The Database Engineer I is responsible for installing, configuring, monitoring, performance tuning and troubleshooting databases currently supported at KORE, while ensuring high levels of data are available. This role is also responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing database policies and procedures to ensure the integrity, availability and security of databases and their accompanying software. This includes but is not limited to concepts such as least privilege, vulnerabilities, backups and restores. This role is expected to be fulfilled with an eagerness to learn more and be humble work well with others. This requires a self-awareness and a continued growth in emotional intelligence.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Work with development teams on database architectures, coding standards, and quality assurance policies and procedures
• Basic ability to monitor, performance tune, capacity plan and maintain mission critical enterprise database systems
• Basic configuration and maintenance of third-party software packages for scheduling, alerting, reporting and monitoring
• Implement upgrades, as required, guided by senior team members
• Respond to and resolve database access and performance issues
• Basic understanding of how to implement redundant systems for high availability
• Basic understanding of how to implement disaster recovery
• Basic understanding of data archiving and ensure effective protection and integrity of data through guidance and approved the design of senior team members
• Ability to allocate, monitor and optimize physical data storage for database systems
• Provide input to project planning and status reporting
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of departmental processes, procedures and standards by recognizing opportunities for improvement and initiating action to develop and implement changes
• Ability to maintain the inventory system as a source of truth for all databases and data systems at KORE to drive all automation to build, update and decommission systems requested by internal partners
• Basic ability to utilize automation to keep data and database systems protected with regular patching and other security remediation measures
• Basic ability to use Infrastructure as Code automation to also manage the operating systems that data and database systems are hosted on

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in related field or demonstrated equivalent experience
• 3+ years of hands on experience supporting and maintaining one or more BigQuery, Clickhouse, NoSQL, MySQL, Cassandra
• 2+ years of hands on development experience
• Experience with Database Replication and High Availability/Disaster Recovery Configuration
• Experience managing indexes
• Experience with database backups, restores and recovery models
• Working technical experience with designing, building, installing, configuring, and supporting databases
• Any database/data technology certifications

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to remain stationary; move; lift, push, pull and/or move up to 15 pounds. The employee must regularly sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; communicate. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

“KORE Wireless Group, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of any kind. KORE is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at KORE are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identify and/or expression, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. KORE will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.”