AWS Practice Lead helping Percona customers optimize open-source databases and infrastructure on AWS. Building services, partnerships, revenue, and a growing AWS consulting practice.
Responsibilities
Help customers maximize open-source databases running on AWS and the broader AWS ecosystem
Provide architectural guidance across surrounding infrastructure when it affects database performance, cost, or reliability
Offer strategic advice and direct assistance with complex implementations and migrations
Advocate for customer outcomes and recommend the technically appropriate solution
Help existing AWS customers improve performance, optimize costs, and adopt additional AWS or Percona services
Support customers migrating to AWS and ensure Percona support and services transition with them
Advise internal Percona teams on software and service improvements for AWS customers
Collaborate with the Cloud Partnership team on AWS co-sell motions, partner programs, and joint go-to-market
Drive revenue, profitability, subscription contribution, partnership revenue, and customer satisfaction for the AWS Practice
Build Percona's presence through content creation, professional networking, and speaking engagements
Design professional service offerings and packages
Enable Sales and Marketing through technical campaigns, pre-sales support, and deal assistance
Hire and mentor a dedicated AWS Practice team
Requirements
Deep, real expertise in the AWS ecosystem
Hands-on experience with open-source databases running on AWS
Experience with AWS services and ecosystem components including EKS, Aurora, RDS, ElastiCache, and MSK
Significant hands-on experience with open-source database technologies such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, and Redis / Valkey
Senior technical advisory, architecture, consulting, or pre-sales customer experience
Ability to provide technically grounded recommendations, including when AWS is not the appropriate solution
Ability to architect migration assessments, cost optimization reviews, and architecture audits
Ability to support pre-sales as a Solutions Architect
Ability to create technical content and speak at industry conferences and AWS-specific events
Ability to hire and mentor a dedicated AWS Practice team as the business scales
Benefits
Flexible work hours
Various paid time off programs
Equipment for your remote office
Funds for career development, including external training, certifications, and conferences
Ongoing connectivity allowances
Opportunity to participate in the equity incentive plan
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