Professional Services III - AMZ14172.11

Amazon; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 160,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Professional Services III in Dallas to drive database modernization efforts.

You will represent AWS in customer environments, discuss trade-offs, and collaborate with Platform Service Engineering and Architecture teams to ensure success. You will work with customers' technical resources to design and implement solutions, migrate on-premises databases to AWS, and optimize distributed deployments for performance, reliability, and cost.

Qualifications

• 6 years of experience with Oracle, SQL Server, or other DB platforms.
• 6 years of experience migrating mission-critical databases between platforms.
• 6 years of experience with HA, DR and server tuning strategies.

Responsibilities

• Represent AWS in customer environments and drive discussions on trade-offs and methodology.
• Collaborate with AWS Platform Service Engineering and Architecture teams to ensure successful project engagements.
• Work with customers' technical resources to design solutions based on requirements.
• Analyze on-premises DB environments and migrate to AWS (Re-Host/Upgrade/Refactor).
• Consult on optimal design of distributed production deployments for performance optimization.
• Develop innovative solutions to complex business and tech problems.
• Travel up to 25% as required; standard 40-hour work week.

Skills

Database administration

Database migration

High availability and DR

Shell/Perl/Python scripting

Education

Master's degree or foreign equivalent in CS/Engineering/IT

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IT plus 8 years experience

Tools

Shell

Perl

Python

Job description

Description

Employer: Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Position: Professional Services III - AMZ14172.11

Location: Dallas, TX

Multiple Positions Available:

1. 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.
2. Work closely with AWS Platform Service Engineering and Architecture teams to help ensure the success of project consulting engagements with customer.
3. Work directly with customers' technical resources to devise and recommend solutions based on the understood requirements.
4. Think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges in an enterprise environment.
5. Analyze onpremises database environments such as Oracle, SQL Server, or other Commercial DB Engines to Open Source Engines like Aurora PostgreSQL/MySQL or RedShift, DynamoDB.
6. Work with customers to migrate their database environments to AWS, including but is not limited to Re-Host database platform on AWS, Upgrade/Optimize for AWS, Re-Factor to open source database platform on AWS.
7. Consult for optimal design of database environments, analyzing complex distributed production deployments, and making recommendations to optimize performance.
8. Develop innovative solutions to complex business and technology problems.
9. Domestic travel up to 25% to perform role responsibilities may be required (40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $160285 - $207800).

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Basic Qualifications

A Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline and 6 years of experience as a database administrator or related occupation. In the alternative, a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline followed by 8 progressively responsible, post baccalaureate years of experience as a database administrator or related occupation.

Experience must include:

1. 6 years of experience with Oracle, SQL Server, or other commercial/open source database platforms
2. 6 years of experience with migrating mission critical database environments from one platform to another
3. 6 years of experience with working with high availability, disaster recovery and server tuning strategies including parameters, resources, and contention
4. 6 years of experience with Shell, Perl, or Python Scripting

Preferred Qualifications

All applicants must meet all the above listed requirements.

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