Amazon Cloud Database Administrator

3 days ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom Balfour Beatty Full time

**About the role**
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for an Amazon Cloud Database Administrator to join our growing team

**Base location can be flexible for this role.**

As an Amazon Cloud Database Administration you will be managing and maintaining the Redshift database, ensuring data security, high performance, and data integrity.

**What you'll be doing**
As an Amazon Cloud Database Administrator (Redshift) you will:

- Maintaining the Redshift database including backups, recovery procedures, monitoring database performance and capacity.
- Managing access controls and permissions alongside managing the database users, groups, and privileges.
- Monitoring the Redshift database health, usage, and performance.
- Analyse database performance metrics, identify performance bottlenecks, and implementing optimisations such as data compression, query tuning, and workload management.
- Managing database upgrades and patch management ensuring the database is always up to date with the latest security patches and bug fixes.
- Managing the database (any locks or long running SQLs)
- Troubleshooting access and permissions issues

**Who we're looking for** Essential**:

- 3 years + hands on experience as Redshift DBA in a medium complex data warehouse environment.
- Hands on Performance tuning experience including query optimisation, compression, and workload management.
- Knowledge of database monitoring and alerting tools, such as AWS CloudWatch, and experience in setting up monitoring and alerting systems to detect and respond to Redshift database issues.
- Familiarity with cloud computing platforms, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), and experience in deploying and managing database systems in a cloud environment.
- Strong analytical skills to solve database performance issues.
- Strong skills in database administration, including security, access control, and user management.
- Ability to collaborate and communicate within the team.

**Desirable**:

- AWS technologies such as S3, Lambda, Redshift, etc
- AWS / Azure / GCP Cloud data services
- Python 3 skills
- Knowledge of data compliance and security issues around data driven solutions.
- Knowledge of disaster recovery procedures and experience in setting up and testing disaster recovery systems for Redshift.
- Knowledge of ADFS and/or AAD and using them to control access to Redshift.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Power BI.

**Why work for us**
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

**About us**
Balfour Beattys Enabling Functions includes our centralised HR, IT, Procurement, Finance, Health & Safety, Sustainability and Comms teams. Together we support Balfour Beatty to deliver projects on behalf of our clients. We operate according to our Build to Last values of Lean, Expert, Trusted, Safe and Sustainable.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Job Reference: BBUK04958

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