What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Engineer - Database Engineering position at AMEX?
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Join the Database Engineering team in building the next generation of public and private cloud database platforms.
Ever wondered what it takes to build a highly available, global scale enterprise-wide cloud platform with an Open Source technology stack and to achieve up-times SLA of Amazon, Google and Force.com? Then you should consider this innovative and disruptive opportunity where you can be a key transformative contributor to a world-class engineering team building and maintaining the DBaaS platform for American Express.
The goal of the team is to build upon a robust platform in support of hosting databases both in the private cloud environment as well as multiple public clouds.
Responsibilities :
Owns technical aspects of software development, focused on On-prem and Public Cloud Database Platform development and Support
Performs hands-on architecture, design and development of systems
Ability to understand systems architectures to quickly identify potential problems
Assists in implementing solutions for database platform enablement
Provides production support on rotation basis
Sees opportunities to adopt innovative technologies
There are hundreds of opportunities to make your mark on technology and life at American Express. Heres just some of what youll be doing :
Use cutting-edge technologies to implement a cloud database platform.
Understand the current implementation of the database platform and look for improvements to the platform and dependencies.
Work with Product Owners to understand upcoming features and ensure proper design.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's or masters degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience
- 8 years of database administration experience preferably in PostgreSQL, Couchbase, Mongo and Cassandra
- 4 years of development experience in programming in Python, Terraform.
- Experienced in system configuration using Ansible
- 5 years of Linux Administration Experience.
- Hands on experience deploying various Public cloud services related to Network, Security, Compute and Database services
- Experience in coding terraform modules with various providers
- Experience with Container and Orchestration Technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift is a plus.
- Ability to effectively interpret technical and business objectives and challenges and articulate solutions
- Willingness to learn new technologies and use them to their optimal potential
- Provide Oncall support on rotation basis
At the core of Software Engineering, every member of our team should be able to demonstrate the following technical, functional, leadership and business skills you'll use every day, including :
Salary Range : $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually bonus benefits
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, well consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.
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Salary : $110,000 - $190,000