Overview
Description As a Senior Database Migration Architect, you will work with customers and partners, guiding them through planning, preparing and delivery of complex transformation and migration projects based on varying customer needs. You will build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships with C-level executives to shape their cloud migration and transformation roadmap. On a daily basis, you will work with customers to assess their organizational readiness to perform the cloud adoption. You will guide them to define goals, objectives and business outcomes. Together with the stakeholders, you will create and align a cloud vision to achieve those results. You identify solutions that help a customer, partner, or an internal team overcome technical as well as organizational challenges. You will collaborate with Subject Matter Experts to support pre-sales activities. Eligibility for UK Government Security Clearance is required for this role.
Key qualifications/experience
* Hands-on experience with migrating mission critical database environments from one platform to another. Relevant Application/Database replatforming experience (Commercial to Open Source Engines).
* Experience in driving innovation initiatives and best practices across multiple development teams or customers and proven track record of implementing replication technologies such as Oracle GoldenGate, Amazon Database Migration Service, or similar.
* Prior consulting experience working directly with customers and partners.
* Knowledge of planning, organizing, and managing all phases of a project lifecycle in an agile environment to ensure successful delivery.
* Ability to analyze on-premises database environments (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, or other Commercial DB engines) and compare with Open Source options like Aurora-PostgreSQL/MySQL, Redshift, or DynamoDB.
Responsibilities
* Employ customer-facing skills to represent AWS well within the customer's environment and drive discussions with senior personnel regarding trade-offs, standard methodologies, project management and risk mitigation.
* Collaborate with AWS Platform Service Engineering and Architecture teams to help ensure the success of project consulting engagements with customers.
* Work directly with customers' technical resources to devise and recommend solutions based on understood requirements.
* Think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges in an enterprise environment.
* Consult for optimal design of database environments, analyzing complex distributed production deployments, and making recommendations to optimize performance.
* Develop innovative solutions to complex business and technology problems.
* Support pre-sales activities in coordination with Subject Matter Experts.
Benefits/Culture
Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We value diversity and inclusion, mentorship, and career growth. We promote work-life balance and flexibility as part of our culture. We encourage applications from candidates with diverse experiences and backgrounds.
Legal/Equal Opportunity
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your privacy and the security of your data. Privacy notices are provided at the link below.
Eligibility for UK Government Security Clearance is required for this role (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels).
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