Senior Database Engineer I

Overview

Senior Database Engineer I in the Datacenter Engineering department, responsible for database availability, performance, security and architecture on Postgres databases.

What you'll do

• Proactively identify and resolve system availability and performance concerns, and ensure system security.
• Create and maintain backup/restore, encryption and replication strategies between various database environments.
• Participate in and influence the design, planning and implementation of projects and initiatives regarding database architecture.
• Translate business requirements into database strategies and initiatives and drive the execution.
• Influence business stakeholders.
• Drive work to closure, work collaboratively within a team, and contribute to the refinement of team processes.

What you'll need

• Ten or more years of direct experience working as a Postgres Database Administrator.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or relevant experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with automation and configuration management tools.
• Experience with performance tuning utilizing indexes, disk and query optimizations, and other methods.
• Experience with database security, replication and failover mechanisms.
• Experience with encryption methodologies for databases.
• Experience with database clustering techniques.
• Experience with Postgres databases and supplemental technologies.

Nice to have

• Good to have experience with Oracle.