As a Data Services engineer you play a key role in our implementation and maturation of our infrastructure as code buildout. That includes automated OS/DB lifecycle management, alerting and automated patching.
You will also interact with customer support, specialist’s teams, developers and 3rd party providers. Clear and concise communication is required. Working closely with diverse teams you will need to develop a good all-round understanding of systems, services and networks as well as the telecom industry. Diligence and attention to detail are also key skills along with an ability to multi-task and prioritize work appropriately. You will join an international company and need excellent communication skills to work with people around the globe, using digital communication tools often in non-real-time situations.
Duties
- Advanced troubleshooting in coordination with other teams and 3rd parties, query / schema optimizations, fine tuning of back-end databases
- Perform advanced system monitoring and preventive maintenance
- Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation
- Database / server ownership
- Propose database and platform enhancements to avoid issues
- Review database changes
- Deploy new Virtual Machines according to specifications
- Be the bridge between Development and other Operations teams
Attributes Desired
- Good organization, planning and communication skills
- Good team player. Someone who is able to take criticism constructively and objectively challenge and give constructive feedback to their teammates to make them better. Someone that shares information/knowledge readily to make the team stronger.
- Creative and flexible
- A constant curiosity to learn and grow
- Good knowledge of the English language
Skills Required
- Experience with SQL Server /PostgreSQL Administration side
- Advanced knowledge backup and recovery, and performance monitoring standards
- Basic working knowledge in Linux
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Nice to have
- Experience writing shell scripts and scripting languages
- Experience with Ansible and PowerShell
- Knowledge of Windows system administration
- Knowledge of VMware
- Knowledge of Oracle is considered a plus
- Previous telecom knowledge is considered a plus
What we offer
- A great team environment collaborating across 3 continents
- Working in Kanban and Scrum
- A dynamic and international working environment in an innovative and growing industry
- A competitive salary with benefits
- On-going skill development through our training programs
- Working alongside other DevOps & Data Services engineers to build and maintain great products
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