Description
As an Infrastructure & Platform Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) – AWS, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor, guiding enterprise customers through the architecture, administration, and security of their Databricks deployments on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
In this customer-facing position, you will partner closely with Solutions Architects to design and deploy mission-critical workloads, aligning customers' technical roadmaps with the full capabilities of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
As a subject matter expert reporting to the Specialist Field Engineering Manager, you will continuously sharpen your skills through hands-on mentorship, internal training, and continuous learning in AWS cloud infrastructure, network security, and automated deployments.
The impact you will have:
- Technical Leadership: Guide strategic customers through the full lifecycle of Databricks on AWS platform administration from initial architectural design to production deployment.
- Production-Grade Architecture: Architect secure, scalable enterprise deployments that satisfy complex AWS networking (VPCs, PrivateLink), identity (AWS IAM / AWS IAM Identity Center), and security compliance standards.
- Domain Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert in core areas such as AWS infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), cloud networking, and identity management.
- Pre-Sales Collaboration: Support Solutions Architects during complex technical sales cycles by building custom proof-of-concept (PoC) architectures and technical content on AWS.
- Community & Knowledge Sharing: Expand platform adoption by delivering tutorials, conducting hackathons, speaking at conferences, and contributing to the Databricks open-source community.
What we look for:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in a technical role with deep expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS), including cloud security, networking best practices, and enterprise data platform design.
- 2+ years of professional experience with distributed architectures and big data technologies (e.g., Apache Spark, Hadoop, Kafka).
- 2+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role (Pre-Sales, Post-Sales, or Consulting).
- Deep specialized expertise in at least one of the following core domains:
- Security & Identity: AWS security controls, platform/network/data security, encryption, vulnerability management, compliance, and identity protocols (AWS IAM, AWS IAM Identity Center, SCIM, OAuth, SAML, Federation).
- Networking & Deployments: AWS enterprise networking (VPC peering, AWS Direct Connect, PrivateLink), network routing, performance optimization, and large-scale deployment management.
- Platform Administration: High availability, disaster recovery, cluster orchestration, observability (Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail), and AWS Cost Management.
- Infrastructure Automation (InfraOps): Hands-on automation using IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK) to build, maintain, and scale complex AWS environments.
- Hands-on experience with Python, Java, or Scala, alongside strong proficiency in SQL.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent practical work experience.
- [Nice to have] Databricks certifications and/or AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Certified Data Engineer).
- Ability to hit role-specific training and technical delivery milestones within the first 6 months.
- Willingness to travel up to 30% as needed.
Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location.
Local Pay Range $219,100-$301,300 USD