Senior Database Engineer

• Lead or participate in database management activities including designing highly complex logical and physical databases
• Lead highly complex data modeling, mapping, integration, and capacity planning efforts
• Perform the planning, research, design, implementation, maintenance, and control of server class databases
• Design and implement security solutions including Center for Internet Security benchmarks and auditing
• Design and certify next generation database technologies
• Consult with and advise management and multiple clients on high impact data or database management issues, influencing strategic direction
• Provide technical leadership and recommendation into the future direction of database technology
• Develop management policies, procedures, standards, and best practices
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of Database Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications

• The Candidate should be willing to work different shifts
• Team player with strong analytical and effective communication skills
• Experience in Teradata as application DBA
• Experience in python, Unix and shell scripting
• Experience in cloud migration
• Experience/knowledge in GCP and Big query preferred
• Should have innovative mindset for process improvements and automations
• Zeal to learn and keen interest in learning new things.

Job Expectations

• Plans, analyzes, designs, implements, maintains, and controls the organization's databases
• Consults with and provides guidance to database users and client groups, often recommending tactical and strategic solutions
• Moderate to complex programming and coding to automate and/or support the database environment; performance monitoring and tuning; analyzing database metrics and assisting with capacity planning
• Support multiple Teradata systems including production and non-production by managing the database objects
• Administer and monitor the environment on regular basis for any issues
• Performance tuning systems for better performance
• Tune queries and pro-actively suggest improvements
• Work with vendors on upgrades and migrations
• Work on various Teradata tools and utilities'
• Basic cloud certification preferred.