Database Applications Developer - II

America Networks is a leading sensor and networking solutions partner for companies in any Industrial, Manufacturing, and Waste management space. We design and manufacture sensors for storage tanks, water metering, energy metering, gas monitoring, and asset management. Our founders are hardcore telecommunications engineers with combined 200 + years of experience in designing, optimizing and performance engineering; for several mid – large wireless carriers internationally - that saw a need to provide low power, cost efficient sensors to collect data, create alerts, and predict needed actions. We have combined these sensors with low power, wide area (LPWA) networking technologies to provide clients various options to decrease re-occurring costs associated with operating an IoT network of sensors and connected devices. We specialize in design, deployment, optimization, and support of these Networks. Whether an off-the-shelf or custom solution is needed, we’ll create a solution and push the data on the best cloud platform to fit your needs, including your own. DescriptionResponsibilities  Planning, building, implementing, and administering Python scripts to test and deploy Nosql clusters building scripts to validate database performance  Ensuring optimal database performance through exhaustive pro-active testing and ongoing real-time monitoring  Troubleshooting issues to resolution  Testing database security and enterprise policy guidelines according to established best practices  Monitor and maintain the backups for database recoverability for all production databases  Work with responsible Engineer/vendor resources to implement fixes for identified database issues within agreed upon Service Level Agreements  Work Experience  NoSql DBA with 3-5 years of experience in any of the following NoSql databases (Cassandra, MongoDB, Couchbase, Redis)  At least 2 years of DBA experience in an enterprise environment supporting all aspects of databases with emphasis on 2-tiered and 3-tiered architecture  Strong experience in monitoring and tuning NoSql databases for optimum performance and assistance in capacity planning of database servers  A minimum of 2 years of experience with the Linux operating system to be able to design high performance environment  A minimum of 2 years of scripting (Python, Shell) experience  Must possess excellent organization skills  Must be able to prioritize and support multiple concurrent projects while consolidating inputs from multiple groups  Able to work independently with accuracy and attention to detail  Proficiency with MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint  Commercial facing database/application support experience is desired  RDBMS (MySQL, MariaDB, MemSQL, PostgreSQL) knowledge will be a plus (2 years)  Qualifications  Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or other related degree, relevant military experience  Strong analytic, interpersonal and communication skills are required  Must possess strong verbal and written communication skills  Advance troubleshooting skills  Proven problem solving abilities  Must have the ability to function in a tight knit team environment  Must be willing to work Change Control Windows on a very regular basis  Must be willing to challenge yourself with regard to learning new databases, tools and technologies Vivek Salvatore vivek.salvatore(@)americanetworks.com (973) 582-3458