Database Engineer - Hybrid

Title: Database Engineer

Location: Phoenix, AZ, United States - Hybrid (3 days onsite and 2 days work from home)

Job ID: # (6196123)

Build a Meaningful Career and Transform Healthcare with Cognizant TriZetto

When you join Cognizant's TriZetto Product House you not only touch the future but you shape the next generation of Healthcare. Come be part of a culture that Innovates through hackathons, celebrates through numerous rewards and recognition programs, and Recreates through various flexible workforce benefits supporting a healthy work/life balance. Apply today and begin building a meaningful career that matters.

As a Database Engineer Manager at Cognizant TriZetto, you will design and implement product database schemas. You will assist development teams with database design, installation, monitoring, maintenance, and performance-tuning. You will use your technical abiities and knowledge to help support solutions that meet business outcomes and operational requirements.

As a member of an internal database team you will support multiple database server installations.

This is a development database engineering position, not a production database engineering position. Normal office hours will be observed with rare weekend or after hours work required. There is no on-call rotation. Duties are shared among the team members including off-shore members.

The succesfull candidate will have a desire to improve their database skills and enjoys working in a collaborative environment. You must be able to demonstrate the ability to adapt and learn new skills as required to help the business reach its goals.

Job Title: Database Engineer Internal Facing Job Title

Role: Individual Contributor Internal Facing Role

Essential Functions:

* Provide support for database platforms (MS SQL Server, MongoDB)

* Become knowledgable in existing processes and procedures.

* Design and implement Schema changes to support delivery of Product features.

* Contribute to database and query performance improvements.

* Contribute to documentation as needed.

* Remain knowledgeable on current technical trends and practices.

* Work within the organization to establish and grow best database practices and procedures.

Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline. An equivalent combination of education and work experience may be taken into consideration in lieu of a degree.

Required Experience:

* Experience with Microsoft SQL Server in any edition from SQL Server 2005 and above

* Experience with or interest in NoSQL databases such as MongoDB

* Experience writing code such as Transact SQL

* Understands the concept of relational databases versus NoSQL databases

Desired Experience:

* Prior experience in Healthcare industry a plus.

* Experience with "free" tools such as sp_whoisactive, FirstResponder Kit, and DMV queries

* Experience with Alpha Anywhere server and development tools.

Behavioral Competencies:

* Team player and works well in large group environments

* Possess strong ability to tackle complex problems creatively, manage risk and influence rapid decision-making

* Highly driven and self-motivated, takes initiative

* Goal oriented

* Accountable to self and team

* Passion for learning new business, software and process concepts

* Desire to learn performance tuning and troubleshooting

* Ability to tackle problems to seek solutions

* Good written and verbal communication skills

Technical Competencies:

Demonstrated enterprise-level knowledge of systems design.
Advanced knowledge of SQL design, implementation, and performance tuning.
Advanced knowledge of relational databases, such as SQL Server.

Competency in technologies such as: -

* Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and above i.e:

o Ability to install or learn to install and configure SQL Server in VM environments

o Ability to perform or learn to perform backups and restores

o Ability to create SQL Server Agent jobs as needed

o Ability to use or learn to use Profiler traces and other tools.

o Ability to write or learn to write Transact SQL code

o Familiarity with Query Store

o Familiarity with database concepts such as indexes, foreign keys, stored procedures.

o Ability to manage database server security

* Familiarity with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB a plus

* Familiarity with SQL Server Integration Services a plus

* Microsoft Office Components

* Familiar with E/R Studio (any version) is a plus.

* Ability to create documentation to share knowledge gained with others

Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Our diverse backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. It encourages lively discussions, creativity, productivity, and helps us build better solutions for our clients. We want someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to craft meaningful solutions through true collaboration.

If you are content with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we'd love to hear from you!

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