Staff Database Engineer

GENERAL SUMMARY Responsible for designing and implementing database solutions that are categorized as large datasets with extreme complexity, this role encompasses maintaining, optimizing, and securing databases, implementing backup/recovery strategies, monitoring performance, troubleshooting issues, ensuring compliance with standards, collaborating on engineering solutions, maintaining documentation, and mentoring juniors.   DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: • Design and implement database solutions to meet business requirements, including data modeling and schema design • Optimize database performance by analyzing query execution plans, indexing strategies, and resource allocation • Develop and implement database backup and recovery strategies to ensure data availability and integrity • Monitor database health and performance, proactively identifying and addressing issues • Troubleshoot and resolve database-related incidents and performance problems • Ensure data security and compliance with relevant regulations by implementing access controls, encryption, and auditing • Collaborate with software developers to design and implement efficient and scalable database schemas • Document database configurations, procedures, and best practices • Stay up-to-date with emerging database technologies and industry trends to make informed recommendations for improvements • Mentor junior database engineers in best practices • Maintain compliance with the knowledge requirements outlined on the department intranet site • Leverage AI tooling to accelerate development activities (e.g., code generation, testing, documentation) • Other duties as assigned.