
Database Engineer – Associate
FICO
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Mexico
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Tech Stack
About the role
- Support a diverse set of database platforms including MySQL, Oracle, Couchbase, AWS RDS and Kubernetes EKS cluster in a 24x7 production environment
- Perform capacity planning, database health checks, and performance tuning to ensure high availability and reliability for mission-critical OLTP and decision support systems
- Implement and maintain disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA) solutions across multi-region environments
- Monitor and optimize query performance, replication lags, and overall database efficiency through indexing and best practices
- Automate deployment of database changes to support new builds, patches, and hotfix releases using modern DevOps practices
- Design, implement, and manage EKS clusters to support microservices and container-based applications running on Kubernetes
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related field
- 1-2 years of hands-on Database Administration experience in production environments
- Experience with MySQL, AWS RDS and Oracle (19c RAC/ASM)
- Knowledge and hands-on experience with Kubernetes
- Experience in Unix/Linux administration and shell scripting for automation
- Familiarity with developer-oriented technologies such as Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Jenkins/CICD pipelines, and Groovy scripting
- Understanding of performance tuning, indexing strategies, and query optimization for large-scale distributed systems
Benefits
- Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs
- An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance
- Employee resource groups and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie
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Hard Skills & Tools
MySQLOracleCouchbaseAWS RDSKubernetesUnix/Linuxshell scriptingJavaSpring Bootperformance tuning
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s Degree in MIS