AVP - Cloud Database Automation Engineer

Overview

Cloud Database Automation Engineer role responsible for projects to design, enhance or add functionality to Synchrony data platforms (databases), plus operational support, with technical oversight, architecture guidance, interdepartmental coordination and vendor direction for database engineering and automation efforts.

What you'll do

• Implement infrastructure as code for various database platforms.
• Perform Software Configuration Management (SCM) for databases.
• Implement automation of database operations and migration.
• Implement monitoring and logging solutions for different database technology stacks or container orchestration platforms.
• Have general cloud ops knowledge with at least one provider, private or public, such as attached volume lifecycle, auto scaling, cloud-config, security, instance lifecycle, etc.
• Implement database automation in AWS from build to day-to-day support.

What you'll need

• Experience working on or leading teams performing systems automation and integration (ideally leveraging an agile methodology / lean techniques).
• Competence in using scripting and programming languages to automate frequently executed activities.
• 3+ years Public Cloud (AWS RDS) experience to instant and configure up databases for mission critical, highly available and high throughput applications.
• 3+ years expert knowledge of Linux / Unix / Windows systems.
• 5+ years' experience as a Senior DBA or Database automation Engineer; expertise in designing/configuring mission critical, highly available and high throughput databases.
• Experience with production systems and dealing with production issues.
• A clear understanding of cloud service and deployment models.
• Eligibility: Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 8+ years of experience performing systems automation (ideally leveraging an agile methodology) on database platforms.
• Deep expertise in at least one database technology.

Nice to have

• Database experience with RDS, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MySQL, Oracle, DynamoDB or DocumentDB.
• Experience in streaming services such as Kinesis.
• Scripting proficiency in Terraform, Python and Shell.
• Experience migrating databases from on-prem to public cloud.
• Responsible for architecting, implementing, and maintaining automation tools to reduce time and complexity of operations and development tasks.
• Collaborate with others to troubleshoot and resolve escalated production issues.
• Establish and consult on best practices and standard operating procedures for development, deployment, support, break-fix, and systems management.
• Deploy and support automation systems and tooling in a 24x7 production environment.
• Assess usage and utilization trends to make appropriate design and implementation recommendations towards scaling the architecture.
• AWS Cloud certification and Terraform certification.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, India, with option to work from home or from Regional Engagement Hubs (Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, or Delhi/NCR); required in-person commute or travel to Hyderabad or a Regional Engagement Hub for engagement activities as directed by management.
• Work timings: available between 06:00 AM and 11:30 AM Eastern Time for meetings with India and US teams (adjusts twice a year locally); remaining hours flexible; exceptions may apply, discuss with hiring manager.
• Level: L11. Job family group: Information Technology.