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Senior Specialist Solutions Architect - Databases - Amazon Web Services
Solutions Architect
Senior Solutions Architect specializing in high‑scale database design, migration, and performance tuning on AWS, helping enterprise customers build resilient, cost‑effective data platforms.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with enterprise customers to design, architect, and implement scalable database solutions on AWS services such as RDS, Aurora, and DynamoDB.
- Lead complex data migration projects, assessing workloads, planning lift‑and‑shift or re‑platform strategies, and ensuring minimal disruption.
- Optimize database performance and cost through indexing, query tuning, instance sizing, and automation of operational tasks.
- Develop proof‑of‑concepts and reference architectures that demonstrate best practices for high‑availability, disaster recovery, and security.
- Provide technical mentorship to sales and engineering teams, translating business requirements into robust cloud‑native data solutions.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience designing, deploying, and managing relational and NoSQL databases at scale.
- Deep expertise with AWS database services (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift) and associated networking, security, and monitoring tools.
- Proven track record of leading large‑scale data migration and performance‑optimization initiatives.
- Strong problem‑solving skills, ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Certified Database – Specialty) are a plus.