MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Employer: Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Offered Position: Database Engineer II - AMZ000560
Job Location: Seattle, WA
Position Responsibilities: Own the design, implementation, operation, and support of large-scale
databases that are crucial to the successful operation of Amazon’s global physical security
platform. Support and administer databases for performance critical, highly available, massively
concurrent, distributed systems on a Linux platform. Establish and maintain security and integrity
controls, and formulate and monitor policies, procedures, and standards relating to data
management. Establish and calculate optimum database parameters and specify users and user
access levels. Migrate performance-critical, high availability systems between managed and un
managed database services. Provide support for system upgrades and new system releases, and
perform database monitoring using tooling, PL/SQL, and Shell scripting, security monitoring,
troubleshooting, and resolution of system failures. Work with third-party vendors and software
development teams to deliver highly available, low-latency services. Gather requirements,
model, design, develop, test, implement, support, and tune high availability data. Participate in
design reviews with software teams, and drive feedback on architecture, design, system
integration, performance, and scalability issues as it pertains to databases. Assist in developing
long-term department database technology strategies, and influence cross-company database
engineering processes and standards. 100% Telecommuting Permitted.
**Qualifications:**
Position Requirements: Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Networking, Information
Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, plus three years of experience in
the job offered or related
occupation or a Bachelor's degree in Networking, Information Technology, Computer Science,
Engineering, or related field plus 5 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
Must have three years of experience in the following: Performing Linux and/or Windows Systems
administration; (2) Performing Network administration such as: (a) DNS, (b)
DHCP, (c) TCP/IP, (d) Load Balancing, (e) HTTP (f) NAT (g) BGP, or (h) software-based (IPSEC &
SSL) VPN solutions; (3) Working with one of the following database administration technologies:
(a) MySQL, (b) Oracle, (c) PostgreSQL, or (d) MS-SQL; (4) Working with one of the following NoSQL
technologies: (a) DynamoDB, (b) Redis, (c) MongoDB, or (d) Cassandra; (5) Working with ETL tools
in managing data workflow jobs; (6) Performing Hadoop system administration with experience
with one of the following: (a) Hive, (b) Spark, (c) HDFS, (d) Presto, (e) Yarn, (f) Sqoop, (g) Python,
or (h) shell scripting
40 hours/week, 8:00am – 5:00pm, Salary Range $150,197 to $168,800
**Preferred Qualifications:**
Please see job description and position requirements above.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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