Cloud Support Engineer - Database

ABOUT US

Amazon Web Services is the market leader and technology forerunner in the Cloud business. As a member of the AWS Support team you will be at the forefront of this transformational technology, assisting a global list of companies and developers that are taking advantage of a growing set of services and features to run their mission-critical applications. As a Cloud Support Engineer, you will act as the ‘Cloud Ambassador’ across all the cloud products, arming our customers with required tools & tactics to get the most out of their Product and Support investment.

Would you like to use the latest cloud computing technologies? Do you have an interest in helping customers understand application architectures and integration approaches? Are you familiar with best practices for applications, servers and networks? Do you want to be part of a customer facing technology team helping to ensure the success of Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a leading technology organization?

If you fit the description, you might be the person we are looking for! We are a group of smart people, passionate about cloud computing, and believe that world class support is critical to customer success

Key job responsibilities

First and foremost this is a customer support role – in The Cloud.

• On a typical day, a Support Engineer will be primarily responsible for solving customer’s cases through a variety of customer contact channels which include telephone, email, and web/live chat. You will apply advanced troubleshooting techniques to provide tailored solutions for our customers and drive customer interactions by thoughtfully working with customers to dive deep into the root cause of an issue.
• Apart from working on a broad spectrum of technical issues, an AWS Support Engineer may also coach/mentor new hires, develop & present training, partner with development teams on complex issues or contact deflection initiatives, participate in new hiring, write tools/script to help the team, or work with leadership on process improvement and strategic initiatives.
• Career development: We promote advancement opportunities across the organization to help you meet your career goals. Training: We have training programs to help you develop the skills required to be successful in your role. We hire smart people who are keen to build a career with AWS, so we are more interested in the areas that you do know instead of those you haven’t been exposed to yet.
• Support engineers interested in travel have presented training or participated in focused summits across our sites or at specific AWS events.
• AWS Support Engineering has 24/7/365 operation model and work schedule will be required to include nights, weekends and holidays.

Want to know what’s it like to be a Support Engineer at AWS? Take a look https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC3bWcFFZTo

A day in the life

Every day will bring new and exciting challenges on the job while you:

• Learn and use groundbreaking technologies Apply advanced troubleshooting techniques to provide unique solutions to our customers' individual needs
• Interact with leading technologists around the world Work directly with Amazon Web Services teams to help reproduce and resolve customer issues
• Leverage your extensive customer support experience to provide feedback to internal AWS teams on how to improve our services
• Drive customer communication during critical events
• Drive projects that improve support-related processes and our customers’ technical support experience
• Write tutorials, how-to videos, and other technical articles for the customer community
• Work on critical, highly complex customer problems that may span multiple AWS services

About The Team

• INCLUSIVE TEAM CULTURE

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

• WORK/LIFE BALANCE

Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

• MENTORSHIP/CAREER GROWTH

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Seoul, KOR

Basic Qualifications

The Database role supports our services that focus on Databases technologies, including Amazon Aurora, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MariaDB as well as AWS Database Migration Service and more.

• 3+ year's experience in a relevant technical position. Impeccable communication skills to successfully engage with customers.
• Troubleshooting skills at many levels of complexity.
• Self-starter who is excited about technology
• English is not mandatory but written and verbal English proficiency are highly desirable
• Knowledge/experience in administration and troubleshooting for one or more of the following:
• Database engines: MySQL/Oracle/PostgreSQL/MariaDB /SQL Server/Amazon Aurora.
• Knowledge of database installation process
• Knowledge of relevant database clients
• Good understanding of Database engine agnostic fundamentals
• Experience performing basic optimization of database
• Knowledge of HA & DR topologies for databases
• Have an understanding of database migrations
• Knowledge or experience of working basic OS and Networking database related issues

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge/experience in Database troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Knowledge/experience in setting up monitoring/alarming for production DB environments.
• Database migration knowledge/experience.
• Experience setting up monitoring/alarming for production DB environments.
• Database migration experience

Amazon is strongly committed to diversity and Employment Equity within workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability status.

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