Senior Database Engineer; Infrastructure & Operations IRC

Description

Client produces the best-selling iPad and iPhone app for pilots flying personal and business aircraft, corporate flight departments, and aircraft operators. Customers include individual pilots worldwide, Fortune 500 corporate flight departments, state and federal agencies, leading operators, the military, and leading aircraft OEMs. We have been in the App Store since its grand opening in July 2008 and are consistently ranked in the top 50 grossing iPad apps in the App Store.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of professional experience in database administration and engineering, specifically within an Infrastructure and Operations context.
• Proven mastery of multiple database platforms, including Oracle, Postgre
  
  SQL, and SQL Server.
• Expertise in database security, performance tuning, and high availability configurations (e.g., clustering, replication, failover).
• Strong experience with cloud-based database servicese.g., AWS RDS, Azure SQL, Google Cloud SQL).
• Excellent scripting and automation skills (e.g., Shell, Python, Power Shell).
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical information clearly.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant professional certifications (e.g., Oracle Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate, Postgre
  
  SQL certification).
• Experience with Dev Ops practices and tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker).
• Experience with database migration projects, including cross‑platform migrations.
• Knowledge of monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Database Engineer to join our Infrastructure & Operations team. The successful candidate will be a critical asset in managing, maintaining, and optimizing our diverse database ecosystem to ensure high availability, performance, and security across the organization. This role requires deep expertise across various database technologies and a strong focus on infrastructure and operational excellence.

• Design, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and secure database systems for mission‑critical applications across various environments (on‑premise, cloud, and hybrid).
• Manage the full database lifecycle from initial design and setup through to maintenance, patching, upgrades, and eventual decommissioning.
• Architect and implement robust backup and recovery strategies (including disaster recovery and business continuity plans) for all supported database platforms.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation related to database architecture, configuration, processes, and standards.
• Collaborate closely with infrastructure teams on capacity planning, hardware/storage provisioning, and network configuration to optimize database performance and reliability.

• Proactively monitor database performance, identifying bottlenecks and implementing advanced performance tuning (e.g., query optimization, indexing strategies, instance configuration) to meet SLAs.
• Conduct routine performance audits and health checks across the entire database estate.
• Automate routine operational tasks such as monitoring, alerting, patching, and provisioning using scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) and configuration management tools.

• Demonstrate expert‑level proficiency in administering, troubleshooting, and supporting Oracle Database (including RAC, Data Guard, Golden Gate, ASM).
• Demonstrate deep experience with Postgre
  
  SQL and its associated tools, replication, and high‑availability solutions.
• Strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server administration, including Always On Availability Groups, Distributed Availability Groups, SSIS, and SSRS.
• Experience with other No
  
  SQL and relational database technologies (e.g., Mongo
  
  DB, MySQL, Cassandra) is highly desirable.

• Serve as an escalation point for complex database…