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2016-12-06 08:14:20
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Senior Database Engineer Loc: Dover, NH
2016-12-06 08:14:20
Job Type:
Full Time only
Budget $: 100,000 - 200,000
Budget $: 100,000 - 200,000
Position Summary
- The Senior Database Engineer provides database engineering expertise, technical support, and engineering analysis to assist with the development, implementation, and operations of high-volume, high-availability systems used for web delivered educational testing platforms and supporting applications.
- Additional responsibilities include the following:Design, document, and implement database strategies and SQL components to generate and interact with dynamically configured database schemas.
- Support extensive clustered database environment, including responding to requests for database creation, deletion, permissions, and script execution.
- Analyze, consolidate, and work with performance and development teams to tune databases for optimal efficiency.
- Communicate regularly with engineering, development, and support teams, regarding database statuses and changes.
- Implement and maintain database lifecycle management processes, ensuring minimal database sprawl and effective use of available resources.
- Plan and take ownership of database-specific portions of the disaster recovery strategy.
- Develop bulk load, stored procedures and triggers as required to support operations.
- Implement and maintain appropriate database backup and retention processes, in accordance with policies and contract requirements.
- Provide technical support for the physical design and implementation of all Databases, Content Banks and/or Data Warehouses.
- Provide technical consultation to development staff on database architecture, new technologies, and database related issues.
- Evaluate and recommend new database technologies.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering
- Electrical Engineering (or directly related discipline), with concentration in data acquisition, processing, exploitation, and reporting
- Minimum of seven (7) years of related database engineering experience, which includes a minimum of three (3) years of recent experience in Relational Database
- Management Systems (SQL Server) and exposure to stored procedures, triggers, data import, and monitoring
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