Database Engineering - Lead Engineer

The Opportunity

"Come join our global technology services team if you are an enthusiastic professional; someone who is intrigued by the opportunity to work in a dynamic and talented team in our growing Information technology organization, leveraging both public and private Cloud platforms. FICO is expanding into new core offerings. We are building a team with strong MS SQL Server Database and NoSQL skills who will partner with the development teams to architect, design, automate database systems and deployments and embrace new technologies. This database role entails a blend of both architecture and administration. " – Database Engineering - Director.

What You’ll Contribute

Supporting Cloud database systems in a 24x7 environment.
Fine-tune configurations for performance improvement.
Implement optimal backup and recovery.
Understand and optimize query performance.
Do database health checks for identifying slow queries, replication lags, instance failures, etc.
Evaluate, plan and perform the DB upgrades.
Implement appropriate indexes for performance improvement.
Provide support – during release/outage.
Implementing best practices for backups, replication, and health checks.
Database hardening – implement best practices.
Design and implement DR & HA solutions and recommendations.
Automate the process of deploying DB changes so that it can support new build/patch/hotfix.
Act as an application DBA while working with DevOps and application team.
Will be required to work with internal and external clients to resolve issues.
Will be required to be part of on-call rotation and work during outside normal business hours.

What We’re Seeking

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science or related disciplines, or relevant experience in software architecture, design, development, and testing. 
Extensive knowledge and hands-on in MySQL, PostgreSQL, DocumentDB, Oracle.
Very good knowledge and hands-on in AWS Cloud, Security groups, IAM roles, VPC peering, etc.
Good knowledge of DevOps tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, CloudFormation, Terraform, GIT.
Good knowledge of developer skillset such as Java/J2EE, Spring boot, Jenkins/CICD, Groovy.
Familiarity with PCI compliance, TDE knowledge and security best practices is beneficial.

Our Offer to You

An inclusive culture strongly reflecting our core values: Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers and Earn the Respect of Others.
The opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally by leveraging your unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences.
Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so.
An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie.