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# Data Engineer III

- **Company:** American Express Company
- **Location:** Phoenix, AZ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $103,750.0 - $174,750.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Engineering, Databases, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Github, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Unix Shell, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Query Optimization, Ansible, SQL Databases, Working Model 2D, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, Data Ingestion, System Availability, Grafana, Software Troubleshooting, Low Latency, Performance Monitor, Terraform, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d84530ecdf0c7198

## About the Role

The ideal candidate will help ensure high availability, reliability, performance, scalability, and operational stability through proactive monitoring, automation, self-healing capabilities, incident response, and continuous platform improvement.

 * 8+ years of hands-on DBA experience supporting PostgreSQL, YugabyteDB, SQL Server, and cloud-native databases such as Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora MySQL, Google Cloud SQL, and Google Cloud Spanner.
 * Strong experience with database administration activities, including installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, monitoring, troubleshooting, backup and recovery, replication, and high availability.
 * Deep technical knowledge of PostgreSQL, SQL Server, YugabyteDB, and cloud-native database platforms.
 * Proven ability to troubleshoot complex production issues related to performance, query optimization, workload management, capacity planning, latency, availability, and reliability.
 * Experience with automation and DevOps tools such as Python, Unix shell scripting, Ansible, Terraform, GitHub, and CI/CD pipelines.
 * Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP database services, Infrastructure as Code, monitoring, and observability tools such as Grafana and DMC.
 * Understanding of data engineering concepts, including data ingestion, ETL/ELT, data pipelines, data integration, and support for high-volume data workloads.
 * Knowledge of ITIL processes, including Incident, Problem, and Change Management, along with Disaster Recovery and root cause analysis.
 * Strong troubleshooting, communication, ownership, and collaboration skills in a 24x7 production support environment.
 * Solid understanding of database setup, configuration, administration, and replication.
 * Ability to learn quickly, work independently, and take ownership of assigned responsibilities. Willingness to provide rotational weekend and off-hours support as needed.
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Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

## Description

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.
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