Our client is one of the largest tech companies globally. Due to business needs, a Database Administrator keen on taking on a solutions-oriented role is needed to join their team.
Job Description
• Be a subject matter expert on databases, particularly on Relational Databases, able to discuss with customer on database modelling, migration, performance testing and day to day operations
• Have wide ranging experience with open source and commercial databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle & SQL Server…etc
• Be familiar with major cloud service providers in using it for deployment of workloads (AWS, Alicloud, GCP, Azure…etc)
• Be a technical expert on all aspects of the company (compatibility assessment, deployment, administration, development, migration…etc)
• Facilitate introduction, discussion and demonstration of the companys technology, vision and value proposition either via individual or group sessions with customers
• Engage and discover prospects pain points, business/technical challenges and identify how the company can add value
• Run Proof of Concept projects with customers to validate the companys capabilities. Support post sale of the company's implementation with delivery team
• Maintain deep understanding of competitive as well as complementary technologies and how to position the company's DB in relation to them
• Provide guidance on how to resolve customer-specific technical challenges
• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing to continuously improve the product and position in the market
Job Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, MIS or a comparable field is preferred.
• Passion and energy to strive in a dynamic, disruptive, fast pace and energetic environment.
• Strong communication skills and adaptability, be able to communicate with customer independently, understand customer requirement and propose technical solution.
• More than five years experience working with customers in a pre-sales or post-sales technical role. Ideally, 2+ years as a solution architect at an established database technology company or company with mature cloud DB offering
• Database Administrator or Architect prior experience preferred
• Able to write, analyse and optimize SQL, in particular MySQL and/or Oracle databases
• Familiarity with mainstream database products, including Oracle, MySQL, Snowflake, MongoDB, Amazon Aurora, Google Spanner, and proficiency in at least one of them. Experience in one or more public cloud environment.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders and cross functional teams including direct and channel marketing, solution architect teams, product management and account management teams
• Bonus: Application development experience in major languages (e.g. Java, Python, NodeJS, .NET…etc)