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American Express
Greater London
1 year ago
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With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

What we are looking for?

We are looking for individuals with either of the following skills :-

Demonstratable exposure to NoSql Databases (Cassandra/Couchbase) in the workplace. Ideally with some experience with RDBMS(Oracle 19c/Postgres 15/SqlServer). Ability to work closely with application development teams (db placement, database design, query tuning, DDL promotion, db upgrades, troubleshooting) and providing 3rd Line Production Support. Essential candidate is self motivated and willing to pick up new DB Challenges. Ideally used to working in an Agile environment – (familiarity with Jira, Rally, Kanban, Confluence experience an advantage), Good English, communication skills, DevOps skills (GIT, Liquibase, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins) a bonus. Exposure to DB in the Cloud if possible but not essential. Ability to think outside the box and not depend on runbooks. May be required to work outside normal working hours to work with teams in India, UK and US.

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Proven exposure to RDBMS Databases (Oracle 19c/Oracle Goldengate/Postgres 15/SqlServer). Ideally with some experience with NoSql(Couchbase 7/Cassandra, Mongo). Working closely with application development teams (db placement, database design, query tuning, DDL promotion, db upgrades, troubleshooting) and providing 3rd Line Production Support. Essential candidate is self motivated and willing to pick up new DB Challenges. Ideally used to working in an Agile environment – (familiarity with Jira, Rally, Kanban, Confluence experience an advantage), Good English, communication skills, DevOps skills (GIT, Liquibase, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins) a bonus. Exposure to DB in the Cloud if possible but not essential. Ability to think outside the box and not depend on runbooks. May be required to work outside normal working hours to work with teams in India, UK and US. Location India.

How will you make an impact in this role?

We are looking for someone to grow into supporting current and emerging Database technologies working closely with Applications teams to choose, develop and support new and established Projects to be perfomant, secure and scalable. The sucessful candidate must be able to understand the Business need and the best way to make this a reality.

Minimum Qualifications

Graduate/ Postgraduate qualifications in an IT related area. 3+ Years experience of working with Databases to good level and ideally previously worked in financial company / fintech. 

Preferred Qualifications

Current Certifications in the relevant database areas.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

Competitive base salaries  Bonus incentives  Support for financial-well-being and retirement  Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)  Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need  Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)  Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)  Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program  Career development and training opportunities

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

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