Position Title:  ​Senior Database Engineer​ I  

Department:   Datacenter Engineering  

Essential Job Functions: 

• Positive and all in attitude. 

• Works collaboratively within a team.  

• Drives work to closure.  

• Shows pride in the quality of work being done.  

• Understands, follows, and contributes to the refinement of team processes. 

• Proactively identify and resolve system availability, performance concerns as well as 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. 

Required Skills:  

• 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. 

• Good to have experience with Oracle. 

Education and Experience: 

• 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.