[Remote] Sr. Sales Specialist, Database , Enterprise

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the pioneer and recognized leader in Cloud Computing. The Senior Sales Specialist role focuses on increasing customer adoption of AWS Cloud in the Retail and CPG industry by driving database migration and modernization initiatives while collaborating with AWS account teams and partners.ResponsibilitiesYou will be responsible for working with customers and AWS account teams to advance qualified sales opportunities for enterprise application workloads and data center migration projectsYou will be an integral part of your area or country specialized sales leadership team, and will apply globally developed migration and modernization sales plays locally in a data driven wayYour “build and scale out” skills will allow you to build programs for demand generation teams and AWS partners to advance database workload sales opportunities across a broad set of customers across the AmericasYour excellent verbal and written communication skills will allow you build sales enablement tools, evangelize our platform with our enterprise and mid-market customers as well as our valued partnersBe a leader of virtual teams. You will guide Americas cross functional teams to drive database adoption on AWS across existing and new AWS customersSkillsBachelor's degree or equivalent5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience5+ years of cloud architecture and solution implementation experience4+ years of database administration experience, or Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalentExperience in Database Administration and strong troubleshooting skills (tuning and optimization, deadlocks, schema design) with any Relational Database Engines (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLServer)5+ years of database migration and modernization projects experience8+ years as a Database Administrator (DBA) Specialist with hands-on database administration experience, including experience in Database Management & Maintenance, Performance Optimization, Security & Compliance, High Availability & Disaster Recovery, Data Migration & Integration and Collaboration & SupportExperience working with end user or developer communitiesExperience with RDS (PostgreSQL, MySQL), Redshift and/or other RDBMS systemsKnowledge of SQL, Linux, OLAP, and relational, NoSQL & multi-dimensional databasesExperience with industry standard tools and scripting languages (Python or Perl) for automationExperience with Cloud platforms (preferably AWS), database systems (SQL and NoSQL), AI tools for development productivity, contributing to open-source projects, and/or version control systemsKnowledge of NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra)BenefitsSign-on paymentsRestricted stock units (RSUs)Sales incentivesHealth 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) matchingPaid time offParental leaveFlexible work hours and arrangementsEmployee-led affinity groupsOngoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferencesEndless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resourcesCompany OverviewLaunched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing. It was founded in 2002, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://aws.amazon.com.Company H1B SponsorshipAmazon Web Services (AWS) has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3262 in 2026, 22803 in 2025, 21175 in 2024, 19057 in 2023, 24088 in 2022, 12233 in 2021, 14881 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.