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Lead Database Engineer

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Job Description - Lead Database Engineer



We are looking for an outstanding Database Engineer with deep knowledge of and experience with a variety of relational and non-relational database technologies in a highly scalable environment. The ideal candidate should demonstrate superb technical competency in delivering mission-critical database platforms and services while ensuring the highest levels of scalability, availability, performance, and security.

Job Responsibilities
  • Design, implement and manage database infrastructure on-premises and in the cloud.
  • Collaborate with developers, network/system engineers, vendors, and support staff in an open and creative environment.
  • Analyze procedures to control the access and allocation of data
  • Oversee real-time business metric aggregation, data warehousing and querying, schema and data management, and related duties
  • Maintain security controls in supported databases
  • Establish relationships with internal customers and team members to drive collaboration.
  • Primary owner of 24x7 on-call external DB support team
  • Database and SQL tuning, including reduction in I/Os, views and triggers.
  • Creating indexes where required while taking a look at the fill factor for existing ones.

Skills And Qualifications
  • Proven experience building and supporting highly available database platforms and services at scale in a fast-paced environment.
  • Proficient in the following database technologies, MySQL, MongoDB, HBase
    Experience in performance tuning and optimization using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools.
  • Proficient at scripting in at least one common scripting language.
    Experience supporting managed database solutions (AWS RDS, Dynamo DB, AWS Document DB, Firestore).
  • Experience building/managing database platforms through Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
    Strong working knowledge of HA/DR best practice architecture.
  • Strong documentation/training/communication skills.
  • Optional Skills And Qualifications
  • Automation using Python , Shell scripts and PowerShell
  • Automation using Chef/Puppet would be a plus
  • Experience with config management systems
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills
  • Experience operating under SOX/PCI/PII governance
  • Experience with Cassandra, Redis and/or Elastic Cache.
  • Knowledge of Installation, configurations and maintenance of Mysql database.
  • Experience in Provisioning MySQL instances, both in clustered and non-clustered configurations.
  • Handle common database process, such as upgrade, backup, recovery, migration, etc.
    Set up monitoring / alarming for production DB environments.
  • Knowledge of High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) options.
  • Expertise in designing and maintaining MySQL .
  • Experience in Linux performance, memory management, I/O tuning, cluster management, Data durability, security, networking, and system crash analysis.
  • Experience in setting up and operating Highly Available MySQL.
  • Knowledge of shell scripting.
  • Experience in working with Percona and innoDB engine.




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