Data Engineer II Public Cloud Database Engineer

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Key Responsibilities

Work closely with Application partners to define, frame and capture business needs

Designing and implementing database migration from private to public cloud, new application onboarding to public cloud, solutions and adoption of latest cloud-native patterns

Participate in the database design and selection process, data modelling

Deploying scalable and highly available databases in the cloud

Determining Identity and Access Management(IAM) policies for database connectivity and access control

Provide internal analysis and support to ensure proper escalation during outages or periods of degraded database performance

Conduct periodic Database performance and security assessments

Define best practices, standards, operational readiness, documentation , create logical and physical data models

Prioritize, complete, and oversee projects within budgetary and scheduling guidelines

Responsible for the quality of deliverables in terms of the technical design, implementation, testing and adherence to technical compliance standards

Develop tools that automate database processes, such as database provisioning or migration enabling database engineers and developers to do more self service

Find opportunities to adopt innovative technologies

Scope of Impact/Influence

Responsible for the Database platform and supporting technology

Leads the design, build, enhancement, and integration of database

Plays an integral role in building and enhancing database in terms of robustness, scalability, availability, and efficiency

Leadership accountability for team completing assigned tasks and delivery of quality work

Education & Technology core competencies

Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field required, advanced degree preferred

3+ years of database development experience in a public cloud environment and/or comparable experience

Hands-on experience handling operational tasks of Nosql (DynamoDB, Bigtable, Cassandra, MongoDB) and RDBMS Databases( Cloud SQL, Aurora, Postgres) supporting and maintaining the production-grade environments, database upgrade/downgrade, capacity expansion, backup and recovery, performance tuning

Proficient in the public cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure

As a part of core team member of cloud migrations, should contribute in application selection for the next waves of migration

Collaborate with the technology vendors, cloud partners to help build/implement versatile innovative solutions to secure workloads in public cloud environments

Good to have experience in Automation using Ansible for Database use cases like Migration, Upgrade , Patching etc, Practical experience with Data Architecture, translate business data requirements into data models (Conceptual, logical, physical) and using data modeling tools

Extensive experience in Linux based DB performance monitoring by using system tools, security setup, troubleshooting and performance tuning as necessary to ensure optimum performance, patching of Linux based DB servers on regular schedule

Preferred hands-on experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions

Strong problem-solving skills and a desire to learn through experience

Experience in change management, Incident management, RFC, Problem management & RCA

Role Core Competencies Technical:

Database/Platform Domain Knowledge

Capacity Management

Change Management

IT Infrastructure

Team building

Requirements Gathering and Definition Leadership

Analytical Thinking

Coaching and Mentoring

Documentation & Technical Writing

Problem Solving

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being

That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life

Benefits include:

Competitive base salaries

Bonus incentives

Support for financial-well-being and retirement

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)

Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need

Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)

Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)

Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program

Career development and training opportunities

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