Sr. Database Specialist SA, Media & Entertainment, ASPI MEGS, ASPI MEGS

Amazon Web Services (AWS); San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs (Restricted Stock Units)

Sign-on bonus

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Principal Database Specialist Solutions Architect to drive data architecture and migration strategies for large enterprise customers.

You will design scalable database architectures, oversee complex migrations, and influence executive stakeholders to optimize AI data foundations on AWS. You will partner with senior teams to shape data-centric cloud migrations, contribute to best practices, and represent AWS in public forums and client engagements, enabling

Qualifications

• 8+ years of specialist experience across software, cloud, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics.
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures.
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in software or Internet industries.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer infrastructure challenges into comprehensive data architecture strategies leveraging AWS.
• Define and design large-scale Database/Data architectures to accelerate AWS adoption across storage, data, and analytics.
• Engage with senior engineers, architects, data leaders and executives to influence migration decisions and feedback to product teams.

Skills

Database design

Data architecture

Data migration

Tools

Relational databases

Non-relational databases

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Description

Are you a customer-obsessed builder with deep expertise in database design and architecture? Do you have the technical acumen and business savvy to help customers successfully migrate their most critical data workloads to AWS? Join the Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) within the Media & Entertainment team as a Principal Database Specialist Solutions Architect—a senior individual contributor role requiring deep technical expertise in Database technologies and Data Architecture and Data foundation for AI.

The Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) is part of AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS), responsible for driving revenue and accelerating adoption across enterprise customers. We work backwards from our customers' most complex migration challenges to develop and execute go-to-market plans that transform legacy infrastructure into modern, cloud-native architectures. As part of WWSO, you will contribute across the full lifecycle of AWS customer migration initiatives—from initial assessment to post-migration optimization.

Key Job Responsibilities

In this role, you will translate customer infrastructure challenges into comprehensive data architecture strategies leveraging AWS. You will define and design large-scale Database/Data architectures that accelerate adoption of AWS services across storage, data, and analytics domains. You will engage with senior engineers, architects, data leaders, and executives at strategic enterprise customers to influence migration decisions and provide structured feedback to AWS product teams.

As the ideal candidate, you bring deep technical expertise in enterprise migrations and the business acumen required to lead complex data center exit programs with large enterprises. You have hands‑on experience with databases, data migration strategies, application modernization patterns, database migrations, and infrastructure‑as‑code approaches. You are able to credibly advise senior technical and executive stakeholders on migration trade‑offs, risks, and long‑term optimization strategies.

Core Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business development colleagues to provide technical input into migration GTM strategy and support field marketing through technical events, campaigns, and customer engagements
• Lead complex database architecture and problem solving to unblock customers' most critical data needs and modernization initiatives
• Design and execute data migration strategies, design and implement relational and non‑relational data architectures
• Represent the voice of the customer and collaborate with field and central teams to bring migration feedback to product teams
• Act as a thought leader in Database and Data technologies by sharing best practices through AWS blogs, whitepapers, reference architectures, migration patterns, and public speaking engagements such as AWS Summits and AWS re:Invent
• Guide and support an internal AWS community of technical subject matter experts aligned to your customers, including the creation of field enablement materials for the broader Solution Architect population
• Partner with AWS Database Competency Partners and ISVs to deliver comprehensive data solutions for M&E customers.

Basic 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
• Experience working with end user or developer communities
• Experience managing relationships with SAP customers and partners

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.

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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.

USA, CA, San Francisco - 176,600.00 - 239,000.00 USD annually
USA, NJ, Jersey City - 169,000.00 - 228,600.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Dallas - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Job ID: A10589061