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Data Engineer III
Phoenix, AZ, United States
Live, first seen by us 19 days ago- Pay
- Pay not listedSimilar roles state $127K–$190K
- Work setting
- Not stated
- Employment
Full-time — employment source
Employment type in the employer’s posting: Full time
From the employer’s posting
Before you apply
- Work authorization
- Must already have the right to work in the US
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions
What you’ll work on
Full postingProvide 24x7 production support and manage incidents for database platforms
Administer databases: installs, upgrades, patching, backup and recovery, replication
Monitor database health and performance, and fix risks before they cause incidents
Run root cause analysis and drive long-term fixes through problem management
Build automation, monitoring and self-healing to reduce manual effort
From the employer’s posting
Provide 24x7 production support for enterprise database platforms and mission-critical business applications
Administer database platforms, including installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, monitoring, troubleshooting, backup and recovery, replication, and high availability
Monitor database health, availability, capacity, and performance; identify risks early and implement proactive improvements to reduce incidents
Perform root cause analysis and drive long-term remediation through Problem Management practices
Develop automation, observability, and self-healing capabilities to improve reliability, reduce manual effort, and increase operational efficiency
Posting record
Report an error- Status in our records
- Live
- First seen by us
- Oct 23, 202619 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 54
- Last seen by us
- Nov 12, 2026
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How this job compares
Time since we first saw it
Day 19
Similar jobs usually come down between day 6 and day 55.
Well past American Express’s usual: its jobs come down by about day 8.
From 13,214 similar postings that came down, and 293 of American Express’s. Coming down is not always a hire.
American Express is hiring
19 open jobs
Open jobs by the week we first saw them, last 12 weeks.
- Hiring at a steady pace
- Takes jobs down quickly
See how this role fits your experience
Add your resume and we’ll mark which of these tools you already use, and point out anything in the posting that could rule you out.
- Python
- Shell
- SQL
- AWS
- GCP
- Grafana
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- SQL Server
- Terraform
Where the posting names them
- 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.
We are seeking an experienced Database Administrator / Database Reliability Engineer to support, engineer, and optimize enterprise database platforms across on-premises and cloud environments. This role will provide 24x7 production support for PostgreSQL, YugabyteDB, SQL Server, SingleStore and cloud-native database services, including Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora MySQL, Google Cloud SQL, and Google Cloud Spanner. 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.
- Leverage AI-enabled tools and automation frameworks to identify improvement opportunities and accelerate operational outcomes. - 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.
- 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.
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About American Express
- People
- About 76,800 in 2025, up 2% from the year before.Annual report (SEC Form 10-K)
- Company
- Listed as AXP.
- H-1B visas
- 55 approved for new hires in fiscal 2025.US Citizenship and Immigration Services
Demand for Data Engineer roles
New Data Engineer postings at the employers we follow are up 7% over the last 6 weeks compared with the 6 before.
Each bar is one week of new postings. The darkest bars are the last 6 weeks.
Counted from the hiring pages we’ve followed for at least five weeks, so employers we add don’t look like growth. Updated weekly.
About the role
We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.
Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.
Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.
An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.
US government figures for database architects
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $139,500
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
The government has no code for data engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, database architects, which includes data integration and data warehousing specialists.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.
Job description
We are seeking an experienced Database Administrator / Database Reliability Engineer to support, engineer, and optimize enterprise database platforms across on-premises and cloud environments. This role will provide 24x7 production support for PostgreSQL, YugabyteDB, SQL Server, SingleStore and cloud-native database services, including Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora MySQL, Google Cloud SQL, and Google Cloud Spanner.
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.
- Provide 24x7 production support for enterprise database platforms and mission-critical business applications.
- Administer database platforms, including installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, monitoring, troubleshooting, backup and recovery, replication, and high availability.
- Monitor database health, availability, capacity, and performance; identify risks early and implement proactive improvements to reduce incidents.
- Manage and resolve production incidents using established Incident Management processes.
- Perform root cause analysis and drive long-term remediation through Problem Management practices.
- Plan, validate, and implement database changes in alignment with Change Management processes.
- Partner with application, infrastructure, cloud, security, data engineering, and vendor teams to troubleshoot issues and improve platform stability.
- Contribute to the architecture, design, engineering, and optimization of enterprise-scale data platforms.
- Develop automation, observability, and self-healing capabilities to improve reliability, reduce manual effort, and increase operational efficiency.
Leverage AI-enabled tools and automation frameworks to identify improvement opportunities and accelerate operational outcomes.
- 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.
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
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Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Work authorization
- Willingness to provide rotational weekend and off-hours support as needed. Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.