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Sr. Manger, Specialist Solution Architects - Relational Databases, WWSO, Data & AI GTM

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Arlington, VA, Seattle, WA$201k - $272kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior Manager leading a global team of Specialist Solutions Architects for AWS Relational Databases, owning worldwide SA strategy for Aurora, RDS, DMS, and related engines, with hands-on leadership, customer engagement, and cross-functional collaboration to migrate customers to Aurora/open-source databases at enterprise scale.

Responsibilities

  • Own the worldwide specialist SA strategy for the commercial and open source database portfolio, with Amazon Aurora at the center.
  • Lead, coach, and grow a distributed team of specialist solutions architects operating as the definitive technical authorities on relational databases at AWS.
  • Engage directly with strategic customers on their most complex challenges: migration from Oracle and SQL Server, data modeling, performance and cost optimization, high availability, and large-scale architecture design.
  • Represent the voice of the customer back to Aurora, RDS, and DMS service teams, influencing roadmap and closing capability gaps.
  • Partner with service Engineering Leaders, GTM leadership, TFCs, and regional SA leaders to align specialist investment to customer need and business priority.
  • Build scalable mechanisms (reusable content, enablement, tooling, and repeatable engagement models) that multiply your team's impact across the field.
  • Set and raise the technical bar, fostering a culture of technical excellence, customer obsession, and operational rigor.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of management of technical, enterprise customer facing resources or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
  • Experience architecting/operating solutions built on any cloud service provider like Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI, etc.
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience

Skills

Required:People managementCloud architectureDatabase migration

Benefits

  • 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
  • Parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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