Sr Database Engineer

ServiceNow

Job Location:

Toronto - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

What you get to do in this role:

Become an SME in production database troubleshooting ServiceNow instance performance issues and Linux performance analysis on prem and on Hyperscaler
Own complex incident RCA across multi-tenant PostgreSQL/MariaDB fleets at scale
Develop observability and automation to prevent recurrence of critical issues
Influence infrastructure decisions that shape our multi-tenant cloud platform
Mentor and collaborate with engineers across operations support and developmen

Strong experience with performance and stress testing tools and approaches for driving realistic customer simulations
5 years of database management and performance tuning
5 years of experience supporting or testing large scale web-based distributed applications on containers such as Apache/Tomcat JBoss Web Logic and Web Sphere in a Unix environment
3 years of experience developing on a SaaS PaaS or Cloud Infrastructure product/solution
Proven experience with concurrency multithreading and distributed system architectures
Unix skills: including development navigation file manipulation permissions searching/finding files and text contents and administrative actions
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with an aptitude for learning new technologies
developing and deploying mission critical software
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or equivalent technical discipline or similar work experience.
Eagerness to learn everything about the ServiceNow Platform

Qualifications :

To be successful in this role you have:

Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes decision-making or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools automating workflows analyzing AI-driven insights or exploring AIs potential impact on the function or industry.
4 years of experience on multiple relational databases (especially on Postgres database)
The database experience should include but not limited to MVCC transaction management vacuum mechanics database and query performance tuning buffer management WAL architecture backup/restore etc.

Desired skills:

Scripting: basic shell scripting Python Javascript Ansible
Formal experience on a DevOps(Kubernetes and CICD pipeline) or Performance or support team supporting a Web-Based application is desired
Demonstrated experience leading individual projects including scheduling and reporting
Formal experience on a DevOps or Performance or support team is desired

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Additional Information :

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Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Full-time

What you get to do in this role:Become an SME in production database troubleshooting ServiceNow instance performance issues and Linux performance analysis on prem and on HyperscalerOwn complex incident RCA across multi-tenant PostgreSQL/MariaDB fleets at scaleDevelop observability and automation to ...