Google Cloud Database Specialist

Location

This role is based remotely, so we are open to people from located in one of the following countries: UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Ireland, Spain, Estonia.

Who We Are

DoiT is scaling rapidly as we work with fast-growing, digitally savvy companies around the world, helping them harness public cloud technology and services to achieve big goals. 

Committed to solving both essential and advanced cloud challenges, DoiT provides intelligent technology to simplify and automate cloud use, alongside expert consultancy and unlimited technical support. Our technology portfolio is backed by deep multi-cloud expertise and includes valuable optimization, analytics, and governance tools and capabilities.

A strategic partner and reseller of Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services with multiple consecutive awards for partner of the year, DoiT operates across more than 70 countries to support thousands of global customers. For more information, visit doit-intl.com.

The Opportunity

We are a team of cloud professionals who love working with other people to solve challenging technical problems. We are committed to personal development and enjoy sharing our knowledge and experience through blogging, training, public speaking, and contributing to open-source.

We work hands-on, side-by-side with our customers to educate, mentor, advise, and solve problems to make sure they are getting the most out of what the cloud has to offer.

We are looking for people to join us on our mission and share the honor and delight of being able to help companies to realize their ideas into successful products.

Responsibilities

• Work with customers to design, implement and troubleshoot scalable and secure Relational DBs and NoSQL solutions around Google Cloud 
• Work closely with clients to understand their business requirements and provide technical guidance and best practices.
• Collaborate with clients technical teams, including software engineers, cloud operations, data engineers, DBAs, project managers, and business stakeholders, to help them deliver their projects successfully on time and within budget.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest GCP technologies and provide thought leadership on how to leverage them to benefit clients.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for GCP-based services.

Qualifications

• The expertise to administer and troubleshoot mission-critical database systems on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Ability to analyze needs and requirements to design and recommend appropriate database solutions by using GCP services
• DBA experience directly supporting at least one of the following: Cloud SQL for MySQL / Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL / Cloud SQL for SQL Server / Cloud Spanner, with particular strengths in:
  • Deployment, Migrations and architectural best practices
  • Management and Operations
  • Monitoring and troubleshooting
  • Security and encryption
  • Optimization and performance tuning
• Understanding of Cloud SQL Proxy and connection management best practices
• Experience with Cloud SQL features and limitations
• Experience in identifying and optimizing application database code
• Experience performing Database migrations, including Database Migration Service and Cloud Datastream
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases on Google Cloud - Memorystore/Firestore/Bigtable
• Google Cloud certifications - Advantage

Why DoiT?

• Unlimited PTO
• Flexible Working Options
• Health Insurance
• Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Option Plan
• Home Office Allowance
• Professional Development Stipend 
• Peer Recognition Program
  

We offer you the opportunity to be your truest self.

We believe what sets us apart is you.  DoiT is an organization where everyone is welcome and respected for their unique perspectives and experiences they bring as individuals to enhance our team.  We want you to reach your full potential; we provide an annual stipend to help fund your professional development.

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