Database Expert/Administrator - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

As part of the Scientific and Information Management team, you will be in a unique position to take part in the endeavor to provide data services to the scientific community. We are a team with broad skill sets and considerable opportunity to learn and grow both as an individual and a professional.

Work duties and areas of responsibility
In this position, you will be responsible for the overall architecture and maintenance of different database solutions for the different teams within KITS.  We need to architect a database environment with high reliability and scale for a range of different use cases including mission critical archiving of accelerator parameters as well as databases for in-house web projects. This requires an evaluation of current solutions in collaboration with members of different teams acting as a link between the different teams in KITS. As such, we are seeking a team player with high collaborative skills, ability to listen to different viewpoints and lead the architecture by considering all requirements put forward by different stakeholders.

Requirements
A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related

Extensive professional experience managing RDBMS as well as NoSQL database environments (PostgresSQL, MySQL, DB2, Oracle, MongoDB) with an understanding of relational and dimentional data modeling

Strong command of SQL

Professional experience in database administration (PostgresSQL) and architecture along with setting up database clusters, benchmarking and performance tuning

Expertise in database security, backup and recovery

Experience with time-series databases

Solid experience with the Linux operating system

Strong communication skills, fluent in English

Desirable
Experience with ElasticSearch

Experience with databases in a containerized environment

Experience with migration of database environment; preferable to have knowledge of Cassandra

Probationary period may apply.