Database Developer

The face of IT is changing quickly. Organizations are challenging IT groups to transform their business. Virtualization and cloud computing have become critical components of business agility and flexibility.

Our customer is seeking a Database Developer who will play a key role on the Infrastructure team. This role provides critical support, architecture and engineering for current and future databases. Activities include the provisioning, monitoring and maintenance of databases with a high degree of repeatability/reliability, performance tuning and optimization of all database systems and fully documenting solutions.

* Implement and configure MySQL/Mongo databases * Define and improve best practices for data and database design * Create database objects (tables, indexes, etc.) * Generate test/performance data * Attend use case reviews * Ownership of data/domain modeling * Write database procedures, functions, and triggers * Participate in product evaluation, design review sessions, data requirements meetings and consulting with application developers * Performance monitoring and tuning of database queries * Monitor application related jobs and data replication activities

* 5+ years working as a database engineer or a related role * Strong SQL expertise. You can write a query to do almost anything. * Knowledge of data modeling techniques * Ability to work in an agile environment. You can address bugs with QA, plan schemas with engineering, and respond quickly to other business needs Performance tuning and query rewrite techniques * Knowledge of hardware sizing and tuning requirements for database loads based on efficient use of multiple resources * Proficient writing scripts for maintenance and automation purposes **Education and Experience Requirements** * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or Information Technology preferred or equivalent experience * Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Database Developer or equivalent. * Demonstrated experience with creating management systems to provide effective and efficient access to information stored in databases. * Demonstrated experience with Open Source/Linux development and production environments * Able to work independently with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment with frequently changing priorities