Position: Database Administrator
Company: bvblogic
Experience required: 5y
Category: Data Engineer
English level: upper
Published: 2022-09-01T00:00:00+03:00

Responsibilities
● Own, manage, and support all technical aspects of our AWS (RDS, Aurora) cloud hosted databases, from development through mission-critical production systems;
● Configure and maintain database servers and processes, including monitoring of system health and performance, to ensure high levels of performance and availability;
● Implement and maintain appropriate security standards across databases;
● Serve as a key stakeholder in infrastructure related incident response, esp. with regard to databases, and correct efforts;
● Refine and automate regular processes, track issues, and document changes;
● Establish processes and help maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for regulatory compliance;
● Provide input and own a share in delivering against the operations roadmap and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC);
● Review / oversee data modeling efforts put forth by the development team to ensure integration and performance expectations are met;
● Assist developers with complex query tuning and schema refinement;
● Keep up to date on relevant technology and industry trends;
● Assist and provide guidance to other team members as needed;
● Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours;
● Write and maintain database automation processes;
Qualifications
● Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience;
● 7+ years experience with relational database administration including PostgreSQL;
● 3+ years experience with cloud hosted database infrastructure (esp. AWS);
● Some experience with distributed, scalable, non-relational databases such as columnar, document, and time-series is a strong plus;
● Must be detail oriented, possess good communications skills and habits, and like to work in a highly transparent environment;
● Experience with at least one scripting language (Python preferred);
Bonus Points
● Experience with NoSQL database technologies
● Experience with AWS RDS and Aurora
● Experience in the retail and/or fuel &amp; convenience industries
● Software development experience
● Long-term employment