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Focus:

Contributes to crafting, developing, trouble shooting, debugging, evaluating, modifying, deploying and documenting all data components (data architecture, logical and physical data models, database objects and database administration) that meet the needs of customer-facing applications, business applications, and/or internal end user applications.

Organizational Context:

Member of a data management and database development team reporting to an, Engineering Director or Director of Technical Delivery.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Reviews data requirements / data stories and corresponding data sources and data architecture
Documents data requirements / data stories and maintains data models to ensure flawless integration into existing data architectures
Supports management of data assets as per the enterprise standards, guidelines and policies
Reviews and understands the processing requirements inclusive of data and transaction volumes, scalability, security and performance requirements
Assists in building and improving the database design and infrastructure required to support the Business portfolio
Assists in performing database design review and supports database testing
Provides production environment support for database systems and processes

Education & Experience:
- Minimum 5 years of software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as:
  - Understanding of Agile or other rapid application development methods
  - Exposure to design and development on Cassandra
  - Exposure data model design.
  - Configuring and building Database clusters
  - Comfortable in tunning Cassandra JVM and it’s parameters.
  - Understanding query read & write path.
  - Understanding and experience of usage of different compactions strategies.
  - Experience on adding database nodes, rack & Datacenters.
  - Expert on usage of nodetool, dsbulk, nosqlbench, sstableloader, sstableupdate utility.
  - Expert on Linux os
  - Expert in usage DSE Opscenter or any other tool that can monitor database cluster.
  - Knowledge on usage of Ansible scripts
  - Experience in writing ELF or Splunk queries and can build dashboards to monitor logs
  - Understanding to newer app frameworks and their interactions with Databases
  - DSE driver configuration
  - Good understanding and technical knowledge of DBMS products and ecosystem – e.g. storage formats, access algorithms, data management processes, administration, data maintenance, replication, high availability, encryption, etc.”
  - General knowledge of distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational & non-relational databases
  - Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related field required; advanced degree preferred
High Performance Behaviors:
- Recognizes opportunities to adopt innovative technologies to enable business capabilities
- Able to challenge the status quo and drive innovation by generating creative ideas and solutions
- Keeps up-to-date on current research and technology in the industry
- Understands technical aspects of the job and uses appropriate technology for the situation at hand
- Tries innovative approaches when problem solving, seeking ideas, or suggestions from others as appropriate
- Carries out systematic and rational analysis to identify the root cause of problems
- Recognizes the importance of collaboration to achieve objectives
- Is clear when explaining ideas and concepts to others, communication is structured and easy to understand
- Leads multiple tasks optimally - progresses work in parallel
- Adapts to change quickly and easily
- Handles problems and acts on own initiative without being prompted
- Knows when to raise decisions and when to make on-the-spot decisions
Knowledge/Skills:
- Able to understand and use data structures and associated components
- Basic understanding of Metadata Management and Database Management
- Able to understand and document business data requirements in complete, accurate, extensible and flexible logical data models using data modeling tools – ErStudio, ErWin
- Creates basic data models using the relevant tools and frameworks
- Basic understanding of XML and schema development/reuse, database concepts, database designs, Open Source, big data technology and NoSQL will be an added advantage
- Application of industry recognized methods, processes and standards
- Has understanding of the core tools used in the planning, analyzing, designing, building, testing, configuring and maintaining of assigned application(s)
- Able to participate in assigned team’s software delivery methodology (Agile, Scrum, Agile XP, Test-Driven Development, Waterfall, etc.) in support of data management and database development
- Familiar with infrastructure technologies and components like servers, jvms, databases, and networking concepts
Technology Skills You'll Use Every Day:
- Adaptive Communication
- Agile Practices
- Industry and Company Knowledge
- Organizational Change
- Technical Acuity
- Technology Industry Trends
Game Changers:
- Adaptability
- Collaboration & Partnership
- Continuous Improvement
- Courage
- Curiosity
- Resourcefulness
- Servant Leadership
- Tenacity
Role/Strengths You’ll Need:
- Technical
  - Database Design
  - Emerging Technologies
  - Performance and Tuning
  - System/Platform Domain Knowledge
- Functional
  - Data Analysis
  - Data Management
  - Database Administration
- Leadership
  - Analytical Thinking
  - Consultancy
  - Decision-Making
- Business
  - Problem Solving

Senior Data Engineer II