Database Engineer II - AMZ000560

Database Eng II - AMZ000560 

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. 

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

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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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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Virtual Location - California - 124,700.00 - 168,800.00 USD annually