Database Migration Specialist Job in Amazon

DESCRIPTION

Amazon has built a reputation for excellence with recent examples of being named #1 in customer service, #1 most trusted, and #2 most innovative. Amazon has a fast-paced environment where we Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is carrying on that tradition while leading the world in Cloud technologies. As a member of the AWS Professional Services team you will be at the forefront of this transformational technology assisting a global list of companies that are taking advantage of a growing set of services and features to run their mission-critical applications.

Database Migration Global Delivery (DMGD) team enables and supports global enterprises in their journey from on-premise database to AWS. You will collaborate with our customers and partners on key engagements and will develop and deliver proof-of-concept projects, technical workshops, feature comparisons, and execute migration projects.


You will be based in Bangalore and might have to travel globally to ensure customer success.

Responsibilities:
Employ customer facing skills to represent AWS well within the customers environment and drive discussions with senior personnel regarding trade-offs, standard methodologies, project management and risk mitigation
Work directly with customers technical and business teams to devise and recommend solutions based on the understood requirements
As a leader of the team/project, ensure success in designing, building and migrating applications, databases, and services on the AWS platform
Help design and implement AWS RDS, Aurora and/or Redshift architectures and configurations for customer
Think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges in an enterprise environment
Analyze on premise transactional database environments such as Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL and/or Postgres, evaluate and plan migrations to AWS RDS, Aurora
Participate in architectural discussions and design exercises to create large scale solutions built on AWS and also be part of the development lifecycle.
Identity workarounds for specific issues and corner scenarios observed during migration
Automate solutions for repeatable problems
Develop test plan to demonstrate application/database readiness post migration
Consult for optimal design of database environments, analyzing complex distributed production deployments, and making recommendations to optimize performance
Develop innovative solutions to complex business and technology problems
Educate customers on the value proposition of AWS and AWS services
Conduct technical sessions for internal teams, partners and customers
Travel to customer locations when required to sell and deliver professional services.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

15 + years of experience in a technical position working for enterprise customers
10+ years of experience in database development/migration using PL/pgSQL
5 + years mentoring and leading a team
5+ years hands-on experience on PostgreSQL
Experience with databases of 1-10TB in size across multiple database platforms (e.g. PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, etc.)
Proven expertise on architecture patterns and continuous improvement
Experience with heterogenous database migrations from one database engine to another
Experience in performance optimization techniques
Bachelor's degree in Computer science or equivalent
AWS Solutions Architect Certified
High end Troubleshooting and Communication skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.
Customer facing skills to represent AWS well within the customers environment and drive discussions with senior personnel regarding trade-offs, best practices, project management and risk mitigation
Demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges
Proven experience with software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile/iterative methodologies required
Integration of AWS cloud services with on-premise technologies from Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, HP, SAP etc.
Scripting language (bash, Perl, python)
Experience in Database Administration backup/restore, replication, etc.
Experience in ETL workflow management
Experience in non-relational databases DynamoDB, Mongo, etc.
Experience in MPP data warehouse solutions Redshift, Greenplum, etc.