Cloud Big Data Engineer

Summary

Comtech LLC is a woman-owned small business focused on delivering end-to-end solutions and products. They are seeking a Cloud Big Data Engineer to provide support for Cloud Data Services and work within a high-performance team to streamline and automate the release management pipeline.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided by the Tax DevOps
• Take part in on-call support rotation for production databases that require 24 X 7 X 365. Weekend and off-hours work are expected
• Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevOps team members
• Plan and document procedures, and coordinate Cloud Data Services activities
• Be active in evaluating and recommending new Cloud Data Services technologies including updates to Cloud Data Services as they are released

Skills

• 3 to 5 years of relevant database experience utilizing Microsoft SQL Server and NoSQL technologies
• 1 year of database administration of Cloud applications
• 1 to 3 years of experience in working in a complex production support environment, providing performance tuning and troubleshooting support
• Experience with database performance monitoring tools such as Spotlight
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Business Information Systems or relevant experience and accomplishments
• Strong technical knowledge in the Microsoft SQL Server database engine and related components, including an emphasis on performance monitoring and troubleshooting
• Experiences with NoSQL databases
• Experience with SQL Server AlwaysOn, Database clustering and sharding
• Database experience with Cloud applications is a requirement
• Solid knowledge of the T-SQL scripting language
• Ability to multitask and work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with rapid technology changes and complex customer requirements
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, comfortable in a transactional high-volume, high availability production environment
• Strong customer service skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent customer requests
• Self-reliant, self-motivated with a 'can do' attitude
• Commitment to quality, accuracy, and reliability of services provided
• Ability to produce and maintain accurate documentation and operational reports
• Desire to grow and develop new skillsets, becoming involved with new technologies
• Ability to build solid relationships with team members and co-workers, possessing the desire to work in a team environment and provide benefit to the team as a whole
• Possess strong communication and presentation skills, including both written and verbal
• Experience with MS-Office products to build presentations using Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Experience with Microsoft Azure SQL Server or SQL 2016 is a plus
• Experience with Azure Document DB is a plus
• Experience with HD Insight, MongoDB and CouchDB is strongly desired

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3 to 5 years of relevant database experience utilizing Microsoft SQL Server and NoSQL technologies
• 1 year of database administration of Cloud applications
• 1 to 3 years of experience in working in a complex production support environment, providing performance tuning and troubleshooting support
• Experience with database performance monitoring tools such as Spotlight
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Business Information Systems or relevant experience and accomplishments
• Strong technical knowledge in the Microsoft SQL Server database engine and related components, including an emphasis on performance monitoring and troubleshooting
• Experiences with NoSQL databases
• Experience with SQL Server AlwaysOn, Database clustering and sharding
• Database experience with Cloud applications is a requirement
• Solid knowledge of the T-SQL scripting language
• Ability to multitask and work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with rapid technology changes and complex customer requirements
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, comfortable in a transactional high-volume, high availability production environment
• Strong customer service skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent customer requests
• Self-reliant, self-motivated with a 'can do' attitude
• Commitment to quality, accuracy, and reliability of services provided
• Ability to produce and maintain accurate documentation and operational reports
• Desire to grow and develop new skillsets, becoming involved with new technologies
• Ability to build solid relationships with team members and co-workers, possessing the desire to work in a team environment and provide benefit to the team as a whole
• Possess strong communication and presentation skills, including both written and verbal
• Experience with MS-Office products to build presentations using Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Nice to Haves

• Experience with Microsoft Azure SQL Server or SQL 2016 is a plus
• Experience with Azure Document DB is a plus
• Experience with HD Insight, MongoDB and CouchDB is strongly desired