Cloud Database Administrator (9466)

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Position: Cloud Database Administrator - Canada

Location: Toronto, Canada - Hybrid

Job Scope:

There has never been a better time to join Extreme, after several acquisitions extending our portfolio and go-to-market strategy, we have seen enormous opportunity and growth within the regions. Aside from being a Technology Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant, we also adamantly promote an internal culture that truly embraces diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace. Having Diversity and Inclusion as part of our core values and beliefs, we’re proud to foster an environment where every Extreme employee can thrive because of their differences, not despite them. Our motto here at Extreme is ‘Advance with us’ and it applies to everyone we work with – inside and outside the company. 

Extreme Networks is looking for a highly capable cloud data engineer. You will be responsible for supporting, maintaining, and further improving the use of Postgres, Amazon RDS, Elasticsearch and NoSQL databases management as well as cloud service management in production.

Responsibilities:

• Manage Database, Elasticsearch, and ClickHouse stability at scale in production
• Manage, improve, and monitor Database, Elasticsearch, and ClickHouse high availability on Kubernetes
• Proactively identifying Database, Elasticsearch, and ClickHouse performance issues and providing recommendations and implementing solutions for resolution
• Engaging in performance and capacity management of Database, Elasticsearch, and ClickHouse
• Review DB schema and provide DB suggestions and insights to Developers
• Providing 24/7 Incident Management support for database and production issues in response to Incident notifications
• Maintain Database, Elasticsearch, and ClickHouse DR documentation, procedures, and jobs and support the annual DR test
• Fully understand the Database schema design and Elasticsearch schema and generate reports automatically

Required Skills:

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent combination of technical education and experience
• PostgreSQL experience PL/PGSQL, and SQL skills.
• 5+ years of DBA experience on Linux, preferably with Postgres/MySQL/Oracle experience.
• Proficiency in tuning databases for performance, availability, and scalability.
• Hands-on experience with container-based architecture and deployment (Docker, Kubernetes.).
• Experience with Elasticsearch, Clickhouse or time-series data stores.
• Experience in a 24X7 production environment.
• Experience in root cause analysis, remediation, and problem resolution for complex systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes and administering Linux-based systems
• Experience in Cloud Services such as AWS and RDS or Azure
• Excellent knowledge and experience with networking is also a bonus.

Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) creates effortless networking experiences that enable all of us to advance. We push the boundaries of technology leveraging the powers of machine learning, artificial intelligence, analytics, and automation. Over 50,000 customers globally trust our end-to-end, cloud-driven networking solutions and rely on our top-rated services and support to accelerate their digital transformation efforts and deliver progress like never before. For more information, visit Extreme's website or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

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