Database Administrator II, AFT PES Databases

was recently voted #5 most admired company in the US #1 most innovative and # 1 in Customer Service. Amazons technology business has a history and tradition of leading the world in Web-related technologies and services.

AFT Team is currently looking for a Database Administrator position for its Bellevue WA office to design develop and manage the persistence solutions that serve and support AFT needs. Database administrator will be part of the worldwide operations and responsible for designing managing and maintaining highly complex confidential mission critical and high availability databases in a dynamic and fast paced environment. This job involves design reviews for new / existing development transportation technologies applications identify and architect right RDBMS database solutions like PostgreSQL MySQL Big Data or No SQL based cloud computing and storage technologies executing projects to deliver high quality deliverables on time defining development processes for continuous improvement driving the technology direction and leading the database engineering team effectively.

Key job responsibilities

Develop and improve the current data architecture for AFT Databases on AWS Postgres / MySQL / Redshift

Keep up to date with advances in data persistence and big data technologies and run pilots to design the data architecture to scale with the increased data sets of advertiser experience.

Database & Application (SQL & PL / SQL) performance tuning plan stability hints analytical queries.

Monitor and maintain database security and database software

Implement replication and disaster recovery strategies

Root cause analysis of production-related database issues

Daily maintenance monitoring problem resolution and internal customer / development support

Review design and develop data models in conjunction with the application development teams

On-call for production databases on a rotation basis

• 4 years of database administration experience or Bachelors degree in computer science engineering mathematics or equivalent
• Knowledge of SQL Linux OLAP and relational NoSQL & multi-dimensional databases
• Knowledge of AWS services such as Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Elastic Block Storage (EBS) and Simple Storage Service (S3)
• Knowledge of programming or other scripting languages and coding skills (C / C / C# Java Python PHP Ruby)
• Can work proactively and independently meet deadlines and deliver on projects and tasks
• Experience handling ambiguous or undefined challenges through strong problem solving abilities
• 5 years of database (eg. SQL NoSQL Hadoop Spark Kafka Kinesis) experience
• Knowledge of the software development / engineering lifecycle from conception to delivery
• Experience in a 24x7 operational services or support environment
• Experience in root cause analysis and troubleshooting or problem solving
• Experience with performance and scalability testing

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $99500 / year in our lowest geographic market up to $185000 / year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and / or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

Required Experience :

Unclear Seniority

Key Skills

Databases,Disaster Recovery,SQL,High Availability,Microsoft SQL Server,ssrs,Database Design,Performance Tuning,SSIS,Database Administration,Sybase,Oracle

Employment Type : Full-Time

Department / Functional Area : Database Administration

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 99500 - 185000