HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.
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As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.
Position Summary:
The position is required to manage databases in production environment and handle disaster recovery scenarios
Job Responsibilities:
- Candidate shall be responsible for installation, configuration and upgrading Postgres, MongoDB database in a docker containerized environment managed by orchestration tool Kubernetes
- Candidate shall establish, implement and maintain backup and recovery policies and procedures.
- Implement and maintain database security (create and maintain users and roles, assign privileges).
- Candidate shall ensure that databases implemented is highly available
- Candidate shall be responsible for replication and disaster recovery restorations
- Shall conduct periodic tests on backup and recovery complying with ISO standards
- Database tuning and performance monitoring.
- Setup and maintain documentation and standards.
- Plan growth and changes (capacity planning).
- Work as part of production operations team and provide 7×24 supports when required.
- Be available on On Call support to recover or support incidents
Basic Qualifications:
- Candidate should have minimum of 5 - 8 years experience in database administration
- Candidate should be a B.Tech/B.E/M.Tech in E&C or Computer Science
- Candidate’s primary domain of expertise should be database administration for cloud based applications
- Database Administration certifications is desirable must for MongoDB / Postgres
Preferred Qualifications & Desired Competencies: Please list the preferred qualifications and ideal behaviors needed for this position based on the following:
- Excellent knowledge in managing PostgreSQL and MongoDB
- Proven working experience as a Database administrator
- Hands-on experience with database standards and end user applications
- Excellent knowledge of data backup, recovery, security, integrity and SQL
- Strong working knowledge of databases in container environment
- Strong working knowledge in at least one cloud environment preferably AWS
- Strong working knowledge of performance tuning and patch management
- Strong knowledge on database replications and worked with disaster recovery scenarios
- Excellent in writing MongoDB queries, Index and shard management
- Solid technical expertise and troubleshooting skills
- Fluent verbal and written English
HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions; and services supporting the Internet of Things. With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world. More than 50 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car systems. Our software services power billions of mobile devices and systems that are connected, integrated and secure across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile. HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 30,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In March 2017, HARMAN became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. HARMAN offers a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation. Looking for a challenge where your experience is valued? Come see what you can achieve as a leader with HARMAN!
