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Sr. Data Platform Administrator

US-TX-Dallas
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Job Description

Sr. Data Platform Administrator

 

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Serve as a core member of our data platform administration team while supporting and operating key aspects of infrastructure services including security, capacity planning, availability, and performance.

* Create and maintain scalable infrastructure in the Cloud and in our On-premise Data Center

* Research and deploy new tools and frameworks for the Data and Analytics platform

* Administer relational databases, data warehouses and NoSQL databases

* Plan and perform database configuration, maintenance, upgrade and patching

* Perform and manage system and database backups

* Perform manual switch to redundant system / database components, in case of system failure

* Create and maintain data modeling artifacts including conceptual, logical, and physical data models, data dictionaries, and source to target mappings

* Develop infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation

* Orchestrate container deployments with Kubernetes

* Develop pipelines in our CI/CD system

* Monitor, collect statistical information, and provide reporting on capacity and system performance

* Monitor the system, and act upon system and application automated alerts

* Perform diagnostics, testing, and troubleshooting of software, o/s, and database issues (ex. correcting installation, configuration, or data problems)

 

 

MINIMUM REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

* 3+ years of DevOps experience in AWS (consideration will be given if  the candidate has equivalent experience with other Cloud providers)

* 3+ years of experience physical data modeling (relational, dimensional data modeling)

* 3+ years of experience administering relational databases (PostgreSQL, SQL Server, DB2) and data warehouses (RedShift, Snowflake, Netezza, Teradata, Exadata)

* Experience designing, developing, deploying, testing in the AWS ecosystem, including some of the skills listed:

- IaaS: AWS EC2, VPC, EBS, ELB, KMS, Config, SNS, SQS, SES, SWF, S3, Glacier

- Monitoring: CloudWatch (Events/Logs), IAM, CloudTrail, EC2 Systems Manager, Zabbix, IAM

- Data Management: AWS RDS, EMR, RedShift, Kafka/Kinesis, SageMaker, DynamoDB, DMS

* Experience with scripting languages such as Python or Bash

* Experience with Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD)

* Experience with configuration management tooling such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet, DSC, etc

* Ability to work with multiple projects and work streams at one time. Must be able to deliver results based upon project deadlines.

 

 

BONUS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

* Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Jinja or ARM

* Experience with Containers and Container orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes

* Experience with Git as a version control system

* Cloud Certifications

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