Senior Cloud Support Engineer - Databases at Amazon Web Services

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.
• 8+ years Advanced administration experience with (1) of the following Database engines: MySQL / Oracle /
• PostgreSQL / MariaDB / SQL Server / Amazon Aurora
• 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

• 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

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