.Relational Database Service (RDS) is one of the fastest growing AWS businesses, providing relational databases as a service. RDS is seeking talented database engineers who will innovate and engineer solutions in the area of database technology.We need individuals who are enthusiastic about applying bold new ideas to solving real-world customer problems and who are passionate about working with customers. Candidates must be able to translate customers' needs and use cases into technical innovation and robust engineering solutions on AWS.The DBE team is actively engaged in the ongoing database engineering process, partnering with development groups and providing deep subject matter expertise input as stakeholders to design reviews, and as an advocate for bringing forward and resolving customer issues. In this role you act as the "Voice of the Customer" helping software engineers understand how customers use databases.Candidates must have:Deep knowledge and experience designing and maintaining relational databases preferably IBM Db2Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (EC2, EBS, S3, etc.)Systems engineering experience, including Linux performance, memory management, I/O tuning, configuration, security, networking, clusters and troubleshooting.Storage engineering experience, including NAS, SAN, SSD, multi-pathing and caching.Experience building and maintaining complex mission-critical production database systemsBroad awareness of customer workloads and use cases, including performance, availability and scalabilityExperience analyzing issues holistically, from the application tier through the database, down to the storage.Experience working directly with customers, resolving database, systems and infrastructure-related issues and also providing systems architecture leadership.Awareness of emerging technologies and approaches in ITWorking knowledge of relational database internals (locking, consistency, serialization, recovery paths)Working knowledge of at least one scripting language (shell, Python, Perl).Coding skills in the procedural language for at least one database engine a must (PL/SQL, T-SQL etc.)Proven track record of automating tasksExcellent communication skills.Consulting experience is a plusKey job responsibilities:Our engineers collaborate across diverse teams, projects, and environments to have a firsthand impact on our global customer base. You'll bring a passion for innovation, data, search, analytics, and distributed systems. You'll also:Solve challenging technical problems, often ones not solved before, at every layer of the stack.Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security.Build high-quality, highly available, always-on products.Research implementations that deliver the best possible experiences for customers