Description

The Data Platform Management team within Amazon Worldwide Grocery Store Tech is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to architect and implement scalable database solutions using AWS services. The ideal candidate will join our data platform management team and help drive our database strategy. We are looking for a talented AWS experienced Database Administrator that is passionate about data management, replication, and data stores of all kinds.

Key job responsibilities
- Design and implement robust database solutions across multiple platforms.
- Optimize database performance and ensure data integrity.
- Manage and optimize replication and backup strategies.
- Create and maintain database documentation.
- Collaborate with development teams on data architecture.
- Troubleshoot complex database issues.
- Create and optimize database maintenance and operational procedures.
- Develop automation solutions for database operations and monitoring.
- Participate in on-call rotations and incident response.
- A forward-looking attitude that keeps you aware of the latest in database and data engineering technologies.
- Exhibit excellent oral and written communication skills.

A day in the life
- Attend to any issues related to Databases.
- Review and assess existing RDS implementation and recommend right sizing of each databases based on usage.
- Collaborate with app owners to right size the RDS environments to reduce the spend.
- Implement IAM role based authentication to DB access.
- Develop and deploy automated deployment and maintenance procedures.
- Implement robust backup and recovery solutions - Periodically Manage database security and access controls.
- Create and maintain database monitoring and alerting systems.

About the team
The Data Platform Management team is part of the Amazon World Wide Grocery Management Tech org. We are a centralized team that supports database and data analytics solutions for Grocery Tech ensuring business continuity, frugality, InfoSec and Privacy compliance, and deliver data solutions to enable business.