Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, Databases

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Specialist Solutions Architect – Databases to join the Canada Specialist Solutions Architects team in Toronto, Ontario. This role is designed for someone who thrives on solving complex, large-scale data management challenges and helping organizations harness the power of cloud computing.

• Provide AWS customers with deep technical expertise and strategic guidance to effectively use AWS Database Services across their business
• Collaborate with AWS specialist sales, marketing, and product teams to develop innovative solutions for customers' most challenging business problems
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers' executives, helping them navigate cloud transformation and digital innovation
• Lead architectural reviews and workshops focused on common use cases and industry best practices
• Design and architect complex database solutions based on relational or non-relational technologies
• Develop and deliver proof-of-concept projects, technical workshops, and support implementation projects for migrating applications from on-premise databases (Oracle/SQL Server) to AWS services such as RDS, Aurora-PostgreSQL/MySQL, and DynamoDB
• Champion industry best practices through technical thought leadership content including blogs, white papers, and reference architectures
• Present at key industry events including AWS re:Invent, AWS Summit, and other conferences
• Provide feedback to AWS product teams on customer-specific requirements and act as primary point of contact for urgent customer issues
• Stay current with emerging trends in databases, analytics, and Generative AI

• 8+ years of experience in specific technology domain areas (e.G. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics)
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures
• Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive-level stakeholders
• Deep knowledge and experience with at least one commercial or open source relational database (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL) or non-relational database (MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB)

• 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture, and networking experience
• Experience working with end user or developer communities
• Experience in a technical role within a sales organization
• Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS

Base salary range of $146,000 – $211,600 CAD annually (Toronto). Total compensation may include sign-on payments and RSUs. Benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, life & AD&D), RRSP, DPSP, and paid time off.

8+ years in technology domain areas;

3+ years in design/implementation/consulting;

deep knowledge ofrelational or non-relational databases;

strong communication skills with executive stakeholders