Database Administrator (Finance)

The Database Administrator will be actively involved in the evaluation, review, and management of databases. The individual will be part of a Team who supports a range of Applications and databases. The individual should be well versed in database administration which includes installation, performance tuning and troubleshooting. A strong candidate will be able to rapidly troubleshoot complex technical problems under pressure, implement solutions that are scalable, while managing multiple customer groups.

What you will do

• As a lead Administrator, you will design, develop and operationalize large-scale enterprise data solutions with a focus on high availability, low latency and scalability.
• Provide guidance,documentation and automation capabilities for Disaster Recovery as part of application deployment.
• Ensure data security and protection by consistently maintaining security postures.
• Work closely with compliance teams to ensure all our tools/solutions meet the necessary compliance guidelines(PCI,FISMA,FedRAMP,etc)
• Build infrastructure as code (IAC) patterns that meet security and engineering standards using one or more technologies (Terraform, scripting with cloud CLI, and programming with cloud SDK).
• Build CI/CD pipelines for build, test and deployment of application and cloud architecture patterns, using platform (Jenkins) and cloud-native toolchains.
• Knowledge of the configuration of monitoring solutions and the creation of dashboards (DPA, DataDog, Big Panda, Prometheus, Grafana, Log Analytics. Chao Search)
• Effectively communicate to technical peers and team members in both written and verbal formats.
• Build relationships and contribute technically alongside internal/vendor engineering teams. Influence product roadmaps for external services that systems/services are dependent upon.
• Contribute to internal roadmaps to continuously enhance existing product features.

What experience you need

• BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent job experience required
• 7-10 years of experience in database administration, system administration , performance tuning and automation.
• Expert-level proficiency in PostgreSQL is required
• 4+ years of experience on Cloud native services like BigQuery, Cloud Spanner, DataFlow. Cloud Storage, Cloud Data Fusion, Cloud Functions, Cloud Composer or any other Google Cloud Analytical Services
• Experience in managing Traditional databases like SQLServer/Oracle/Postgres/MySQL and providing 24*7 Support.
• Experience in implementing and managing Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Python, Chef) and source code repository (GitHub).
• Demonstrable cross-functional knowledge with systems, storage, networking, security and databases
• Experience in designing and building production data pipelines from data ingestion to consumption within a hybrid big data architecture, using Cloud Native GCP, Java, Python, Scala, SQL etc.
• Understanding of GKE and distributed databases like cockroachDB, TigerGraph,Neo4j is a plus
• Proficiency with continuous integration and continuous delivery tooling and practices
• Cloud Certification Strongly Preferred

What could set you apart

An ability to demonstrate successful performance of our Success Profile skills, including:

• Expert-level proficiency in SQL Server and Oracle
• Automation - Ensure the use of best practices in coding to build pipelines for build, test and deployment of processes/components to improve own work and the work of less experienced colleagues; Assess technology trends and use industry best practice guidelines to make recommendations on improving upon the defined expectations of developing automation for fast and secure deployments
• Data / Database Management - Leads Data platform operational practices and designs solutions that improve resilience of products/services. Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, modifies complex programs/scripts and integrated software services; Leads exploration of new software development methods, tools, and techniques. Continuously looks for opportunities to improve standard processes and tools to achieve a well-engineered result; Conducts reviews of overall team performance and works directly with colleagues to improve team performance
• Operational Excellence - Drives work plans for short-term assignments of moderate complexity, typically contained within own function; Establishes the processes to monitor and measure systems against key metrics to ensure availability of systems; Reviews and recommends new ways of working to make processes run smoother and faster
• Technical Communication/Presentation - Articulates complex messages and the impacts to stakeholders to build support and agreement; Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to tailor to specific audiences; Work with others to achieve results and proactively address sources of conflict and emotion with focus on the best solution for Equifax
• Troubleshooting - Applies a methodical approach to routine and moderately complex issue definition and resolution; Initiates and coordinates actions to investigate and resolve problems in systems, processes and services; Reviews and approves problem fixes/remedies. Plans and coordinates the implementation of agreed remedies; Ensure that patterns and trends are assessed and make recommendation for improved system reliability

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