Senior Database Specialist (Database, AWS)

Top 3 reasons to join us

• Excellent environment and team to help you grow.
• Competitive salary and learning culture.
• Premium health care for you and your family.

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Database Specialist (DBA) in AWS to join our team and play a crucial role in supporting our engineering and business operations. As a DBA, you will be responsible for managing and optimizing our databases on the AWS Cloud platform, as well as collaborating, consulting, reviewing, and designing database solutions with cross-functional teams to ensure successful implementation.

Your expertise in AWS services, database administration, and data security will be vital in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our databases. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated professional with a strong background in AWS Cloud technologies and a passion for optimizing database systems to drive business success.

Main Responsibilities:

• Database Management: Design, evaluate, consult, and deploy AWS-based database solutions, including RDS (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc..), Aurora, DynamoDB and other database services that ensure high availability, scalability, and performance.
• Performance Tuning: Monitor and optimize database performance, proactively identifying and resolving performance issues, resource utilization and scalability.
• Backup & Recovery: Implement and manage robust AWS Backup, recovery and disaster recovery solutions, ensuring data integrity and availability.
• Migration & Upgrades: Plan and execute database migration, upgrades, and data migration tasks with minimal downtime and description to services.
• Collaboration: Work closely with development teams to optimize database schemas and queries for improved application performance to meet business requirements.
• Security Management: Implement and enforce security measures to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with data protection regulations
• Consulting: Troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues, providing timely and effective technical support.
• Stay updated with AWS best practices and industry trends, recommending and implementing improvements as needed.

Your skills and experience

Must-have skills:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Proven work experience as a Database Administrator with a focus on AWS Cloud technologies
• In-depth knowledge of AWS services related to databases, such as Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB, etc.
• Proficiency in database administration, optimization, and performance tuning on AWS
• Experience with database security and implementing access controls on the AWS platform
• Strong understanding of data migration, backup, and disaster recovery strategies on AWS.]
• Familiarity with scripting and automation using the AWS CLI, Python, or other relevant languages.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to diagnose and resolve complex database issues.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in SDLC and Agile methodologies.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience in the banking or finance industry is a plus.
• AWS certification(s) related to database administration is a plus.

Why you'll love working here

You’ll love working with us if you are:

• Passionate about technology.
• Independent but also a good team player.
• Comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity.
• Focused on usability and speed.
• Keen on presenting your ideas to your peers and management.

At TYME, opportunities are here for the taking. If you want to be part of our purpose and live and lead through our values, we can offer exciting development opportunities through expanded lateral roles, stretch assignments, or people leadership.

Some of our benefits:

• Meal and parking allowances are covered by the company.
• Full benefits and salary rank during probation.
• Insurances such as Vietnamese labor law and premium health care for you and your family.
• SMART goals and clear career opportunities (technical seminar, conference, and career talk) - we focus on your development.
• Values-driven, international working environment, and agile culture.
• Overseas travel opportunities for training and work-related.
• Internal Hackathons and company events (team building, coffee run, etc.).
• Pro-Rate and performance bonus.
• 15-day annual + 3-day sick leave per year from the company.
• Work-life balance 40-hr per week from Mon to Fri.