DATABASE ENGINEER

United State Cold Storage Inc / USCS•Camden, NJ

1d•$110,000 - $140,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Database Engineer owns the health, performance, and evolution of the database platforms behind US Cold Storage's warehouse management systems — both the existing Oracle databases and the PostgreSQL and MongoDB Atlas systems powering our next-gen microservices platform in Azure. You'll partner with infrastructure, DevOps, and software engineering to design, implement, and scale database systems while reducing operational toil through CI/CD. You'll also provide real-time support for mission-critical workloads where downtime translates directly to disrupted shipments.

Requirements

5+ years of experience as a DBA or Database Engineer, with strong proficiency in Oracle and PostgreSQL
Fluency in PL/SQL, including designing and optimizing performant queries
Experience with NoSQL/JSON databases a plus
Proven ability to diagnose database-related application issues including performance bottlenecks, locking and replication delays
Experience managing database infrastructure in the cloud (Azure preferred)
Experience deploying database systems using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar) and CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions or similar)
Track record building monitoring and alerting for critical database operations (Dynatrace or Azure Monitor a plus)
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor the message to technical and non-technical audiences
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field—or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

Experience with NoSQL/JSON databases
Dynatrace or Azure Monitor experience

Responsibilities

Monitor, patch, and maintain our existing Oracle database infrastructure on OCI, ensuring uptime and reliability for production workloads
Tune and optimize Oracle performance through query plan analysis, indexing strategies, and schema-level improvements to meet performance standards
Architect, deploy, and manage our modern cloud-based database systems in Azure, including PostgreSQL and MongoDB in support of our modernization initiative
Own HA/DR posture across intra-region and cross-region failure scenarios, including defining and validating RPO/RTO targets with the business
Partner with DevOps, Development, and Infrastructure teams to ensure database architecture supports application performance targets while managing cloud spend
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions and Jenkins to automate schema migrations, environment provisioning, and routine operational tasks
Implement and own database observability — query performance monitoring, capacity forecasting, and cost optimization across cloud platforms
Provide real-time production support for mission-critical database workloads, including on-call participation and incident response