Database Engineer - Intermediate

Equifax Inc.; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A global information services company located in Nottingham seeks a Database Engineer to evaluate, manage, and support enterprise data solutions. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in database administration, performance tuning, and infrastructure automation. Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines, ensuring high availability, and implementing solutions using cloud technologies. A competitive salary of £37,500 plus benefits is offered for this full-time role, requiring strong communication and troubleshooting skills.

Benefits

Benefits package

Qualifications

• Current experience in database administration and system administration required.
• Experience in managing SQLServer, Oracle, Postgres, or MySQL databases 24/7.
• Cloud certification is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support large-scale enterprise data solutions focusing on high availability and low latency.
• Build CI/CD pipelines for application deployment using Jenkins.
• Create infrastructure as code patterns with Terraform.

Skills

Database administration

Performance tuning

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud services

Troubleshooting

CI/CD practices

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub

DataDog

Job description

The Database Engineer will be actively involved in the evaluation, review, and management of databases. You will be part of a team who supports a range of Applications and databases. You should be well versed in database administration which includes installation, performance tuning and troubleshooting. A strong candidate will be able to rapidly troubleshoot complex technical problems under pressure, implement solutions that are scalable, while managing multiple customer groups.

What You Will Do

• Support large-scale enterprise data solutions with a focus on high availability, low latency and scalability.
• Provide documentation and automation capabilities for Disaster Recovery as part of application deployment.
• Build infrastructure as code (IAC) patterns that meet security and engineering standards using one or more technologies (Terraform, scripting with cloud CLI, and programming with cloud SDK).
• Build CI/CD pipelines for build, test and deployment of application and cloud architecture patterns, using platform (Jenkins) and cloud-native toolchains.
• Knowledge of the configuration of monitoring solutions and the creation of dashboards (DPA, DataDog, Big Panda, Prometheus, Grafana, Log Analytics, Chao Search)

What Experience You Need

• BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent job experience required
• Current experience in database administration, system administration, performance tuning and automation.
• Experience developing and/or administering software in public cloud.
• Experience in managing Traditional databases like SQLServer/Oracle/Postgres/MySQL and providing 24*7 Support.
• Experience in implementing and managing Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Python, Chef) and source code repository (GitHub).
• Demonstrable cross-functional knowledge with systems, storage, networking, security and databases.
• Experience in designing and building production data pipelines from data ingestion to consumption within a hybrid big data architecture, using Cloud Native GCP, Java, Python, Scala, SQL etc.
• Proficiency with continuous integration and continuous delivery tooling and practices.
• Cloud Certification Strongly Preferred

What Could Set You Apart

An ability to demonstrate successful performance of our Success Profile skills, including:

• Automation - Uses knowledge of best practices in coding to build pipelines for build, test and deployment of processes/components; Understand technology trends and use knowledge to identify factors that can be used to automate system/process deployments.
• Data / Database Management - Uses knowledge of Database operations and applies engineering skills to improve resilience of products/services. Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, modifies programs/scripts and integrated software services; Applies industry best standards and tools to achieve a well-engineered result.
• Operational Excellence - Prioritizes and organizes own work; Monitors and measures systems against key metrics to ensure availability of systems; Identifies new ways of working to make processes run smoother and faster.
• Technical Communication/Presentation - Explains technical information and the impacts to stakeholders and articulates the case for action; Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Troubleshooting - Applies a methodical approach to routine issue definition and resolution; Monitors actions to investigate and resolve problems in systems, processes and services; Determines problem fixes/remedies. Assists with the implementation of agreed remedies and preventative measures; Analyzes patterns and trends.

Salary: £37,500 + Benefits