RDS Oracle Solutions Architect — Database & AI

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Seattle seeks a Specialist Solutions Architect for RDS for Oracle and Oracle Database @AWS. You will be the technical authority that guides large-scale migrations and production operations for Oracle workloads.

Focused on RDS for Oracle, you will design architectures, partner with the RDS team, and help surface customer patterns to drive feature improvements while mentoring peers and publishing practical content for the Oracle community at AWS.

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.
• Experience in Oracle DB, or experience in software development and experience in technical support.
• Experience owning and leading significant projects from concept to deployment.
• Experience architecting or operating Oracle solutions at scale (multi‑TB databases, tens of thousands of connections, cross‑region replication).
• Have software development experience (Python, Java), and fluency with AI tooling (Kiro, Claude Code, Codex, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical advisor for AWS's key customers running or migrating to RDS for Oracle and Oracle Database @AWS, providing hands-on architectural guidance from design through production operation.
• Guide customers on RDS operational best practices including performance & scaling, high availability & durability, monitoring & observability, maintenance & patching, backup & recovery, security and operational hygiene
• Design and validate RDS Oracle architectures that leverage RDS‑specific capabilities, ensuring customers realize the full value of the platform.
• Partner with the RDS 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 Oracle community on AWS.
• Advise customers complex database migrations.
• Present at key industry events including AWS re:Invent, AWS Summits, Oracle AI World, and customer‑facing workshops.
• Stay current with Oracle developments (new major versions, ecosystem, tooling) and translate those advancements into actionable guidance for AWS customers.

Skills

Oracle DB expertise

Architecture design

Migration experience

Software development (Python/Java)

Project leadership

Cloud/AWS knowledge

AI tooling familiarity

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Seattle seeks a Specialist Solutions Architect for RDS for Oracle and Oracle Database @AWS. You will be the technical authority that guides large-scale migrations and production operations for Oracle workloads.

Focused on RDS for Oracle, you will design architectures, partner with the RDS team, and help surface customer patterns to drive feature improvements while mentoring peers and publishing practical content for the Oracle community at AWS.