Database Engineer

Role: Database Engineer

Location: Plano, TX

Type: Contract

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer, maintain, and support large-scale production database environments.
• Monitor database health, performance, availability, and capacity.
• Perform database performance analysis, troubleshooting, and fine-tuning to optimize system efficiency.
• Design and implement database solutions that meet business and technical requirements.
• Develop and maintain backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high-availability strategies.
• Support database deployments, upgrades, patching, and system maintenance activities.
• Collaborate with application development teams to optimize database design and SQL queries.
• Implement and enforce database security, access controls, and compliance requirements.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and database standards.
• Participate in on-call support and incident resolution activities as needed.
• Support cloud database platforms and assist with database modernization initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 7 years of experience supporting large-scale enterprise database environments.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience PostgreSQL. Other relational database platforms may be considered, but some experience with PostgreSQL is a must. Other databases: Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure Managed Instance, or Oracle.
• 4+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services and database technologies.
• 5+ years of experience in database performance tuning, query optimization, indexing strategies, and troubleshooting performance bottlenecks.
• 5+ years of experience with database backup, recovery, replication, and high-availability solutions.
• 4+ years of experience using database monitoring and performance management tools.
• 4+ years of experience implementing database security best practices and data governance.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in database migration projects (on-premises to Azure Cloud or cloud-to-cloud migrations).
• 2+ years of experience with Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) and database modernization projects.
• 2+ years of experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, ARM Templates, or Bicep.
• 2+ years of scripting and automation experience using PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
• 3+ years of experience supporting mission-critical, high-volume transactional database environments.
• Microsoft Azure certifications or database-related certifications are a plus.