Senior Database Engineer

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior Database Engineer to head the data tier. In this role, you will design, orchestrate, and validate automated recovery platforms across a diverse ecosystem of database technologies, bridging the gap between core database administration and automated infrastructure-as-code recovery solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement automated recovery architectures for polyglot persistence layers spanning relational, NoSQL and cloud-native distributed databases
• Lead the team in building automated "clean room" recovery environments and automated data restoration pipelines
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for the nearshore time zone
• Collaborate with delivery management, cloud architects and the offshore engineering team
• Orchestrate and validate automated recovery platforms across a diverse ecosystem of database technologies
• Bridge the gap between core database administration and automated infrastructure-as-code recovery solutions

Requirements:

• 3+ years of deep production-level experience managing and troubleshooting relational, NoSQL and NewSQL databases
• Expertise in SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle and MySQL
• Proficiency in MongoDB and CockroachDB
• Hands-on experience architecting database solutions within GCP, AWS and Azure
• Skills in leveraging cloud storage primitives such as Cloud Storage Buckets, S3 and Blob Storage for immutable backup architectures
• Proficiency in driving automation using Ansible for configuration management and Jenkins for orchestration pipelines
• Understanding of backup verification, point-in-time recovery (PITR) at scale and air-gapped storage
• Competency in data integrity validation
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher