Senior Database Administrator

Amazon.com is currently seeking a talented Oracle Database Administrator. The ideal candidate will have experience with large-scale, massively concurrent, highly available distributed Oracle systems. You should have a proven ability to rapidly master complex new skills and concepts, as well as the ability to work independently and self-motivate. Successful candidates will have the ability to rapidly troubleshoot complex technical problems under pressure. Excellent interpersonal communication skills are required.

Responsibilities include ownership of upkeep and operational stability of Oracle instances.  Work on a variety of development and maintenance projects in coordination with business owners and the data warehouse team.  Knowledge of all supporting infrastructure components, including operating systems, hardware/storage configurations and networks Excellent UNIX skills and a grasp of fundamental computing concepts such as system calls, memory management and program debugging.  Experience in customized relational database development and data warehousing is desired.

Job Responsibilities:

• Working with large-scale, highly available distributed Oracle systems.
• Should have a proven ability to rapidly master complex new skills and concepts.
• Ability to work independently and self-motivate.
• Successful candidate should be able to troubleshoot complex technical problems under pressure.
• Production support with On-call rotation.
• Troubleshooting and performance triaging.

Desired skills:

• Excellent DB performance tuning skills, good understanding of Parallel processing, experience with Real application cluster, good  PL/SQL programming skills.
• Knowledge of all supporting infrastructure components, including operating systems, hardware/storage configurations and networks.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills are required.
• Minimum of 8 years in Database Administration.
• Overall experience –8 - 12 yrs.
• Experience with Teradata system is a plus