Worldwide Specialist Solutions Architect, In-Memory Database , Data & AI GTM

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, SSAs work

with customers who have complex challenges that require expert-level knowledge

to solve. SSAs craft scalable, flexible, and resilient technical architectures

that address those challenges. This might involve guiding customers as they

refactor an application or designing entirely new cloud-based systems. Do you

enjoy solving novel and unique technical challenges for customers? Become an AWS

Specialist SA!

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 (GTM) 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.

Within WWSO, this position is part of the Worldwide Specialist Team, where you

will be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for designing In-Memory architectures

leveraging AWS services. In-Memory DB Specialist Solutions Architect will work

closely with the Database Services team, Business Development and Sales to

enable large-scale customer use cases and drive the adoption and revenue of AWS.

You will work with the largest companies in the world to design flexible and

cost-effective cloud-based solutions. You will develop whitepapers, blogs,

reference architectures, and presentations to enable customers and partners to

fully leverage AWS services. You will also create field enablement materials for

the broader SA population, to help other SA’s understand how to integrate AWS

caching services into customer architectures. As a trusted advisor and strategic

leader with technical expertise in In-Memory/NoSQL database systems, you will

share recommendations around security, cost, performance, reliability and

operational efficiency to accelerate building key data solutions and

applications on AWS for our customers.

Key job responsibilities

- Represent the voice of the customer; bring customer feedback to product teams

to influence feature development and future product roadmap.

- Provide advanced technical knowledge to your domain aligned GTM teams to

unblock our customers’ largest and most critical business challenges.

- Act as a thought leader sharing best practices through forums such as AWS

blogs, whitepapers, reference architectures and public-speaking events such as

AWS Summit, AWS re: Invent, etc.

- Partner with Business Development teams to define the technical components of

best in class GTM concepts, solutions, and initiatives.

- Develop and support an AWS internal community of technical subject matter

experts worldwide.

- Create field enablement materials for the broader SA population, to help them

understand how to integrate Amazon Web Services solutions into customer

architectures.

About the team

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.

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s

Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and

other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded

professional.

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the

expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of

our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home,

there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led

affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our

differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our

Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences,

inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

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. Basic

Qualifications

• - 7+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the
• software or Internet industries experience
• - Experience developing software code in one or more programming languages
• (java, python, etc.)
• - Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent,
• or 6+ years of technical work experience
• - Knowledge of operating systems, hardware, storage, network, security, database
• administration and cloud infrastructure
• - Experience influencing multiple stakeholders and leading cross functional
• teams across geographies and business units
• - Knowledge of overall system architecture, scalability, reliability, and
• performance in a database environment
• - Experience in Agile methodologies and DevOps practices
• - 5+ years design and implementation experience with NoSQL technologies and
• Key-value stores such as ElastiCache, Aerospike, Redis, Memcached, including
• NoSQL data modeling.

Preferred Qualifications

• - Knowledge of presentations and
• whiteboarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and
• external executives, IT management, and developers
• - AWS certification, such as, AWS Solutions Architect, or a similar cloud
• certification
• - History of successful technical consulting and/or architecture engagements
• with large-scale customers or enterprises.
• - Deep knowledge of and experience with Redis.
• - Hands-on experience with services related to databases highly desirable,
• particularly Amazon Aurora, Lambda, Amazon Elasticache, Amazon OpenSearch,
• Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon S3, Amazon EC2 Container Service, Amazon Kinesis, etc.
• Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis
• of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
• Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely
• and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to
• standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively
• and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional
• customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company
• policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship
• with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties
• and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company
• policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and
• respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and
• safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los
• Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified
• applicants with arrest and conviction records.
• Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for
• employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
• Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our
• customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or
• adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the
• interview or onboarding process, please visit
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• contact your Recruiting Partner.
• The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package
• will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final
• compensation will be determined based on factors including experience,
• qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits
• including 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, and parental leave.
• Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits
• [https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits].
• USA, CA, Mountain View - 176,600.00 - 239,000.00 USD annually
• USA, CA, San Francisco - 176,600.00 - 239,000.00 USD annually
• USA, NY, New York - 169,000.00 - 228,600.00 USD annually
• USA, VA, Arlington - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually