Apply here for a Database Performance Engineer job opening at PMCS Services, Inc.

We are looking for a full-time contractor or employee for a Database Performance Engineer role.

Responsibilities:

Analyzes and evaluates application, system and ecosystem performance and scalability across multiple tiers with particular emphasis on the data tier in both cloud and on-prem environments.
Identifies performance and scalability bottlenecks and issues and propose solutions to resolve the same.
Simulates user/system traffic/load using scripts or other mechanisms, measure, evaluate and analyze component behavior.
Optimizes code, queries, and system configurations to improve response time, scalability, and resource efficiency (CPU, memory, I/O).
Analyzes and interprets Oracle wait events, AWR Raw data and trace and correlate observations and analysis to system behavior.
Generates and analyzes AWR, ASH and ADDM reports.
Extrapolates system behavior under representative load to predict system behavior under full load/stress.
Extrapolates system behavior from application and data tier metrics.
Communicates complex results, analysis, and metrics to diverse technical and non-technical audience.
Evaluates and predicts future performance needs based on application usage trends, traffic patterns, and growth projections.
Conducts detailed root cause analysis (RCA) on performance issues to pinpoint the underlying cause of slowdowns or failures.

Required Skills:

Experience in Analyzing and evaluating application performance across multiple tiers
Experience with identification and solution implementation for performance and scalability bottlenecks and issues
Experience with Oracle wait interface and event analysis
Experience with Performance tuning of large Oracle databases in AWS (50+ TB)
Experience with large Oracle Exadata databases and clusters
Experience with Single node non-Exadata Database tuning
Experience with Linux shell scripting, SQL tuning and session tracing.
Experience with AWR, ASH, ADDM generation and analysis
Experience with Oracle AWR Raw data analysis and interpretation.
Experience Extrapolating system behavior under representative load to predict system behavior under full load/stress.
Experience with Presenting complex results, analysis, and metrics to a diverse audience of technical and non-technical personnel.
Experience with Troubleshooting performance bottlenecks and issues.
Knowledge of Oracle internals pertaining to database performance
Experience with understanding of application behavior, performance, and interaction patterns with DBs in relation to performance and scalability.
Experience with extrapolating application and data tier metrics to explain system behavior.
Experience with Technical writing and diagramming skills, including proficiency with modeling and mapping tools (e.g., Visio, Erwin), and the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and MS Project.
Experience working with multiple teams concurrently, being able to prioritize and complete work on time with high quality

Preferred Skills:

Experience on an agile sprint team
Experience with JIRA software
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or Business or equivalent experience.
Prior experience with an HHS agency
Prior experience working with PII or PHI data
Prior experience working with HL7 data
Prior experience in the Healthcare Industry