Aurora PostgreSQL Solutions Architect — Migration & Scale

Amazon; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Specialist Solutions Architect for Aurora PostgreSQL to be the technical authority for AWS's largest customers, architecting, migrating, and operating PostgreSQL workloads on Amazon Aurora and RDS for PostgreSQL.

You will go deep on Aurora PostgreSQL, mentor teammates, publish technical content, present at AWS events, and help shape the PostgreSQL roadmap while staying current with community developments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technology domains (software, cloud, infra, security, data).
• 3+ years designing or consulting on applications and infrastructures.
• 10+ years IT development or consultancy in software/Internet industries.
• Hands-on with Aurora PostgreSQL, RDS for PostgreSQL, or AWS database tools.
• Led migrations to Aurora as technical owner.
• Experience with Aurora features: storage, Global Database, insights, blue/green deployments.
• Experience architecting PostgreSQL solutions at scale and with multiple extensions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical advisor for AWS's key customers running or migrating to Aurora PostgreSQL and RDS for PostgreSQL, providing hands-on architectural guidance from design through production operation.
• Guide customers on Aurora PostgreSQL operational best practices including performance & scaling, high availability & durability, monitoring & observability, maintenance & patching, backup & recovery, security and operational hygiene.
• Design and validate Aurora PostgreSQL architectures that leverage Aurora-specific capabilities including storage auto-scaling, read replica scaling, Global Database, HA/DR, Serverless, ensuring customers realize the full value of the platform.
• Partner with the Aurora service team as the voice of the customer, surfacing recurring pain points, advocating for feature enhancements, and participating in roadmap reviews.
• Engage with customer engineers in whiteboard sessions, architecture reviews, and technical deep dives, providing candid guidance and pushing back diplomatically when a proposed design will not hold up at scale.
• Develop and publish technical thought leadership content including blogs, reference architectures, white papers, and re-usable artifacts, that elevate the broader PostgreSQL community on AWS.
• Advise customers complex database migrations (Oracle, SQL Server, and other engines to Aurora PostgreSQL).
• Present at key industry events including AWS re:Invent, AWS Summits, PostgreSQL community conferences (PGConf, PGDay), and customer-facing workshops.
• Stay current with PostgreSQL community developments (new major versions, extensions ecosystem, community tooling) and translate those advancements into actionable guidance for AWS customers.

Skills

PostgreSQL expertise

Aurora PostgreSQL

Migration experience

Cloud architecture

Public speaking

Mentorship

Tools

Python

Java

AWS DMS

SCT

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Specialist Solutions Architect for Aurora PostgreSQL to be the technical authority for AWS's largest customers, architecting, migrating, and operating PostgreSQL workloads on Amazon Aurora and RDS for PostgreSQL.

You will go deep on Aurora PostgreSQL, mentor teammates, publish technical content, present at AWS events, and help shape the PostgreSQL roadmap while staying current with community developments.