Description
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Specialist Solutions Architects (SSAs) are technologists with deep domain-specific expertise, able to address advanced concepts and feature designs. As part of the AWS sales organization, Database Migration SSAs work with customers who have complex migration challenges that require expert-level knowledge to solve. Do you enjoy solving novel and unique technical challenges for customers? Become an AWS Specialist SA!
This position is part of the Amazon Specialist and Partner Organization (ASP). Specialists own the end-to-end go-to-market strategy for their respective technology domains, providing the business and technical expertise to help our customers succeed. Partner teams own the strategy, recruiting, development, and growth of our key technology and consulting partners. Together they provide our customers with the expertise and scale needed to build innovative solutions for their most complex challenges.
The Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. We work backwards from our customer’s most complex and business critical problems to build and execute go-to-market plans that turn AWS ideas into multi-billion-dollar businesses. WWSO teams include business development, specialist and technical solutions architecture. As part of WWSO, you'll provide expertise across the entire life cycle of an AWS customer initiative, from developing ideas for new services to accelerating the adoption of established businesses. We pride ourselves on thinking big, delivering exceptional results for our customers, and working across AWS as #OneTeam.
Enterprises of all shapes and sizes are moving to the cloud and they need your help to do it. If you want to help migrate companies to the cloud while providing input on the products and services needed to enable this mass migration – read on. This is no small challenge as you’ll be helping large customers get a great start on their cloud migration journey. As part of the Amazon Database Migration Accelerator (DMA) team you’ll use your experience and real-world know-how to help customers move their database applications to AWS. If you’re interested in having a measurable impact on businesses ranging from educational institutions to multi-national corporations – this is the role for you. We are looking for talented migration specialist/architects that are passionate about databases and migrations, and are enthusiastic about applying bold new ideas to real-world problems. You will be forward-looking and aware of the latest DB technology offerings (including both relational and NoSQL), and migration methodologies. Databases and Analytics Services at AWS covers a range of data platforms including Amazon Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, Athena, as well as AWS Database Migration Service, Data Pipeline, Glue and more. As each service grows, so does adoption by customers world-wide.
Joining the AWS Database Migration Accelerator team as migration specialist gives you the opportunity to:
- Engage with companies in a diverse range of industries and verticals.
- Solve challenging problems that will revolutionize computing in the cloud.
- Work for a company that’s at the forefront of the cloud computing and AI space.
In this position you will deal with demanding customers and pressing deadlines – but that just keeps things interesting. You’ll have exceptional problem-solving skills, strong business judgment, and demonstrated experience working with cross-functional teams. This position requires a solid technical background, and you should be customer-focused with a passion for the cloud and information technology. You should have deep understanding in at least one of Oracle or SQL Server, Sybase, or DB2 databases, and knowledge of PostgreSQL, MySQL, or other AWS native database engines is highly desirable. Past experience in database migrations and migration technologies is required.
Key job responsibilities
As a Sr Database Migration Specialist SA on the Database Migration Accelerator team, you will be:
- Working with customers, AWS sales, professional services, solution architects and product teams to drive migrations to AWS managed databases
- Assessing customer database workloads, helping qualifying those applications that are suitable for migration and developing a high-level migration plan
- Identifying technical solutions to migration roadblocks and guiding database and application developers to implement them
- Assisting customers in the execution of migration proof-of-concept projects
- Delivering technical workshops and immersion days
- Advising customers throughout the migration lifecycle, earning their trust and satisfaction
- Enabling customers in the use of AWS database and migration products and services
- Identifying new opportunities for AWS to improve our products and innovate on behalf of our customers.
A day in the life
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
About The Team
The Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) works backwards from customers to build and execute go-to-market plans that turn AWS ideas into multi-billion-dollar businesses, and pride themselves on thinking big, delivering exceptional results for our customers, and working across AWS as #OneTeam.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
Mentorship & Career Growth
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Work/Life Balance
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Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent, or experience in a professional field or military
- Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
- Knowledge of one or more relational databases or NoSQL systems.
- Experience within specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to influence others internally and externally.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of database migration software and technologies.
- Deep knowledge of more than one database – Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2, MongoDB, Cassandra, Teradata, Netezza, Greenplum, MySQL, PostgreSQL
- Ability to analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, and scope business requirements.
- Ability to deliver initiatives from conception through completion.
- Excellent speaking-listening-writing skills, attention to details, proactive self-starter.
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Company - Amazon Development Centre (London) Limited
Job ID: A3062772
