Sr Database Engineer III, RDS for Oracle
Job Location:
Job Location:
Redmond, WA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
13 days ago
Posted on:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
The Relational Database Service (RDS) is one of the fastest growing AWS businesses providing and managing relational databases as a service. RDS Custom for Oracle Team is seeking talented database engineers who will innovate and engineer solutions in the area of database technology.
The Database Engineering team is actively engaged in the ongoing database engineering process partnering with development groups and providing deep subject matter expertise to feature design and as an advocate for bringing forward and resolving customer issues.
We are looking for individuals who are enthusiastic about applying innovative ideas to solving real-world customer problems and who are passionate about working with this role you will act as the Voice of the Customer helping software engineers understand how customers use databases. you will be responsible for translating customers needs and use cases into technical innovation and robust engineering solutions on AWS.
Key job responsibilities
- Deep knowledge and experience designing and maintaining Oracle relational databases.
- Experience working directly with customers resolving database systems and infrastructure-related issues and providing systems architecture leadership.
- Working knowledge of relational database internals (locking consistency serialization recovery paths).
- Working knowledge of at least one scripting language (shell Python Perl) and a procedural language for at least one database (PL/SQL T-SQL etc.).
- Systems engineering experience including Linux performance memory management I/O tuning configuration security networking clusters and troubleshooting.
- Our engineers collaborate across diverse teams projects and environments to have a firsthand impact on our global customer base. Youll bring a passion for innovation data search analytics and distributed systems. Youll also:
- Solve challenging technical problems often ones not solved before at every layer of the stack.
- Design implement test deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance durability cost and security.
- Build high-quality highly available always-on products.
- Research implementations that deliver the best possible experiences for customers.
A day in the life
As you design and code solutions to help our team drive efficiencies in software architecture youll create metrics implement automation and other improvements and resolve the root cause of software defects. Youll also:
Build high-impact solutions to deliver to our large customer base.
Participate in design discussions code review and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
Work cross-functionally to help drive business decisions with your technical input.
Work in a startup-like development environment where youre always working on the most important stuff.
About the team
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS its in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.
- 7 years of relational database technology (such as Redshift Oracle MySQL or MS SQL) experience
- 5 years of relational database technology (such as Redshift Oracle MySQL or MS SQL) experience
- 5 Systems engineering experience including Linux performance memory management I/O tuning configuration security networking clusters and troubleshooting.
- 3 years Experience working directly with customers resolving database systems and infrastructure-related issues and providing systems architecture leadership.
- 2 Working knowledge of at least one scripting language (shell Python Perl) and a procedural language for at least one database (PL/SQL T-SQL etc.).
- Experience with relational databases including Oracle SqlServer Postgres or MySQL
- Experience analyzing issues holistically from the application tier through the database down to the storage.
- Broad awareness of customer workloads and use cases including performance availability and scalability.
- Experience building and maintaining complex mission-critical production database systems.
- Familiarity with at least one compiled language (Java C C) experience automating tasks.
- Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (EC2 EBS S3 etc.).
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The Database Engineering team is actively engaged in the ongoing database engineering process partnering with development groups and providing deep subject matter expertise to feature design and as an advocate for bringing forward and resolving customer issues.
We are looking for individuals who are enthusiastic about applying innovative ideas to solving real-world customer problems and who are passionate about working with this role you will act as the Voice of the Customer helping software engineers understand how customers use databases. you will be responsible for translating customers needs and use cases into technical innovation and robust engineering solutions on AWS.
Key job responsibilities
- Deep knowledge and experience designing and maintaining Oracle relational databases.
- Experience working directly with customers resolving database systems and infrastructure-related issues and providing systems architecture leadership.
- Working knowledge of relational database internals (locking consistency serialization recovery paths).
- Working knowledge of at least one scripting language (shell Python Perl) and a procedural language for at least one database (PL/SQL T-SQL etc.).
- Systems engineering experience including Linux performance memory management I/O tuning configuration security networking clusters and troubleshooting.
- Our engineers collaborate across diverse teams projects and environments to have a firsthand impact on our global customer base. Youll bring a passion for innovation data search analytics and distributed systems. Youll also:
- Solve challenging technical problems often ones not solved before at every layer of the stack.
- Design implement test deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance durability cost and security.
- Build high-quality highly available always-on products.
- Research implementations that deliver the best possible experiences for customers.
A day in the life
As you design and code solutions to help our team drive efficiencies in software architecture youll create metrics implement automation and other improvements and resolve the root cause of software defects. Youll also:
Build high-impact solutions to deliver to our large customer base.
Participate in design discussions code review and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
Work cross-functionally to help drive business decisions with your technical input.
Work in a startup-like development environment where youre always working on the most important stuff.
About the team
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS its in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.
- 7 years of relational database technology (such as Redshift Oracle MySQL or MS SQL) experience
- 5 years of relational database technology (such as Redshift Oracle MySQL or MS SQL) experience
- 5 Systems engineering experience including Linux performance memory management I/O tuning configuration security networking clusters and troubleshooting.
- 3 years Experience working directly with customers resolving database systems and infrastructure-related issues and providing systems architecture leadership.
- 2 Working knowledge of at least one scripting language (shell Python Perl) and a procedural language for at least one database (PL/SQL T-SQL etc.).
- Experience with relational databases including Oracle SqlServer Postgres or MySQL
- Experience analyzing issues holistically from the application tier through the database down to the storage.
- Broad awareness of customer workloads and use cases including performance availability and scalability.
- Experience building and maintaining complex mission-critical production database systems.
- Familiarity with at least one compiled language (Java C C) experience automating tasks.
- Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (EC2 EBS S3 etc.).
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Redmond - 145900.00 - 197400.00 USD annually
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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