Senior Specialist, Systems Engineering - Database DevOps

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Systems Engineering - Database DevOps

Job Code: 44107

Job Location: On-Site - Greenville, Texas

Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

We are seeking a talented and experienced Database DevOps System Engineer to join our dynamic and innovative team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing DevOps practices for database management systems. This role involves close collaboration with software engineering, operations, and data management teams to ensure seamless deployment, scaling, and monitoring of our database infrastructure. You will bring a problem-solving mindset and a collaborative spirit to improve and streamline our processes.

Essential Functions:

• Develop and maintain database infrastructure using DevOps principles.
• Automate database deployment, scaling, and management processes.
• Implement monitoring and alerting tools to ensure database performance and availability.
• Collaborate with software development teams to support CI/CD pipelines.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues in a timely manner.
• Ensure security and compliance standards are met for database systems.
• Continually improve processes and tools to increase efficiency and reliability of database operations.
• Manage backup, recovery, and data archival processes.
• Support and participate in all phases of the software development life cycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, integration, and test.
• Write well-designed, testable, efficient code using software design principles.
• Respond to customer inquiries providing troubleshooting and analysis of complex problems.

Qualifications:

• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI in future.
• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Demonstrated experience as a Database Engineer or similar role.
• Demonstrated experience with Linux System Administration experience, preferably in Red Hat or Derivatives.
• Demonstrated knowledge of database management systems such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Oracle.
• Demonstrated experience with DevOps tools and practices, including CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrated experience with scripting and automation using languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Demonstrated experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Demonstrated familiarity with cloud platforms (Oracle, AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Knowledge of data warehousing and big data technologies.
• Certification in cloud platforms or database management.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.