Genesis10 is currently seeking a Database Engineer - Hybrid for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Plano, TX. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity. This role sits at the intersection of database engineering, platform engineering, and infrastructure architecture, and is ideal for an engineer who can combine deep technical expertise with a product mindset for internal platform consumers. The focus is on resilience, usability, automation, API-driven integration, and operational excellence for enterprise-scale applications and services. This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week onsite.
Responsibilities: - Design, build, and maintain modern database platforms using technologies such as MongoDB, Redis, and graph databases
- Engineer database solutions that meet enterprise requirements for availability, scalability, performance, durability, security, and maintainability
- Define and implement reference architectures, deployment patterns, and engineering standards for modern database services
- Support deployment models across on-premises, virtualized, and containerized/Kubernetes platforms
- Design database services for high availability, disaster recovery, backup/restore, failover, and business continuity
- Integrate database platforms with core infrastructure services and enterprise systems like ServiceNow, compliance monitoring, and observability platforms
Requirements: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong experience designing and operating enterprise database systems
- Hands-on experience with one or more modern database platforms such as MongoDB, Redis, GraphDB/Neo4j/Stardog, or other NoSQL/distributed databases
- Experience with high availability, disaster recovery, replication, backup/restore, and performance tuning for distributed databases
- Strong understanding of infrastructure dependencies across network, compute, storage, virtualization, and containers/Kubernetes
- Experience building or consuming APIs, automation frameworks, and Infrastructure as Code
- Strong knowledge of database security principles, access controls, encryption, and auditability
- Proficiency with scripting and automation using tools/languages such as Python, Bash, Terraform, or Ansible
- Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and cross-functional collaboration skills
Desired skills: - Experience with Kubernetes-based database deployments and operator-driven lifecycle management
- Experience supporting database platforms in hybrid cloud or multi-environment enterprise deployments
- Familiarity with SRE practices, platform engineering, and internal developer platform concepts
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, or Datadog
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated release processes
- Experience with graph data models, knowledge graph platforms, or semantic technologies
- Familiarity with data governance, regulated environments, or enterprise control frameworks
Pay range: $63.68 - $71.68 per hour
Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position. If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply! Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.
For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10: - Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
- The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
- Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
- Behavioral Health Platform
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- 401K
- Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
- Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)
For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.
Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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