Our end client is looking for a Software Engineer II to join their Dunwoody GA team on a contract-to-hire basis. Amazing, stable and growing organization offering cutting edge technology, stellar benefits!!!

Responsibilities / Qualifications:

• Diagnose and Resolve problems around database performance, Data Lake performance, capacity, replication.
• Proactively monitor AWS environments or databases for errors and respond quickly and effectively to troubleshoot and resolve DB on-going issues on all CAI environments DEV/QA/PROD.
• Coordinate and schedule DB downtimes to perform DB maintenance procedures. i.e. DB patching, upgrades, etc.
• Design and Implement Backup and Recovery strategies using technologies used at CAI:  Backup/Recovery tools for DataLake or other AWS storage.
• Manage/Monitor/Utilize Cloud Technologies:  Athena, Lambda, MySQL, AWS RDS, S3
• Assist with ETL solutions for Snowflake, Redshift or DMS.
• Perform advanced database administration activities including but not limited to: DB Performance Tuning, Backup and recovery and Disaster Recovery solutions.
• Communicate effectively with other CAI groups gathering requirements for developing, tuning or supporting existing applications.
• Analyze existing systems and make recommendations on which technology best suits the business requirement for high availability, disaster recovery or high performance, on prem or in the cloud.
• Work independently or with other CAI teams to design or participate in functional/performance tests.
• Create/update CAI’s database documentation about standard processes, AWS/DataLake technology features, or production issue troubleshooting.
• Stay current with changes in the technical area of expertise.
• Work with development teams to deploy code in production when needed.
• Participate in on-call rotations.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 5-7 years’ experience in Microsoft Windows/ SQL Server Technologies, .Net development, AWS Administration.
• Experience working on 24x7 environments oriented towards a zero downtime target.
• Working knowledge or previous administration of SQL 2016-SQL 2022 and Windows Server 2012+ preferred.
• Experience with ETL in AWS, a plus.
• Ability to work with minimal direction, in a team environment.
• Performance tuning for AWS/DataLake systems.
• Some Experience with SQL in virtual, physical and cloud-based environments.
• Experience with Athena and data modeling for cloud technologies.
• Proven ability to quickly learn and implement new technologies.
• Experience with Administration, Security/Identity Management and Terraforms in AWS.
• Experience with SentryOne, a plus.
• Ability to code Powershell commands and maintain code in GitHub, a plus.
• Some Experience with Metabase and Collibra, a plus.

Job Requirements:

Are you ok with H1B's?

No

Target Years of Exp: 3-5

Top 5 Must Haves: 

Architecture in AWS (Security/Identity Management)
Monitoring AWS systems(Security/Identity Management)
Managing a Data Lake 
Experience with ETL in AWS
Performance tuning for AWS/Data Lake systems.
Ability to work with minimal direction, in a team environment.