Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon is where innovation, risks, and ideas are celebrated. We are builders. We try new things and dream big dreams. At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we are inventing the future of cloud computing. AWS is where the cloud first came to life. Now were inventing for the decades ahead. It is still Day 1 for us, and we are looking for curious people to be part of our diverse teams of thinkers, testers, and doers. Come join us and work with the latest cloud computing technologies that enable our customers to do more with their technology and change the world in their respective industries.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated customer facing leader to coach, grow, and partner with technically skilled, customer-facing Solutions Architects. You will help develop the industrys best databases, analytics, and machine learning solutions architects by enabling and coaching them on best practices, solution selling, presentation and speaking skills, as well as how to create and present architectures of widely varying size and complexity. In collaboration with sales, you will drive revenue growth across a broad set of customers.

In this role, you will need to be technically capable and credible in your own right as well as effective in shaping the customer and solutions-focused skills of your team. You must enjoy learning and introducing new technology in order to help colleagues and customers embrace and adopt new technology. Furthermore, thought leadership in terms of looking beyond the technology and considering the value technology creates for our customers, and helping to change how technology is viewed are important aspects of the role. You will help team members ramp-up on AWS as well as develop speaking, writing, presentation, and executive interaction skills. You will also need to be adept at interacting, communicating and partnering with other departments within AWS such as our services teams, marketing, and professional services, as well as representing your team to executive management.

You will lead the AWS Database Services Organization (DBSO), Customer Advisory Team (CAT). Its a function within the Database Services (DBS) engineering team that aims to improve strategic engagement with customers committed to native AWS databases, analytics, and machine learning services around the world. This team is comprised of Solution Architects (SA) with deep technical expertise in database technologies, data warehousing, big data, analytics, and machine learning. Primary functions of the team include advising key AWS customers on how to leverage database and analytics services to solve their most challenging problems, advice on effective patterns & practices, build and publish foundational reference solution architectures, be the voice of the technical field for DBS, and building a strong worldwide communities, mitigating adoption blockers, influencing service roadmap, and delivering deploy-able architectures that can be used by many customers.

The role will allow you to focus on databases and analytics services and technologies on AWS, including and not limited to Relational Database Service (RDS), Aurora, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, Redshift, Elastic Map Reduce (EMR), Spark, Elasticache, Kinesis, and Quicksight.

The role has worldwide scope, and could result in up to 25% travel.

Here are some other qualities we are looking for:

Come build the future with us! In this role, you will love what you do, and instinctively know how to make work fun. You will be dynamic and creative, and willing to take on any challenge and make a big impact.

Enjoy developing technical talent to achieve great things. You will have a passion for educating, training, and enabling AWS Databases, Analytics, and Machine Learning experts.

Have a strong understanding of solutions innovation. The ideal candidate will have past experience working with customers or similar role and leading architecture teams.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or 10+ years work experience in technical role in lieu of no Bachelors degree.
5+ years management of technical, enterprise customer facing resources.
10+ years experience in software design, implementation, or consulting experience with distributed applications.
5+ years of experience in infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or 10+ years work experience in technical role in lieu of no Bachelors degree.
5+ years management of technical, enterprise customer facing resources.
10+ years experience in software design, implementation, or consulting experience with distributed applications.
5+ years of experience in infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazons culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isnt about how many hours you spend at home or at work; its about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.