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Lead Database Engineer

Techgene

 

Chicago, IL, USA

Posted On: 1 day ago
Experience: 10+ years
Availability: Onsite
Openings: 1
Category: Senior Database Engineer
Tenure: Contract - Corp-to-Corp
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Description

You lead database security initiatives and design secure enterprise database solutions.

This role is on-site.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and design technical solutions to meet evolving business and security needs.
  • Conduct 360-degree security assessments on in-flight and pre-flight projects.
  • Evaluate existing systems to identify vulnerabilities and performance gaps, implementing necessary enhancements.
  • Design, configure, and administer relational database management systems (RDBMS).
  • Monitor database performance, capacity, and growth, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery readiness.

Required Skills

  • 10+ years of overall IT industry experience, including 5+ years in Database Administration for enterprise-scale environments.
  • Proven expertise with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.
  • Hands-on experience in installation, configuration, maintenance, and optimization of RDBMS software.
  • Strong knowledge of database security principles, access control, encryption, and auditing.
  • Experience with performance tuning, replication, clustering, and backup/recovery strategies.
  • Solid understanding of IT security frameworks, compliance standards, and risk management.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional development and infrastructure teams.

Preferred Skills

  • Comptia Security+, SSCP, or AWS Security certifications.

Education

Bachelor's degree

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