Manage and maintain our PostgreSQL, DynamoDB and Athena databases running on AWS Cloud, ensuring high availability and reliability.
Monitor the performance and overall health of our databases, proactively identifying and resolving the issues.
Design and implement growth strategies for our databases, ensuring they can handle the rapidly increasing demands of our organization.
Develop, implement and maintain very high security standards to protect our highly sensitive PHI data from both external and internal threats.
Ensure compliance with various database privacy regulations and frameworks like HIPAA, SOC2 etc.
Design and implement Business Continuity Plan(BCP) and Disaster Recovery(DR) Plan.
Develop and maintain a pipeline to restore anonymized data from production to the lower environments.
Work closely with the security team to develop comprehensive risk analysis and response for data infrastructure.
Collaborate with development, architecture, and release teams providing architectural design recommendations to effectively adapt the database environment to support new platform features and capabilities.
Work closely with the Data Engineering team to build, maintain and troubleshoot ETL jobs for downstream applications.
Support software development teams to drive proper coding practices and assist in the development of complex queries, tuning of DML.
Requirements
5+ years of experience in Database Administration.
BS or advanced degree in computer science or other related field.
Experience working and managing SQL and NoSQL databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Redshift, DynamoDB, BigQuery, MongoDB, Cassandra and Snowflake
Deep understanding of AWS Database services, especially AWS RDS, Aurora, Redshift, DynamoDB etc.
Ability to use tools to identify bottlenecks or performance problems enabling query and schema optimization.
Experience using modern monitoring tools like Cloudwatch, DataDog etc., and establishing metrics, monitoring, alarming and dashboards.
Experience managing change management practices, policies and procedures.
Experience with infrastructure automation, systems reliability, load balancing, monitoring, logging.
Experience working in and architecting for regulated environments with data privacy regulations like GDPR, HIPAA preferred.
Strong scripting skills in SQL, Python, Shell etc.
Tech Stack
Amazon Redshift
AWS
BigQuery
Cassandra
Cloud
DynamoDB
ETL
MongoDB
MySQL
NoSQL
Postgres
Python
Redis
SQL
Benefits
Highly competitive wellness benefits including Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance
Flexible Spending Benefits
401(k) Retirement Savings Program
Short-term and long-term disability
Discretionary Paid Time Off
Paid Company Holidays
Wellness Benefits
Commuter Benefits
Paid Parental Leave benefits
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Well-stocked kitchen in office locations
Professional development and training opportunities