We are seeking qualified Database Engineer / Administrator is responsible for independently analyzing database performance characteristics and collaboratively changing the database design to improve performance and resource utilization.
Duties and responsibilities
- Administers, manages, and monitors all systems, including databases, in development, test, stage and production environments.
- Design and implementation of Azure Postgres databases, high-availability solutions, replication, encryption, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Manage secure access to DB inclusive of DBA.
- Data sharing/Partitioning, Purging and Archiving solutions in the Azure PostgreSQL ecosystem.
- Azure CLI and/or PowerShell.
- Writing PostgresSQL, including stored procedures, functions, views, and triggers.
- Able to port across versions.
- Query analysis and troubleshooting Leadership responsibilities.
- Provide technical leadership through example, develop innovation, strategies, processes, and best practices.
- Monitor database performance, implement changes, and apply new patches and versions when required.
- Manage PostgreSQL databases through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems.
- Configure and maintain database servers and processes, including monitoring of system health and performance, to ensure high levels of performance, availability, and security.
- Apply data modeling techniques to ensure development and implementation support efforts meet integration and performance expectations.
- Independently analyze, solve, and correct issues in real time, providing problem resolution end-to-end
- Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours.
- Share domain and technical expertise, providing technical mentorship and cross-training to other peers and team members.
- Own and manage uptime and performance SLAs.
- Work with Development and QA team, guide developers on following best coding practices to write optimal & efficient code.
- Guide on analyzing and fine tuning queries to be optimal and efficient.
- Perform regular maintenance and archival activities complementing Azure managed databases
- Essure availability/ recovery with minimal downtime.
Experience:
- 5+ years in database tuning and project support, database server upgrades and migrations, writing and troubleshooting database stored procedures.
- In-depth knowledge of security best practices including database encryption, column level encryption, SSL/TLS connection encryption, and service specific account permissions.
- Experience with Azure databases specifically Azure Postgres.
- Good understanding of DevOps and the role of database administration teams in DevOps.
- Experience performing database deployments (CI/CD)
- Advanced knowledge of performance tuning and administration, query analysis, performance monitoring and tuning, and maintenance routines
- Experience with data warehouse and reporting technologies (specifically Power Bi) a plus.
- Background in automating processes
- Experience with creating and maintaining database infrastructure.
