Lead Database Engineer

The Lead Database Engineer will work directly with Software Architecture, development, and product teams to design and implement    product and process solutions and improve application performance and
stability.

Role and Responsibilities:

•Collaborate with stakeholders from across the organization to set priorities and drive toward   implementation
•Partner with our Architecture team in the design, build, and creation of our data platform
•Ensure database systems meet all requirements of performance, availability, scalability, quality and security to produce world class products
•Lead by example, delivering high-quality work products; champion  quality standards, performance and scalability
•Research new technologies and stay ahead of industry
•Design and implement resilient and performant database processes  and solutions
•Develop custom stored procedures, views, or user-defined functions
•Participate in database design and data access strategies
•Collaborate with cross-functional teams
•Debug and tune/optimize SQL code either directly or indirectly from application
•Support Tier2 development team with database requests as needed (including bug fixes, production data manipulation and feature testing)
•Coach, develop and mentor the database engineers in technical tools  and techniques to maximize their individual contribution and professional growth to ensure they are successful
•Debug and tune/optimize SQL code either directly or indirectly from application
•On-call duty may be required, responding to critical DB alerts andescalate if needed

Requirements/Skills:

•Experience with designing and implementing large-scale database systems at enterprise and/or Internet scale
•Minimum of 10+ years of experience in administering and managing SQL Server.
•Minimum of 3+ years of experience in SQL Server 2019 and above.
•Minimum of 5+ years of experience in administering either MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL.
•Hands-on experience with SQL Server Always On, Failover Clustering, and Log Shipping.                        • Familiarity with PowerShell & python scripting and automation frameworks.
•Ability to lead and influence others in a highly flexible and fast-moving environment
•Intrinsic self-starter and problem solver
•Good communication skills
•Desire to work in a fast paced, evolving, growing, and dynamic environment
•Experience with performance tuning and a broad knowledge base of indexing strategies, In-Memory     OLTP technologies and best practice SQL standards
•Ability to collaborate with SQL developers and solve problems
•5+ years of developing and scaling MS SQL Server SaaS applications.
•Solid understanding and experience with NoSQL dbs
•Experience with administration and configuration of sharded, multi- tenant databases
•Experience with Database Encryption Strategies (Encryption per Client, PIP encryption)
•Experience with scaling databases on Cloud platforms (preferablyAzure)
•Familiarity with one or more industry standard source control solutions (Git preferred - experience with DACPAC a plus)
•Familiarity with monitoring tools like SolarWinds DPA or Datadog.
•Agile experience
•Bachelor’s in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, other relevant degrees, or comparable work experience

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