Senior Software Engineer, Product & Tech

About Us

Ensono is an expert technology adviser and managed service provider. As a relentless ally, we accelerate clients’ digital transformation to achieve business outcomes that stand to last. Our dedicated team helps organizations optimize today’s systems across any hybrid environment with services such as consulting, mainframe and application modernization, public cloud migration and cloud-native development. With certified experts in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and recognized as Microsoft Datacenter Transformation Partner of the Year, Ensono has over 3500+ associates globally and is headquartered in greater Chicago.

 

We care about your success, offering comprehensive strategic and managed services for mission-critical applications. Our Advisory and Consulting services can help upfront with an application strategy or find the right places for your applications – whether it’s public, multi or hybrid cloud, or mainframe. And because we span across all mission-critical platforms, we can meet you wherever you are in your digital transformation journey, with 24/7 support when you need it. We are your relentless ally, flexing with you when challenges emerge so you don’t feel stuck in place. With cross-platform certifications and decades of experience, our technology experts become an extension of your team so you’re continuously innovating – doing more with less while remaining secure. And that’s just the beginning.

 

About Role

Do you see yourself working with smart, motivated people that build creative solutions to hard problems? Ensono is conducting a search to fill a newly created position on our Product Engineering team. Joining our team as a Senior DBA you will be tasked with developing solutions to drive metrics to our client portal and other internal systems.  

A qualified candidate will be a DBA with experience ingesting metrics from a z/OS mainframe environment to a data layer that generates feeds into our digital platform based on business logic. You’ll manage the integrated database environment and develop and maintain the logic and feeds as you evolve them based on requirements from your Product Management and Engineering leaders. This smart, passionate, and curious problem solver will also require interfacing with the Z platform where metrics are generated and stored. The challenges are plentiful and the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the client experience is measurable.

 

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with software development teams to design, implement, and optimize PostgreSQL database schemas, tables, and queries to support application requirements.
• Configure and maintain PostgreSQL database instances, including installation, replication, clustering, and high availability solutions.
• Monitor and tune database performance to ensure optimal application responsiveness and scalability.
• Troubleshoot database-related issues, identifying and implementing solutions to improve application performance and stability.
• Implement and maintain database security measures, including user access control, authentication, and encryption.
• Develop and maintain Python scripts and automation tools for database administration tasks, such as monitoring, backup, and deployment.
• Create and maintain documentation related to database design, configuration, and best practices.

 

Experience

• Total 10 + years of experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, or equivalent work-related experience

 

Technical Key Skills (Mandatory Skills)

• Familiarity with database security principles and best practices, including encryption, access control, and auditing.
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix operating systems and shell scripting.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of Jira, Git/SVN, Jenkins 

• Self-motivated and driven to define and complete deliverables.
• Excellent analytic, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Proven ability to adapt to rapidly changing technologies.
• Moderate level understanding of network/security concepts

 

Good to have

• Certifications in related technology fields is a plus