Description
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a Database Specialist Solution Architect to join the India WWSO Specialists team and help customers modernize their database estates on AWS. In this role, you will be the hands-on technical expert who works directly with customers to plan, design, and execute database migrations - moving workloads from commercial databases like Oracle and SQL Server to AWS purpose-built databases including Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon RDS.
You will engage across the full migration lifecycle: from discovery and schema assessment through proof-of-concept validation and production cutover planning. This is a deeply technical, customer-facing role for someone who thrives on solving complex database challenges and enabling customers to achieve better performance, scalability, and cost efficiency on AWS.
Key job responsibilities
- Engage with customers to assess existing database environments, identify migration candidates, and recommend target AWS database services.
- Design database migration architectures using AWS DMS, Schema Conversion Tool (SCT), and native replication approaches.
- Conduct hands-on proof-of-concept engagements demonstrating performance, compatibility, and operational benefits of AWS databases.
- Provide technical guidance on schema conversion, stored procedure refactoring, and application compatibility for Oracle/SQL Server to Aurora/RDS/DynamoDB migrations.
- Develop migration runbooks, cutover plans, and rollback strategies for production database migrations.
- Support competitive technical evaluations against Oracle, SQL Server, and other cloud database offerings.
- Collaborate with Database Sales Specialists to qualify opportunities and accelerate deal closure through technical validation.
- Create and deliver technical workshops, immersion days, and enablement sessions for customers and partners.
- Contribute to the development of reusable migration tools, scripts, and best-practice documentation.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or above in computer science, computer engineering, or related field, or experience from a technical internship
- 4+ years of database administration experience, or Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
- Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience in SQL Server/MySQL and experience in Oracle DB
- Experience with at least one AWS or cloud-managed database service (Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB, or equivalent).
- Working knowledge of database migration tools and methodologies (AWS DMS, SCT, or similar).
- Strong SQL skills and understanding of relational database design, normalization, and indexing strategies.
- Customer-facing experience with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to varied audiences.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of databases and AWS database services: ElasticSearch, Redshift, DynamoDB
- Experience in Postgres, or experience in SQL Server/MySQL and experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
- AWS Professional level certification, or 3+ years of database (eg. SQL, NoSQL, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Kinesis) experience
- Experience migrating production Oracle or SQL Server databases to Amazon Aurora or Amazon RDS.
- Hands-on experience with Amazon DynamoDB data modeling and single-table design patterns.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK) for database provisioning.
- Experience in a pre-sales, consulting, or specialist SA role at a technology company.
- Exposure to India Public Sector environments and compliance requirements.
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Company - AWS India - Delhi
Job ID: A10453512
