Senior Database Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Database Engineer – Public Cloud, to work in a fast paced environment, providing both production & development support. This position will work closely with various development groups across the firm, and should demonstrate his/her ability as a technical expert on the team.

Duties

• Provide production support, solutions and expertise for Cloud Database Platforms (mainly PostgreSQL)
•  Ability to troubleshoot difficult issues quickly, deliver RCA and resolve in a 24x7 production environment\
•  Support performance testing and application benchmarking activities
•  Collect, monitor and alert on system health metrics
• Partner with engineering teams, business units to design, develop and deploy AWS Relational, NoSQL and Data Lake architectures
•  Ability to work off hours/weekends as required for maintenance

Skills/Qualifications

• Proficiency with PostgreSQL as a DBA is a must
• Production experience supporting Cloud Database Platforms
• Database development support
• Strong scripting abilities in bash, python
• Experience in version control systems, Git and CI/CD
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Management Information Systems or equivalent.
• Diligent standards in building repeatable processes
• Knowledge of and experience implementing DevOps principles including Infrastructure-as-code

Nice to haves

• At least 1 recent platform certification or specialty in AWS or Snowflake
• Proven experience building AWS Infrastructure
• Principal in public cloud database technologies (Snowflake, AWS Aurora, DocumentDB)
• Experience in Data Migration Strategies to public cloud
• Experience with NoSQL and columnar data stores