Senior Data Engineer - Database Administration & Cloud Infrastructure

Job Description

Job DescriptionAbout the Role


Ensisinfo Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Engineer with extensive expertise in enterprise database administration, data pipelines, backup and recovery, performance optimization, and automation to support a California State Government project.

Mandatory Qualifications – ALL REQUIRED

• Government Experience: Prior professional experience supporting U.S. State or Federal Government IT projects is mandatory.
  
  
• Data Engineering: Minimum 4 years of experience authoring and monitoring data pipelines.
  
  
• Education: Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, or a related technical field. Qualifying experience may substitute year-for-year, or a completed data engineering bootcamp plus an additional year of experience may satisfy the education requirement.
  
  
• Database Administration: Minimum 5 years of full-time equivalent (FTE) experience installing, configuring, maintaining, and administering enterprise databases, including schema management, user administration, capacity planning, and configuration standards.
  
  
• Backup & Disaster Recovery: Minimum 5 years FTE experience implementing database backup, restoration, high availability, replication, and disaster recovery solutions, including hands-on recovery scenarios.
  
  
• Database Operations: Minimum 5 years FTE experience monitoring database performance, optimizing queries and indexes, resolving database incidents, and documenting issues using ServiceNow, Jira, or equivalent ITSM tools.
  
  
• Database Automation: Minimum 5 years FTE experience using SQL, PowerShell, Python, or comparable tools to automate database administration, backups, maintenance, and deployment processes.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MariaDB.
  
  
• Experience with AWS cloud architecture and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
  
  
• Certifications in Azure Database Administration, SQL Server, Oracle OCA/OCP, AWS Database, PostgreSQL, or MySQL.
  
  
• Additional certifications: AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Security, Terraform Associate, CISSP, or CCSP.
  
  
• Experience supporting enterprise cloud modernization initiatives.
  
  

Important: Candidates must clearly demonstrate the required years of experience for each mandatory qualification. Government project experience is non-negotiable.

To Apply: Submit your updated resume highlighting government project experience, database technologies, cloud expertise, and relevant certifications.