Senior Delivery Consultant: Database Modernisation, AWS Professional Services

Senior Delivery Consultant: Database Modernisation, AWS Professional Services

Job ID: Amazon Australia Services, Inc

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Amazon Web Services Professional Services (ProServe) team is seeking a skilled Delivery Consultant specialising in Oracle Database Modernisation to join our team at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this role, you'll work closely with customers to assess, migrate, and modernise Oracle database workloads to AWS-native database services, helping them reduce licensing costs, improve performance, and unlock cloud-native capabilities.

Possessing a deep understanding of Oracle Database architectures and AWS database services, you will be proficient in designing and executing complex database migration and modernisation strategies. You'll assess existing Oracle estates, recommend target architectures using services such as Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon Redshift, and lead end to end migration delivery using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) and Schema Conversion Tool (SCT).

As a trusted advisor to our customers, you will provide guidance on database modernisation patterns, emerging cloud-native data technologies, and innovative solutions. You will be responsible for leading the implementation process, ensuring adherence to best practices, optimising performance, and managing risks throughout the project.

Key job responsibilities

• Domain Decomposition & Data Architecture
• API Migration & Compatibility Layer
• Oracle-to-Aurora PostgreSQL Conversion
• CDC & Replication
• Network & Connectivity Prerequisites
• Leadership & Delivery

A day in the life

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Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of cloud based solution (AWS or equivalent), system, network and operating system experience
• 7+ years of Oracle Database administration, development, or architecture experience (Oracle 12c/19c/21c)
• 7+ years of database architecture experience including schema design, normalization, performance tuning, and high-availability configurations (RAC, Data Guard)
• 5+ years of experience with PostgreSQL or Aurora PostgreSQL (PL/pgSQL, extensions, partitioning)
• Experience with AWS DMS, AWS SCT, and heterogeneous database migration methodologies

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS experience preferred, with proficiency in a wide range of AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudFormation)

Acknowledgement of country

In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

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