Principal Database Engineer (Aurora PostgreSQL and Automation)
- Country: United States
- Region: Texas
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Principal Database Engineer is an Aurora PostgreSQL Database and Automation engineer and is responsible for supporting all aspects of the design, build, and support of the cloud database environments through automation. Principal Engineer is responsible for ensuring that the environments are performing optimally and align with best practices for security and resiliency.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Support and manage the Aurora PostgreSQL database environments
Automate the build and support tasks across database technologies (i.e. Oracle, MS SQL, and PostgreSQL)
Adhere to best practices on Incident, Problem, and Change management
Lead projects independently with minimal guidance
Responsible for managing and supporting Aurora PostgreSQL database platforms working closely with AWS, application support teams, and infrastructure teams
Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain database instances on AWS
Recommend and implement database security policies
Recommend and implement database backup, recovery, and redundancy strategies
Implement automated procedures to proactively handle issues and alerts
Perform database performance analysis, capacity planning, system sizing, and ongoing maintenance
Aligns risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk and escalates appropriately
Demonstrates reliability by taking necessary actions to continuously meet required deadlines and goals.
Applies a global perspective when working within a team by being aware of working styles and ensuring all relevant parties are involved in key team tasks and decisions
Articulates information clearly and presents information effectively and confidently
Thinks boldly and out of the box, generates new ideas and processes, and confidently pursues challenges as new avenues of opportunity.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum of 8 years of related experience, with a minimum of 5 years of related PostgreSQL experience
Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
Strong knowledge of AWS cloud technologies; AWS certification would be a plus
5+ years of experience managing large-scale Aurora database environments
Strong performance Tuning and Optimization skills including re-writing SQLs for optimal performance.
Extensive experience with Automation using Terraform, Ansible, Chef
Strong knowledge of operating systems (Unix / Linux / Windows)
Hands-on experience with Shell and Python scripting to automate tasks enabling self-healing capabilities
Strong experience with partitioning and handling large databases
Understands interlaying technologies like OS, Networking, and Applications, and their impact on databases
Manage tasks and projects independently with minimum guidance and directions
Ability to independently research, design, document, and implement new database-related services
Solid experience in backup and recovery processes
Ability to work in a complex environment to determine business and customer needs and provide the best solution needed
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