DATABASE ENGINEERING SPECIALIST

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Database Engineering Specialist Job Summary Embark on a distinguished career with the Engineering Tool Brazil team at Equinix, where your role will be instrumental in overseeing our Managed Service tools.
This esteemed position is designed for a dynamic professional who excels in orchestrating cross-national team engagements focused on the standardization of infrastructure architecture projects, alongside providing comprehensive support for the ecosystem underpinning our tools.
We are in pursuit of an individual with a profound analytical mindset and a forward-thinking approach, someone who is inherently driven by a passion for innovation and thrives in navigating through complex challenges.
What You’ll Be Doing Provide N3-level support, including escalation and resolution of critical incidents and technical complexities.
Perform capacity and performance analyses, pinpointing improvement areas and devising optimization strategies for infrastructure/database.
Proactively monitor databases, ensuring high availability, and swiftly identifying and addressing issues.
Engage in new project development to enhance and expand managed products, staying abreast of market trends and tools.
Conduct preventive maintenance and manage product logical security, including security audits.
Facilitate root cause analysis documentation following investigations of failures or problems.
Participate in supplier meetings and technical events, contributing to a collaborative global architecture effort.
What We’ll Expect From You A complete degree in the IT field.
Profound knowledge in managing databases on physical/virtual servers, with a specific focus on MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and additional experience with Oracle.
Expertise in VMWare virtualization-based infrastructure and TCP/OSI network infrastructure.
Advanced proficiency in Linux Operating Systems and monitoring platforms such as Zabbix and Grafana.
Fluent in English (conversational level) with the ability to create automation scripts, preferably in Python.
Demonstrated experience in infrastructure projects, database design, and API deployment.
What Will Be a Differential If You Have ITIL V3/V4 Practitioner MySQL Database Administration Oracle Certified Specialist Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) AWS Certified Database - Specialty Why Equinix Equinix is an equal employment opportunity employer.
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