Position: Database Engineer
Company: Remote IT World
Experience required: 5y
Category: SQL
English level: intermediate
Published: 2020-05-01T00:00:00+03:00

**Mission**

The Database Engineer is responsible for continuously pushing the boundaries of the company’s data infrastructure capabilities through the development of tools to improve infrastructure leverage, collaborating with engineers across various teams to on-board and support new products, and continuing to drive improvements to the resiliency and availability of database platforms.

**What will you do**

- Monitor and ensure the availability of highly transactional production on premise databases as well as Azure SQL Database and AWS RDS
- Ensure the performance of MySQL Server and PostgreSQL databases is stable and optimal, replications work as expected 
- You will be responsible for HA and DR of the RDBMS
- Support developers with T-SQL and handle data manipulation, performance tuning and indexing
- Provide input for technical analysis
- Automate manual processes using a scripting language (Powershell, Python)
- Set up additional alerts to monitor the on-premise and cloud environments

**What you should bring**

- Good grasp of MySQL and PostgreSQL - you will need to be able to troubleshoot the last two DBs
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014/2016
- Advanced SQL scripting experience
- Experience with cloud environments like AWS or Azure
- Experience of deploying SQL Server in a virtualized environment
- Thorough knowledge of SSRS and SSIS
- Knowledge of troubleshooting and performance tuning
- Fluency in English (both written and spoken)
- **Ability to work at 7am - 3pm EST. It's 2-10 pm by Kyiv**

**What’s in for you**

- 100% allowance to work from home at a company with established remote culture. They are pioneers of the remote work model and were working distantly even before Covid-19:) 
- Free time in the morning
- Health and medical insurance subscription 
- 20 days of paid vacation 
- National holidays compliance 
- Team bonding events, several times per year 
- Continuous growth with bi-annual appraisals for consistent self-improvement and goal setting
- Dynamic environment with regional exposure in an ever-evolving global industry
- Fun and lively work culture
- Ability to work from your comfortable home office 
- English would become your mother tongue:)

If you feel like you are open to discuss this job opportunity or have any questions, ping me directly. 

Stave safe!:)