Cloud Database Administrator - Ad Platforms

Apple

3.7

(120)

Austin, TX

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    Position summary

    ivated audiences. Everything we do is with the unwavering commitment to privacy you expect from Apple. Because when advertising is done right, it benefits everyone. The Database Solutions team under Ad Platforms at Apple is drives database technologies selection, standards, patterns, and optimization to ensure the reliability, availability, performance, and efficiency of databases at scale. The team partners closely with Ads engineering and other SRE and infrastructure teams to enable delivering product objectives via design, configuration, and maintenance of a fleet of databases that supports the Ad Platforms applications. We are looking for Database Engineer candidates who will contribute to architecture and design solutions for multiple database technologies including Oracle, Postgres, and MySQL -both on-premises and in AWS, and will provide exceptional support for fast-paced, sophisticated distributed database production and non-production environments supporting OLTP and OLAP systems.

    Description

    Take ownership of fast-paced, complex, and distributed database environments (200+ Oracle, Aurora Postgres, and Aurora MySQL databases) supporting OLTP and OLAP systems across on-premises and AWS Design, build, and continuously maintain high performance and highly available database and change data capture infrastructure Migrate mission-critical database applications leveraging on-prem Oracle to using AWS Aurora Postgres Work closely with development engineering teams in advancing their strategic initiatives, operational readiness, engineering standards, designs, and performance Support various database maintenance activities like database upgrades, patch management, user management, and backup and recovery Setup and maintain Oracle GoldenGate Active-Active environments for databases and Big Data Configure Oracle Data Guard and RAC for high availability and implement zero data loss solutions Implement infrastructure automation and scripting using tools like Shell, Python, and Terraform Troubleshoot and resolve database performance issues and tune SQL queries proficiently Database on-call for production and non-production during US hours as part of a 12x7 rotation

    Minimum Qualifications

    • 3 or more years of industry experience designing, managing, and supporting production databases at scale

    • 2+ years supporting Oracle databases

    • 1+ years supporting Aurora Postgres and Aurora MySQL

    • Experience in handling architectural & design considerations such as performance, scalability and availability

    • Expertise in relational database engineering and administration for on-prem and RDS Oracle (19c, 12c), Aurora Postgres (12+), and Aurora MySQL (5.7+)

    • Working knowledge in change data capture technologies (GoldenGate, Debezium)

    • Very skilled in database monitoring, tuning, and alerting with tools like Datadog, OEM, CloudWatch, Grafana, PagerDuty or similar technologies

    • Experienced in Infrastructure as Code via Terraform or similar technologies

    • Good knowledge of Linux/Unix internals, systems/application design & architecture

    • Strong analytical, critical thinking, and root cause analysis

    • Have the ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, with technical and non-technical multi-functional teams

    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent field

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Graduate degree in Computer Science or equivalent field

    • Ad-Tech work experience

    • Experience with NOSQL technologies

    • Current AWS certifications

    Additional Requirements

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    • Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

    Why you should apply for a job to Apple:

  • 66% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 66% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Company commitment that women earn the same as men performing similar work includes no salary history disclosure policy.
  • Apple University creates classes, seminars, and tools to help employees understand Apple’s culture, organization, and values.
  • Whether you donate time or money, Apple will match charitable contributions up to $10,000 a year.