Location: Durham, WLK, or MMK.
Team:
Distributed SQL Squad within CAPE.
What the candidate will be doing:
You will be responsible automating the deployment and migration of PostgreSQL and Distributed SQL Databases like Cockroach DB and YugabyteDB into both AWS and Azure.
This is a hands-on technical database software engineering role that requires strong technical skills and knowledge of cloud automation tools, methods, and standard methodologies for deployment, provisioning, encryption, security, administration, and data protection.
You will work with the cloud database architects and developers on database-as-a-service automation that uses a common deployment pipeline across all the cloud service providers
Top Skills:
Database Engineering
Cloud Formation
Python Scripting
AWS
CI/CD skills
The Role
Are you passionate about technology, cloud data platforms, and cloud data automation? Do you want to work on innovative cloud data solutions that will set the standard for enterprise-class cloud data platforms? We are looking to hire cloud database automation engineers who are hardworking technologists and who can help drive PostgreSQL, Distributed SQL database automation, at-scale, in public cloud environments.
As a Principal Cloud data Automation Engineer in the Postgres and Distributed Database Platform Squad, you will be the team's Expert on automating the deployment and migration of PostgreSQL and Distributed SQL Databases like Cockroach DB and YugabyteDB into both AWS and Azure.
This is a hands-on technical database software engineering role that requires strong technical skills and knowledge of cloud automation tools, methods, and standard methodologies for deployment, provisioning, encryption, security, administration, and data protection.
You will work with the cloud database architects and developers on database-as-a-service automation that uses a common deployment pipeline across all the cloud service providers. You will collaborate with architects, developers, security, operations, and Business Unit cloud CoE's and database engineering teams to ensure that applications make efficient and appropriate usage of cloud databases following the required Client operational and security policies.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
Strong hands-on experience and expertise as principal database automation engineer.
Your knowledge and hands-on experience with; CloudFormation, YML, Vault, Bitbucket, Artifactory, and CloudWatch
Your experience with scripting languages such as; Python, PowerShell, Shell Scripting, Ansible, Terraform, Go, Ruby, and Perl.
Your hands-on experience with pipeline automation tools; Jenkins, Jenkins Core, and Concourse.
Experience mentoring and coaching engineers on standard methodology and engineering excellence.
Your experience with Cloud DevOps and infrastructure as code concepts, and source code tools like Git.
Knowledge on Relational and Distributed SQL database administration procedures and operations.
Your experience working in Agile software development environments.
Consistent record as a positive teammate with an ability to optimally communicate and share your business and technical knowledge with peers, partners, and management.
Your strong dedication to high quality and standards for your code and your team's code.
Your strong desire and interest in learning new cloud technologies.
Your ability to work as part of and with impactful and purposefully goaled teams.
Your excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong analytical skills enabling you to research independently, challenge, verify data, and ultimately provide proven recommendations and requirements for technical solutions.
Experience working in globally distributed teams
The Team
The candidate will be working on enabling the database automation in cloud that include PostgreSQL, Distributed SQL DBs like Cockroach DB and YugabyteDB.
Key technical roles and responsibilities include modernizing existing automation capabilities, crafting new end-to-end deployment capabilities, and migrating BU partners to these new data services automations in both AWS and Azure.
Coach and provide mentorship to cloud database technical resources across the inner-source community.
Create well-written customer-facing documentation

Education: Bachelors Degree
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