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Database Performance Specialist Engineer
$83,000 - 112,000
JPS Tech Solutions LLC
North Scottsdale Road 4017, Scottsdale
$83,000 - 112,000
Requirements
Must:
- 12+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise database engineering and performance optimization.
- Strong expertise with performance tuning tools, execution plan analysis, and query optimization.
- Solid understanding of database internals, indexing strategies, memory management, locking, isolation levels, and concurrency control.
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems, replication, sharding, and clustering technologies.
- Proficient in scripting and automation using SQL, Python, Shell, or PowerShell.
- Proven experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP for database services.
- Strong experience with high-availability configurations and disaster recovery solutions.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical ability, and debugging capabilities.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead performance optimization efforts across various database platforms including SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or other enterprise DBMS.
- Analyze slow-running queries and enhance performance through indexing strategies, plan reviews, and code refactoring.
- Design highly scalable database solutions and conduct capacity planning, load testing, and performance benchmarking.
- Carry out advanced troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for database performance issues and production outages.
- Implement automated monitoring, alerts, and dashboards to sustain optimal system performance and availability.
- Collaborate with application development teams to assess database designs, stored procedures, and schema modifications.
- Manage high-availability, disaster recovery, and replication methodologies.
- Ensure compliance with database security standards, backup, and recovery processes.
- Prepare technical documentation, performance reports, and make optimization recommendations.
- Guide and mentor engineering teams on best practices for performance and tuning methodologies.
Description
We are looking for a highly skilled Database Performance Lead Specialist Engineer to spearhead performance optimization, scalability, and reliability within our enterprise database environments located in Scottsdale, Arizona. This role is a contract position, offering a collaborative atmosphere where you will work closely with development, infrastructure, and business teams to maximize database performance and stability. We pride ourselves on a supportive work environment that encourages innovation and problem-solving, as well as the opportunity to lead impactful initiatives in database management.
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