Database Engineering Specialist

**Who are we?**
Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 250 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.
Joining our operations team means that you will be at the forefront of all we do, maintaining critical facilities infrastructure as part of a close-knit team delivering best-in-class service to our data center customers. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.
Database Engineering Specialist
**Job Summary**
Embark on a distinguished career with the Engineering Tool Brazil team at Equinix, where your role will be instrumental in overseeing our Managed Service tools. This esteemed position is designed for a dynamic professional who excels in orchestrating cross-national team engagements focused on the standardization of infrastructure architecture projects, alongside providing comprehensive support for the ecosystem underpinning our tools. We are in pursuit of an individual with a profound analytical mindset and a forward-thinking approach, someone who is inherently driven by a passion for innovation and thrives in navigating through complex challenges.
**What You’ll Be Doing**
- Provide N3-level support, including escalation and resolution of critical incidents and technical complexities.
- Perform capacity and performance analyses, pinpointing improvement areas and devising optimization strategies for infrastructure/database.
- Proactively monitor databases, ensuring high availability, and swiftly identifying and addressing issues.
- Engage in new project development to enhance and expand managed products, staying abreast of market trends and tools.
- Conduct preventive maintenance and manage product logical security, including security audits.
- Facilitate root cause analysis documentation following investigations of failures or problems.
- Participate in supplier meetings and technical events, contributing to a collaborative global architecture effort.
**What We’ll Expect From You**
- A complete degree in the IT field.
- Profound knowledge in managing databases on physical/virtual servers, with a specific focus on MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and additional experience with Oracle.
- Expertise in VMWare virtualization-based infrastructure and TCP/OSI network infrastructure.
- Advanced proficiency in Linux Operating Systems and monitoring platforms such as Zabbix and Grafana.
- Fluent in English (conversational level) with the ability to create automation scripts, preferably in Python.
- Demonstrated experience in infrastructure projects, database design, and API deployment.
**What Will Be a Differential If You Have**
ITIL V3/V4 Practitioner
MySQL Database Administration
Oracle Certified Specialist
Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)
AWS Certified Database - Specialty
**Why Equinix**
Equinix is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.

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