Overview
On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
Skills
Critical thinking
Troubleshooting analysis
SQL tuning - strong tuning experience and optimization
PostgreSQL
DB engineering & architecting solutions
Oracle DB
AWS Aurora PostgreSQL & MySQL
Job Details
Title: Cloud Database Architect/Engineer
Location: Onsite M-F in Plano, TX. (near Dallas)
Term: 6 month CTH (MUST BE ABLE TO CONVERT WITHOUT SPONSORSHIP)
JD:
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Design, implement and maintain cloud-based databases (AWS Aurora PostgreSQL & MySQL)
- Analyze existing database systems and recommend improvements.
- Build and maintain the automation scripts for the installation, management, configuration, monitoring, upgrading, and patching of data infrastructure, amongst others, all within a context of enabling self-service services.
- Assisting application development & data services teams in designing new database programs that meet the organization's data storage needs.
- Monitoring databases and related systems to ensure optimized performance & cost savings opportunities.
- Performing debugging procedures on database scripts and programs, as well as resolving conflicts.
- Mentoring database administrators and providing them with SME support.
- Adhering to best practices in securely storing, backing up, and archiving data.
- Documenting processes related to database design, configuration, and performance.
- Keeping abreast of developments and best practices in database engineering.
- Support of existing data platforms teams, as needed, and be an escalation contact.
- Work with IT Manager to establish database security structures for SOX compliance and Auditing.
- Perform and plan major version upgrades, design and implement effective monitoring of enterprise systems, and tune systems using experience and deep knowledge of area.
- Foresee risks and communicate and mitigate those before problems arise.
- Plan and manage technical projects involving other teams and communicate technology effectively to non-technical associates and management.
- Recognize and understand technology impacts within the business.
- Provide technical input to solution development plans and concept documents.
- Contribute to technical research on new technologies, processes or procedures and document technical designs and procedures for team library.
- Configure and administer Oracle & SQL Server database servers is considered a plus.
- Project management experience a plus.
- Performs additional projects/duties as assigned.
- Must Haves
- Critical thinking
- Troubleshooting analysis
- SQL tuning - strong tuning experience and optimization
- PostgreSQL
- DB engineering & architecting solutions
- Nice to Have
- Oracle DB
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