Oracle Migration Architect — AWS Public Sector

Amazon; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 154,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks an Oracle Migration Specialist Solutions Architect within AWS Worldwide Public Sector to lead Oracle workload migrations from estate assessment to target-state design on AWS. You will work with sales, SI partners, and EAs to prove performance, cost efficiency, and migration viability.

You will evaluate RAC, Data Guard, ASM, and Exadata environments, craft migration strategies, and deliver POCs and workshops that accelerate deal closure. Willingness to travel up to 30% is required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience

Responsibilities

• Assessing complex Oracle estates and delivering actionable migration architecture recommendations tailored to workload profile, licensing posture, and business constraints
• Designing target-state architectures across ODB@AWS, RDS for Oracle, Aurora PostgreSQL, and EC2 — including consolidation strategies (PDB/CDB multi-tenancy, pod-based density planning)
• Building and presenting TCO business cases that quantify cost savings and counter Oracle retention tactics (ULA traps, audit exposure, OCI positioning)
• Delivering technical workshops, immersion days, and executive architecture sessions to accelerate deal velocity
• Partnering with account teams, Professional Services, and SI partners to translate migration opportunities into pipeline and consumption forecasts
• Modeling projected consumption for Private Pricing Agreements (PPAs) and strategic commitments
• Mentoring and enabling field SA teams on Oracle migration positioning, licensing nuances, and competitive messaging

Skills

Oracle migration

Cloud architecture

Migration strategy

POC delivery

Cost optimization

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

AWS

RDS for Oracle

Aurora PostgreSQL

Exadata

Job description

Amazon seeks an Oracle Migration Specialist Solutions Architect within AWS Worldwide Public Sector to lead Oracle workload migrations from estate assessment to target-state design on AWS. You will work with sales, SI partners, and EAs to prove performance, cost efficiency, and migration viability.

You will evaluate RAC, Data Guard, ASM, and Exadata environments, craft migration strategies, and deliver POCs and workshops that accelerate deal closure. Willingness to travel up to 30% is required.