Jobs at Amazon

Basic Qualifications

The Database role supports our services that focus on Databases technologies, including Amazon Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, Athena, as well as AWS Database Migration Service, Data Pipeline, Glue and more.

• 5+ years Advanced administration experience with (1) of the following Database engines: MySQL / Oracle /
• PostgreSQL / MariaDB / SQL Server / Amazon Aurora
• Advanced experience with System Administration with Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, RedHat) and/or Microsoft Windows Server and associated technologies (Active Directory, Exchange)
• Advanced experience with Networking and troubleshooting (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, switching, firewalls,
• LAN/WAN, traceroute, iperf, dig, cURL or related)
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Science / Information Technology, Data Science, Computer Science,
• Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field OR equivalent experience in a technical position
   

Preferred Qualifications

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong analysis and troubleshooting skills and experience
• Database troubleshooting and performance tuning
• Experienced setting up monitoring / alarming for production DB environments
• Database migration and ETL experience
• Experience with NoSQL technologies like DynamoDB, Redis, MongoDB, Cassandra or Riak
• Experienced with Linux system monitoring and analysis
• Good understanding of distributed computing environments
• Experience with query analyzers and query tuning / slow query optimization etc.
• Exposure to Virtualization (VMware, Xen, Hypervisor)
• Prior working experience with AWS - any or all of EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, RDS, Dynamo DB, EMR
• Exposure to security concepts / best practices
• Expertise with Load Balancing, Iperf, MTR, netcat, and other network monitoring / troubleshooting tools
• Experience Troubleshooting the full application stacks from the OS up through custom applications