Overview
Remote
Contract - W2
Contract - 22 day((s))
10% Travel
Skills
SQL
Redshift
Job Details
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable, high-performance databases
- Continuously improve database performance
- Modernize Data Infrastructure (AWS Cloud native, Microservices, event-driven architecture)
- Drive analytics and reporting capabilities, working along with Business Intelligence teams
- Accelerate development with AI & automation
- Enable data microservices architecture
- Ensure data integrity and security (Data Governance)
- Gather user requirements and identify new features
- Liaise with developers to improve applications and implement best practices
- Develop technical and training manuals
- Provide data management support to users
- Research and suggest new database products, services and protocols
Skills
- Proven work experience as a senior PostgreSQL Database Developer, including pgplsql.
- Demonstrated expertise in diagnosing and resolving operational database challenges.
- Proven experience in implementing continuous improvement initiatives to drive optimization.
- Writing complex SQL statements and performance tuning.
- Knowledge of AWS Redshift, Lambda, step functions, and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of Amazon Aurora and no-SQL databases is a plus.
- Experience working with data pipelines.
- In-depth understanding of data management (e.g. permissions, recovery, security and monitoring).
- Experience using AWS RDS to manage and monitor cloud-based database hosts.
- System architecture thinking.
- Proficient with git.
- Experience with data mesh, domain-driven design, and/or data lake architecture.
- Strong problem solving and troubleshooting ability under tight deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Knowledge of software development and user interface web applications.
- Familiarity working with .Net Framework, Java/JDBC, and Node.js.
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills..
- Attention to detail.
- An ability to understand front-end user requirements and a problem-solving attitude.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum Methodology.
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Visio, and Microsoft Office applications.
- Proficiency using AI-powered tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT).
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