Tier4 Group · 5 hours ago
Database Engineer 4898
Atlanta Metro
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
3+ years expTier4 Group is a global leader at the intersection of industrial technology and data innovation, and they are seeking a Database Engineer to join their engineering organization. The role involves designing, operating, and optimizing modern data systems across SQL and NoSQL technologies to build high-performance, AWS-native data platforms that support real-time insights and mission-critical operations.
CRMInformation TechnologySoftwareVirtual Reality
Hiring Manager
Kim Kilgoar
Responsibilities
Build & Operate Enterprise‑Scale Databases
Your responsibilities include installation, upgrades, backups/restores, HA/DR architecture, capacity planning, and ongoing operational excellence
You’ll handle the nuts and bolts of runtime operations—connection management, memory tuning, lock/contention avoidance, and more
Push Performance to the Limit
You’ll be the go‑to expert for performance engineering:
Advanced SQL & NoSQL tuning
Query plan optimization
Hot partition mitigation
Auto-vacuum tuning and maintenance optimization
RCA for latency, throughput, and persistent query issues
You’ll solve big performance problems at scale—and prevent new ones before they occur
Collaborate With Product & Engineering Teams
Partner closely with cross-functional teams to support:
Real‑time and batch data processing
Platform enhancements
Reporting and analytics pipelines
Consistent, reliable data flows across environments
You’ll be a trusted advisor on all things data
Drive Observability & Automation
Own visibility into data systems, including:
Monitoring and dashboards (CloudWatch, Prometheus, or similar)
Slow‑query detection and performance trend analysis
Data quality checks and drift detection
SLO/SLA‑driven alerting
Environment diffing and automated stability safeguards
You’ll help ensure issues are detected early—and fixed fast
Embrace “Data as Code”
Champion modern DevOps practices:
CI/CD workflows for ETL/ELT pipelines and database scripts
Automated tests, validation, and migration/rollback strategies
A disciplined, version‑controlled approach to data infrastructure
Qualification
Required
3+ years working with AWS‑based data platforms in production
3+ years as a DBA or database engineer supporting both relational and NoSQL systems, including Aurora/RDS (MySQL/Postgres), Redshift, DynamoDB, MongoDB
HA/DR design, upgrades, performance tuning, and security
Managing distributed databases, partitioning strategies, and long‑term data lifecycle management
Observability tooling, automation frameworks, and proactive scaling
Ensuring stability for large, complex, always‑on systems
Company
Tier4 Group
Tier4 Group is a women-owned and diversity-certified technology Talent, Professional Services, Advisory, and Information Security firm with a national reach.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Betsy Robinson
Founder + CEO
Jake Sherrill
Partner
Recent News
2025-05-17
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