verbal and written communication skills to execute a go-to-market strategy, ensure success of our most complex customer engagements, collect, organize, and disseminate the expertise needed to drive database, analytics, and machine learning workloads.

Key job responsibilities
- Work with customers to deploy cutting-edge solutions running on Postgresql that leverage Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora.
- Collaborate with business development, Professional services, and sales teams to define Database Engagement strategy for AWS operational territories and key accounts.
- Be a recognized authority for relational database expertise across AWS.
- ¬Build and deliver content by collaborating with business development and AWS service teams to help partners and customers learn and use Postgresql on Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora Postgresql compatible.
- Be a trusted collaborator for the AWS service teams as the voice of the customer for defining and prioritizing service features.
- Provide definitive guidance for customers in choosing the right database services and approaches
- Provide thought leadership on database solutions by authoring or contributing to blog posts, whitepapers, reference architectures, and workshops
- Lead enablement by training Solution Architects, Professional Services Consultants, Technical Account Managers, and AWS Trainers in relational databases
- Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the worldwide AWS solution architect community
- Present at industry events to educate customers and evangelize AWS and Amazon Aurora.

A day in the life

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Work/Life Balance

Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfilment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

Mentorship & Career Growth

Our team dedicates itself to the support of new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates kn