Specialist Solutions Architect, Amazon Database Services, Enterprise Solution Architects, Databases

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a leading cloud platform that drives adoption of cloud services worldwide. The Solutions Architect role involves collaborating with customers to design scalable cloud architectures, providing guidance on migration strategies, and helping drive successful business outcomes through cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

• Participate in deep architectural and design discussions to create world-class solutions built on AWS while ensuring solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud
• Build deep relationships with senior technical individuals within customers to enable them to be cloud advocates
• Author and contribute to AWS customer-facing publications such as whitepapers and proof of concepts
• In partnership with the sales team, formulate and execute a sales strategy to exceed revenue objectives through the adoption of AWS
• Develop strategic technical roadmaps and migration plans for database solutions that align with customers’ business objectives and existing architecture
• Design and implement Database architectures that meet customer requirements across enterprise systems, leveraging AWS services like Amazon RDS, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, and other Database Services
• Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS database solutions architect community
• Travel is expected to be 20%

Skills

• 5+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 5+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
• Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
• Experience working with AWS technologies from a dev/ops perspective
• Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries
• Experience working directly in customer implementations
• Experience in design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures

Benefits

• 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
• Parental leave

Company Overview

• Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It was founded in 1994, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://amazon.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

• Amazon has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 22803 in 2025, 21175 in 2024, 19057 in 2023, 24088 in 2022, 12233 in 2021, 14881 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.