Infrastructure Engineer – DBA Operations
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Infrastructure Engineer – DBA Operations
Reporting relationship: This role reports to the Delivery Manager
Skills Required:
• AWS experience – 1-2 years
- Database Administration – Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS) AND
- Database Operations – Platform as a Service (PAAS)
• RDBMS / Big Data experience – 2-3 years
- System/Application DBA – RDBMS platforms like Oracle, SQL server etc. OR
- Hadoop cluster administration
Roles and Responsibilities – As an Infrastructure Engineer you will be responsible for below activities
Must Have
AWS Specific
• Provide DB consulting on Best Practices, Governance, Security Baselines, Performance, Usage Cost and Cost Control Mechanisms etc. for AWS Native databases e.g. RDS, Dynamo DB, RedShift etc.
• Working knowledge of building and deploying VPC, EC2, S3, ELB, Security and Monitoring
AWS/On-Prem DBA platforms
• Configuration, Installation, Maintenance / Patching
• Managing Authorization i.e. users/profiles/roles/licenses & Authentication i.e. AD/LDAP integration
• Performance / SQL query tuning
• Managing environments, backups, refreshes, recoveries and secure connectivity to peripheral systems e.g. TLS/SSL
Good to Have
• Create AWS Cloud migration strategies for RDBMS databases e.g. IAAS or PAAS and then execute the migration
• Scripting e.g. Ansible or Shell for automating admin tasks / self-serve / self-provision / CI-CD
• Managing availability, scalability and usability (performance) through effective capacity and hardware management
• Knowledge / Understanding of Linux administration, Networking and Storage will be added advantage
Process Adherence
• Ensure Compliance with PGS / BU specific SDLC / Execution practices (like defect management, prevention, efforts tracking etc.)
• Provide input for maintaining delivery metrics
• Contribute in release planning and co-ordination
Team
Mentor team members to build application/system expertise in the relevant domain
Other Contribution
Participate in BU level initiatives; Knowledge Management, Operational Efficiency, code jams etc.
Must Have
Education: Graduate Bachelor’s degree (any stream)
Other: Sound technical skills, interpersonal skills, good experience in estimation methodologies, excellent communication and time management skills required. Self-motivated, strong desire to learn and maintain professional and technical knowledge
Competencies:
• Make sound business decision
• Embrace Change
• Build strong Partnership
• Get results
• Act Strategically
• Lead Cultivate Talent