Database Administrator (DBA) / Senior Data Engineer

Background Checks:
Yes

Position Description:
Miscellaneous/Niche/Other

Skills Required

Miscellaneous/Niche/Other

Skills Preferred

• PostgreSQL database administration (DBA) experience:
• Database recovery and tuning
• Maintain backups and disaster recovery
• Monitor and optimize database performance
• Manage security and authentication
• Data extraction and transformation
• Data modelling and schema design
• Manage users, roles, and tablespaces
• Resolve production data issues and preserve data integrity
• Data engineering and data pipeline implementation experience
• Microsoft Transact-SQL and Python development experience
• Data Lake environment experience
• Database design, security, and architecture experience
• Docker experience
• Git and GitHub experience
• Apache Airflow configuration and management experience
• Apache Spark experience
• Microsoft SQL Server administration experience
• Strong understanding of APIs
• Grafana experience
• Machine Learning pipeline experience
• Experience with Cloud-based database platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP, etc.)
• Linux Server or Linux subsystem experience (e.g., YUM and DNF packages, implementing PostgreSQL)
• Centrify
• Collaboration with data scientist teams, application teams, and project management teams

Experience Required

Miscellaneous/Niche/Other

Experience Preferred

• Minimum of four (4) years of experience as a database administrator (DBA)
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience as a data engineer
• Experience in managing and maintaining Data Lakes
• Data Warehouses and public cloud or on-prem data environments

Education Required

Miscellaneous/Niche/Other

Education Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in an IT-related or engineering field, or relevant certifications (e.g., Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL DBA, AWS, Azure)

Additional Information

• Selected candidate will have to pass DPH's Live Scan check prior to engagement in addition to any requirements from the vendor.
• Work location is Commerce, CA, with a hybrid of two days on-prem and three days work from home. Address is 5555 Ferguson Drive, Commerce, CA 90022.