Based in TX as a Solutions Engineer for Salesforce (came through their new grad program and worked at Amazon before for > a year as a BA).
Love working at Salesforce but the pay for their new grad SEโs is ๐ฅ.
I want to go back to Amazon and be an SA at AWS (I wanted to transfer but my manager wouldnโt let me because I was an L3 in a non-tech data analyst role). Does AWS have any L4 SA roles and are what are some good resources I can use to prep?
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I went through the interviews and got an offer but passed as I was unsure if SA was what I wanted to do. Interview questions were all technical concepts with no coding. Things like - RTO vs RPO, symmetric vs asymmetric encryption, compiled vs interpreted language, SQL vs noSQL. Oh and LP behavioral questions too.
I don't think it would be horrible, you'd get a pay bump and come in with minimal expectations, meaning you can take your time to learn the AWS environment and get situated in your role. In one of my rounds I spoke with an L7? SA and he said that the program graduates are their top performers. Plus you have a clear promo path in front of you.
Itโs challenging to be a generalist here because you are expected to have a 200 level knowledge of 40 core services and a basic understanding of over 100 othersโฆ
As far as I know, it is the only way to join AWS as an L4 SA externally. And I still have to prove myself to older SAs with a more IT-heavy background. Growing up in the system, however, teaches you how to navigate the company with lower expectations, which pays tenfold down the road