Senior Database Engineer at Verizon responsible for SQL Server management and NoSQL migration. Involves production support, troubleshooting, and collaborating with application teams.
About the role
- Database Engineer overseeing the management and migration of databases from Oracle to PostgreSQL cloud environment. Collaborating with DevOps and development teams to ensure performance and reliability.
Responsibilities
- Database and Schema Management: Oversee the administration of approximately 24 application schemas on Oracle databases, ensuring their stability and performance
- Manage the lifecycle of database schemas, including the provisioning of new schemas and the orderly decommissioning of obsolete ones
- Cloud Migration: Lead and execute the planned migration of our database environment from Oracle to Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL
- Develop and implement migration strategies, ensuring data integrity and minimal downtime
- Change and Release Management: Supervise and review all changes made to database schemas, including the analysis of change and rollback scripts, utilizing tools like Liquibase
- Collaborate with the DevOps team to integrate and improve the schema update process within our CI/CD pipelines
- Analysis and Optimization: Conduct regular analysis of database usage patterns to identify and propose optimization opportunities, such as the creation of indexes, partitions, views, and constraints
- Proactively analyze and identify discrepancies between different database schemas, proposing and implementing changes for alignment and standardization
- Recommend and implement schema and query changes to enhance database performance
- Collaboration and Process Improvement: Work closely with application development teams to provide expert guidance on database best practices
- Partner with the DevOps team to streamline and automate the deployment and management of database changes
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- At least 5 years of experience as a Database Administrator, Database Engineer, or in a similar role
- Strong proficiency in managing Oracle databases
- Demonstrable experience with database migration projects, preferably from Oracle to a cloud-based solution like PostgreSQL
- Hands-on experience with cloud database services (e.g., Google Cloud SQL, AWS RDS, Azure Database for PostgreSQL)
- Experience with database change management tools such as Liquibase
- Solid understanding of SQL and procedural database languages (e.g., PL/SQL, PL/pgSQL)
- Experience with database performance tuning and optimization techniques
- Familiarity with DevOps principles and practices related to database management
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities in English
- Preferred Skills:
- • Experience with Java and Hibernate
- • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform
- • Experience working in an Agile development environment
Benefits
- New beginnings can be a challenge. We promise a smooth integration and a supportive mentor
- Pick your working style: choose from Remote, Hybrid or Office work opportunities
- Early bird or night owl? Our projects have different working hours to suit your needs
- Nobody is born an expert. Sharpen your tech skills with our sponsored certifications, trainings and top e-learning platforms
- We want you to stay healthy! Enjoy our Private Health Insurance – it’s custom-made for you
- A clear mind is a healthy mind. Attend individual coaching sessions or go one step further by joining our accredited Coaching School
- Make the most of our epic parties or themed events – they’re lovingly designed for our people and their families
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