Making a job change is a big decision. Why consider Aptos?
You will join a team of remarkable colleagues who are committed and passionate about creating and delivering leading-edge solutions to the retail market. You will be part of an exciting growth journey where we will do everything possible to help you reach and exceed your career dreams. Our colleagues have access to industry-leading training and development opportunities, and the chance to work in a global, diverse culture with offices in 13 countries. You will be part of an inclusive culture that is grounded in our Company's purpose: to make a difference for every colleague, every client, every day.
With years of deep retail DNA, Aptos has been a market-leading platform that drives the world’s largest retailers’ product, promotion, commerce and merchandising decisions across online and brick-and-mortar operations. The opportunity at Aptos has never been greater, as we transition our solutions to cloud-native, microservices architecture. More than 135,000 retail locations impact nearly $2 trillion in annual revenue across fashion, grocery, drug, convenience, general merchandise, discount and sporting goods stores optimized with Aptos’ solutions. We hope you’ll be a part of taking innovative solutions to market with the leader in Unified Commerce.
The Cloud Engineer, DBA will be part of a team that operates the infrastructure and responsibility for installing new infrastructure and applications, maintaining configurations, and supporting daily operations for small to massive customers around the world. You will be part of a small but fast-paced highly collaborative team with low egos and high output. Rock and roll with your team that is 24/7 on-call rotation responding to issues and users with a global footprint. Help drive the creation and deployment of automation and auto-healing techniques to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness.
Who You Are:
- Like to solve complex problems and troubleshoot issues quickly
- Passion for learning and understanding new concepts and technologies
- Have pride in the quality and timeliness of your work
- Know when to escalate cases, including deriving outcomes that resolve the tactical and some strategic resolution
- Address service outages as they occur, including after hours and weekends
- Configure database monitoring utilities to minimize false alarms
- Baseline system performance and monitor for deviation, recommending and implementing improvements to slow running queries
- When performance issues arise, you'll figure out the most effective way to increase performance including hardware purchases, server configuration changes, or index/query changes
- See the importance of tracking/following-up on tasks/issues with attention to detail and order
- Highly motivated, focused, energetic, and able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Enthusiasm for automation of database maintenance and monitoring tasks
What's in Your Tool Box:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
- Understanding or experience in relational and OLAP style databases; knowledge of transactional, no-sql, and analytical database operating principles and methodology.
- Examples include SQL Server (2016+), MongoDB database (3.x – 5.x), and big data databases and cloud technologies like BigQuery, CloudSQL or similar
- Experience tuning queries to improve performance
- Previous experience in production environments and being on-call
- Experience building and maintaining documentation
- Storage and server hardware knowledge a plus
- Linux experience a plus
- Working time: 12:30pm IST - 8:30pm IST
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We offer a competitive total rewards package including a base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set, and location. For those in eligible roles, discretionary incentive compensation may be awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. By submitting an application for this job, you acknowledge that any personal data or personally identifiable information that you provide to us will be processed in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Notice.
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Aptos is the global leader in unified commerce solutions for retailers. Our modern, cloud-native POS and advanced enterprise technologies are trusted by hundreds of retail brands around the world. For over 40 years, Aptos has delivered software solutions that help retailers inspire loyalty, maximize revenue and reduce costs.
