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Base pay range

$45.00/hr - $48.00/hr

Sr. Professional Recruiter - Delivery Lead at Apex Systems

Apex is currently looking for an Open Source (PostgreSQL or MySQL) Database Engineer for a large software/IT client for a long-term open-ended contract. This role will begin remote but does have plans to transition to hybrid 3 days a week, 2 days remote later this year. Candidate must be local to Seattle area!

Locations Available: Seattle, WA

Job Description

Pay will depend on experience, but sweet spot is $45-48 an hour on W2 depending on experience. Willing to negotiate if rate is close.

Perks on Resume include:

• 3+ years of experience with any Open Source DB. Need to have experience actually taking care of the application (creating tables, writing queries, etc).
• MySQL or PostgreSQL required
• This person will work with Azure cloud customers so must be familiar in this space as well. 3+ years required.
• Support heavy role

Perks of this position:

• Large enterprise company looks great on resume
• Team-oriented work environment
• Hybrid flexibility and PTO available on contract

• Monday - Friday, 40 hours a week. They occasionally may have to work weekends but if so, they'd still only work 5 days a week.

• Purpose of the Team: This team is the Azure database support.

• Typical task breakdown and operating rhythm: The role will consist of 20% meetings, 80% case management.

• What makes this role interesting? - This role provides the opportunity to gain technical depth in understanding the technology.

• Unique Selling Points: The team culture is adaptable, innovative, and operates closely as a team. There is a chance to become FTE.

Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience

• Minimum 3+ years experience with Any Open Source DB (MYSQL or PostgreSQL) or SQL Server or SQL Azure DB
• Minimum 5+ years experience with Technical Support
• Minimum 5+ years experience with Azure Fundamentals and Azure PAAS (Desirable)

Role and Responsibilities:

• Minimum 3+ of experience is required in Technical Support Roles
• Administration support for SQL databases and/or Azure Cloud-based
• Must have knowledge of basics of Azure and SQL
• Hands-on experience in production support with Database experience
• Experience supporting or maintaining complex mission-critical database solutions, RDMS technologies, and/or SQL language.
• Excellent understanding of Database concepts and deployments
• Participate in case triage meetings to share knowledge with other engineers and develop efficient customer solutions. Consistently share best practices with team members and help create a knowledge base article to solve/workaround that issue
• Manage all customer communication with the appropriate level of etiquette, timeliness, and professionalism, whilst working towards achieving the KPI targets.
• Experience working in a team environment, managing a diverse workload
• Ability to work independently, be adaptable to change and varied working hours
• Ability to take quick decisions, like when to escalate a ticket to the next level
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, an ability to use various data collection tools and methodologies to analyze problems, determine root cause and develop solutions.
• Excellent Communication Skills - verbal, listening, and written (including technical writing).
• Passion for technology, lifelong learning, and professional development.
• Experience in one or more of these areas desirable:
• Experience supporting Azure or other cloud-based solutions.
• Microsoft certifications in data platform or Azure technologies
• Basic Networking, Storage and Platform troubleshooting skills.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Software Development