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Job Description
- In this role, you’ll work with innovative builders who are pushing the boundaries of cloud technology. You’ll get to be bold, think big, and make an impact on your career. You’ll be encouraged to bring your experiences, talents, and passions to work.
- You will employ customer facing skills to represent AWS well within the customer’s environment and drive discussions with senior personnel regarding trade-offs, standard methodologies, project management and risk mitigation.
- You will work closely with AWS Platform Service Engineering and Architecture teams to help ensure the success of project consulting engagements with customer.
- You will work directly with customers’ business and technical resources to devise and recommend solutions based on the understood requirements.
- You will Analyze on-premises database environments such as Oracle, SQL Server, or other Commercial DB Engines to Open Source Engines like Aurora PostgreSQL/MySQL or RedShift, DynamoDB.
- You will work with customers to migrate their database environments to AWS. This may include, but is not limited to Re-Host database platform on AWS, Upgrade/Optimize for AWS, Re-Factor to open source database platform on AWS.
- You will Consult for optimal design of database environments, analyzing complex distributed production deployments, and making recommendations to optimize performance.
Your Profile
Qualification And Experience
- 8+ years of DBA experience in Oracle, SQL Server, or other commercial/open source database platforms.
- Must have two (2) active AWS certifications at the associate, professional or specialty certification offered by Amazon Web Services.
- Experience working with high availability, disaster recovery and server tuning strategies including parameters, resources, contention, etc.
- Experience in Shell/Perl/Python Scripting.
- Experience with C-Level/Director level customers in IT/Business to craft their Enterprise Architecture and IT Strategies.
- Relevant Application/Database replatforming experience (Commercial to Open Source Engines)
- Knowledge of replication technologies such as Oracle GoldenGate, Amazon Database Migration Service, or similar.
- Experience with mission critical databases across multiple database platforms.
- Experience in Data Modelling, ETL/ELT workflow management desired & ability to write, tune SQL queries desired.
- Experience in writing procedural language artifacts: PL/SQL, T-SQL, PL/pgSQL, stored procedures.
- Experience in AWS Platforms and Service.
- Experience with Custom/COTS Applications and their implementation/maintenance.
- Experience with TCP/IP Networking.
- Understanding and ability to participate in all phases of the SDLC including requirements gathering, business analysis, configuration management and quality control desired.
Method of Application
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