About Gartner Digital Markets:
Gartner Digital Markets is a business unit within Gartner. Our mission is to help small businesses make the right technological choices and find the tools they need to grow, optimize, and become more effective at what they do. The business comprises four top brands—Capterra, Software Advice, GetApp and
UpCity. For candidates interested in taking their next career step in the technology space, Gartner Digital Markets offers the fast pace and excitement of working for a startup, the stability, and resources of a large, established organization, and the opportunity to be on the front lines of innovation in an
industry that is always growing and transforming.
About this role:The Sr Database Administrator (Senior DevOps Engineer) will be a key member of the Database team within GDM, responsible for providing database administration support for databases used by GDM applications. The GDM database infrastructure includes AWS RDS Aurora (PostgreSQL/MySQL) databases residing in AWS public cloud, supporting both production and non-production environments. The Database team is responsible for maintaining a production SLA of 99.99%. This role will support monitoring and timely response to any alerts relating to databases in the production environment to achieve this SLA goal.
-Lead the design, deployment, and management of scalable cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS and other public cloud platforms.
-Plan and implement AWS RDS Aurora PostgreSQL/MySQL installations, upgrades, and migrations
- Perform core database administration activities such as database creation, performance tuning, monitoring, backups/restore/recovery, and database cloning
- Troubleshoot and assist in AWS RDS Aurora related issues, including creating SRs and working with AWS support
- Perform system administration tasks as required to assist the team
- Provide rotational on-call support during weekends/holidays
- Collaborate with Cloud teams to implement productivity-improving solutions
- Evaluate new technologies and coordinate implementation to improve team output
- Maintain documentation on the wiki.
What you’ll need:
-Minimum of 4–6 years of experience in database administration, with proven expertise in AWS RDS Aurora (PostgreSQL/MySQL)
- Proficiency with RedHat-like Linux operating systems
- Strong skills in SQL and shell scripting
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities
- Working knowledge of SDLC and Agile methodologies
- Willingness and ability to learn new technologies in database and DevOps areas
- Experience in core database activities such as installation, creation, performance tuning, backup/restore/recovery
- Working knowledge of scripting languages such as UNIX shell scripts, Terraform and Python
- Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, Document DB) is a plus
- Experience with AWS cloud technology (EC2, S3, EBS volumes) is a plus
Who you are:
-Excellent Communication and Prioritization skills.
-Ability to work collaboratively across the organization.
-Ability to work independently or within a team, proactively, in a fast-paced AGILE-SCRUM environment.
-Owns success – Takes responsibility for successful delivery of solutions.
-Strong desire to improve upon their skills in software development, frameworks, and technologies.
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