Join Rewardsco as a Junior Database Engineer and support the administration and maintenance of our database environments. This role is perfect for someone eager to grow their skills in a fast-paced tech environment while working closely with experienced teams.
Dynamic and growth-oriented, with a focus on teamwork and continuous improvement.
**Our Team is Growing and We Want You!** **Join Rewardsco as our Junior Database Engineer** Are you an early\-career database professional with a strong technical mindset, attention to detail and a genuine interest in building capability across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, ETL and operational database support? Rewardsco is looking for a Junior Database Engineer to support the administration, maintenance and monitoring of our database environments across development, testing and production. This role is ideal for someone with 1\-3 years' experience in database administration, database support or production support who wants to grow within a fast\-paced BPO technology environment, working closely with senior database, development, infrastructure and production support teams. **You will play an important support role in helping maintain database availability, performance and reliability across Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments, while assisting with ETL processes, database changes, monitoring, documentation and operational issue resolution.** **What you'll be responsible for:** * Assist with the day\-to\-day administration of Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases. * Support database backups, restore monitoring and scheduled job execution. * Assist with database deployments, updates, changes and script implementation. * Monitor database health, performance and availability using database monitoring tools. * Respond to alerts, failure notices and escalation requests to support production stability. * Troubleshoot database\-related incidents and escalate complex issues where required. * Support database environments across development, testing and production. * Assist with configuring and refining monitoring tools and alerts to reduce false positives. * Support proactive maintenance activities, environment checks and scheduled database jobs. * Assist with ETL development, maintenance and support of data movement processes. * Support data extraction, transformation and loading requirements across business systems. * Assist with reporting\-related database support and data availability requirements. * Support system enhancements and continuous improvement initiatives across database and reporting environments. * Maintain accurate database documentation, configuration records and operational notes. * Support database\-related work across Windows Server, Linux, cloud\-based and hybrid database environments. * Assist with performance monitoring, capacity monitoring and technical consistency across the database estate. * Adhere to change control, security and operational governance processes. * Work closely with Development, Infrastructure and Production Support teams to support operational stability. **Requirements** **What we're looking for:** * A technically minded individual who is eager to build strong database engineering capability. * Strong analytical and problem\-solving ability, with the patience to investigate issues carefully. *...
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