Database Resiliency Engineer

Company Description

Take a seat on the rocket ship and join us as a Database Resiliency Engineer to help people succeed across the world. We’re a global team of builders, listeners and problem-solvers who are relentlessly focused on making life simple, so our customers can get back to growing their business, engaging consumers and doing what they love.

Job Description

Database Reliability Engineers (DBRE) are responsible for keeping database systems that support all production systems running smoothly 24/7/365. DBREs utilize a mix of skills from administration, data engineering, and software development to apply sound engineering principles, operational discipline and mature software development and automation, specializing in databases (MSSQL in particular). DBREs work in partnership with our SRE, infrastructure, and development teams.

 

Responsibilities:

• Construct and maintain automated database change pipelines in concert with our Site Reliability Team
• Provide software developers assistance with database changes
• Monitor lower environments to detect any performance impact as changes are promoted
• Proactively address issues that may arise in lower environments which would cause a slowdown in software development
• Diagnose and assist in resolving suboptimal database access patterns (i.e. Deadlocks, Excessive Blocking)
• Utilize monitoring solutions to provide prompt alerting of issues and outages
• Assist with building and maintaining database infrastructure using industry best practices to ensure reliability, security, capacity, and performance.
• OnCall support rotation with the rest of the team

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years experience with MS SQL Server or equivalent RDBMS. 
• Experience in automation using coding/scripting languages.
• Available for on-call schedule.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure
• Experience with Azure DevOps Pipelines
• Experience with multi-terabyte database systems
• Experience with PowerShell or Ruby

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledgeable on Microsoft SQL Server internals (Wait stats, indexing, DMVs)
• Knowledge on Microsoft Windows Server (AD, Clustering, DNS, Storage)
• Familiarity with Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code solutions
• Familiarity with high availability architecture such as SQL Server Always On
• Familiarity with NoSQL data storage such as MongoDB
• Familiarity with Splunk queries and alerts
• Experience with version control (git)
• Experience with the Redgate SQL Toolbelt

Ecosystem (tools and technologies):

• MSSQL Server Always On/Azure SQL/ Managed Instance
• Amazon RDS
• MongoDB ReplicaSets
• Azure DevOps
• PowerBI
• Powershell/Python/SSIS (automation and ETL)
• Terraform/Ansible
• Red-Gate SQL Toolbelt 
• Git

Additional Information

Additional Information

Joining Xplor’s Central Technology (CT) team

There are over 600 Xplorers in our CT team that work as one team across the world. You'll get the chance to engage through Communities of Interest in Technologies (CIT), our Architectural Advisory Board or work on DOOR (Develop Only Once and Reuse).

Being a technology company selling SaaS-based software solutions, you can see your work clearly in the success of the business. You'll be a strategic enabler via world-class capabilities fostering product development and innovation.

Some of the other perks and benefits: 

• 12 weeks Gender Neutral Paid Parental Leave for both primary and secondary carer 
• #GiveBackDays/Commitment to social impact – 3 extra days off to volunteer and give back to your local community 
• Ongoing dedication to Diversity & Inclusion initiatives such as D&I Council, Global Mentorship Program 
• Access to free mental health support 
• Flexible working arrangements
• Exempt:  The average base salary pay range for this position is $80,000 to $110,000 USD
• May be considered for a discretionary bonus

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More about us 

Xplor Technologies is a global platform integrating SaaS solutions, embedded payments, and Commerce Accelerating Technologies to help businesses succeed. Xplor provides enterprise-grade SaaS solutions for businesses in “everyday life” verticals: Childcare