Amazon DynamoDB Consultant

Job ID: 9399

Location: London, England, GB

Type: Contract

Salary: USD market rates per year

Posted:

Amazon DynamoDB NoSQL Database Consultant, contract , DBA working with leading enterprise client on latest enterprise software platform.

Amazon DynamoDB Architect to join existing SRE/DBA team. As a Senior Technical Consultant, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing NoSQL based solutions to support our high-performance, scalable applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement efficient, scalable data models using Amazon DynamoDB
• Optimize DynamoDB table structures, partition keys, and sort keys for maximum performance and cost-efficiency
• Develop and maintain best practices for DynamoDB usage within the organization
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate DynamoDB into application architectures
• Implement effective data migration strategies from other databases to DynamoDB
• Design and implement backup and disaster recovery solutions for DynamoDB-based systems
• Monitor and optimize DynamoDB performance, capacity, and costs
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to DynamoDB implementations
• Stay up-to-date with the latest DynamoDB features and best practices
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other team members on DynamoDB-related topics

Experience

• Solid NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, Couchbase etc), with at least 2 years of hands-on experience with Amazon DynamoDB
• Technical expertise in DynamoDB’s core concepts, including partition keys, sort keys, secondary indexes, and capacity modes
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (eg, Java, Python, Node.js) for working with DynamoDB APIs
• Experience with AWS SDK and CLI for DynamoDB operations
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and their challenges
• Familiarity with other AWS services, especially those that integrate with DynamoDB (eg, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch)

Preferred

• AWS Certified Database – Specialty certification
• Experience with DynamoDB Streams and integrations with AWS Lambda
• Knowledge of DynamoDB Global Tables for multi-region deployments
• Familiarity with DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) for caching
• Security best practices for DynamoDB, including encryption at rest and in transit

remote based contract, outside IR35