Database Engineer, Entry Level
Jobright.ai
Minneapolis,
Minnesota,
United States
Information Technology
H-1B
Job posted on August 9, 2025
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Job Summary: SPS Commerce is a leading provider of cloud-based supply chain management solutions, serving a global network of retail trading partners. The Database Engineer is responsible for administering databases throughout the service lifecycle, focusing on development, scaling, improvement, and support of database services within the organization.
Responsibilities: • Manage the deployment, configuration, monitoring, and ongoing operations of relational and non-relational database services • Engage with Development teams and Operations peers to develop, scale and improve database systems and services • Administer systems as assigned to provide appropriate documentation, capacity management, monitoring, and recommendations for future state • Participate in a production support on-call rotation, completing incident and problem management tasks as assigned • Escalate support tasks to other teams or technology management when needed • Develop and maintain backup and recovery procedures for database services • Develop reports and other applications necessary to support database service operations • Administer user and application access to database services • Create and support scripts for use in daily maintenance and troubleshooting tasks; demonstrate troubleshooting skills to provide resolution to incidents and problem management projects • Understand and follow procedures identified by SOX and other security standards • Meet or exceed performance, availability, and recoverability requirements for database services • Work collaboratively with team members to analyze current systems and recommend and implement changes to current systems
Qualifications:
Required: • Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience • Experience interacting with databases and working knowledge of database structures and design • Experience supporting Oracle, Postgres, or MySQL • Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, or other cloud computing services • Experience with Python or other programming language outside of shell scripting • Experience with software version control like git or SVN • Ability to balance multiple projects and tasks concurrently in a fast-paced environment • Strong interpersonal skills to effectively communicate (written and verbal) with persons at all levels of the organization • Adherence to the highest quality standards • Ability to think strategically, as well as curiosity to develop additional technical skills
Preferred: • Basic systems engineering skills on Linux with experience running databases on Linux • Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, or other cloud computing services • Experience with Terraform • Experience with Ansible, Chef, or any other configuration and automation management framework • Ability to understand application architecture and its impact on database design • Experience and practical knowledge of agile development process
Company: SPS Commerce is a provider of cloud-based supply chain management services. Founded in 1987, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, team size 1001-5000 employees, currently Public Company. SPS Commerce has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.
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Job Summary: SPS Commerce is a leading provider of cloud-based supply chain management solutions, serving a global network of retail trading partners. The Database Engineer is responsible for administering databases throughout the service lifecycle, focusing on development, scaling, improvement, and support of database services within the organization.
Responsibilities: • Manage the deployment, configuration, monitoring, and ongoing operations of relational and non-relational database services • Engage with Development teams and Operations peers to develop, scale and improve database systems and services • Administer systems as assigned to provide appropriate documentation, capacity management, monitoring, and recommendations for future state • Participate in a production support on-call rotation, completing incident and problem management tasks as assigned • Escalate support tasks to other teams or technology management when needed • Develop and maintain backup and recovery procedures for database services • Develop reports and other applications necessary to support database service operations • Administer user and application access to database services • Create and support scripts for use in daily maintenance and troubleshooting tasks; demonstrate troubleshooting skills to provide resolution to incidents and problem management projects • Understand and follow procedures identified by SOX and other security standards • Meet or exceed performance, availability, and recoverability requirements for database services • Work collaboratively with team members to analyze current systems and recommend and implement changes to current systems
Qualifications:
Required: • Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience • Experience interacting with databases and working knowledge of database structures and design • Experience supporting Oracle, Postgres, or MySQL • Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, or other cloud computing services • Experience with Python or other programming language outside of shell scripting • Experience with software version control like git or SVN • Ability to balance multiple projects and tasks concurrently in a fast-paced environment • Strong interpersonal skills to effectively communicate (written and verbal) with persons at all levels of the organization • Adherence to the highest quality standards • Ability to think strategically, as well as curiosity to develop additional technical skills
Preferred: • Basic systems engineering skills on Linux with experience running databases on Linux • Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, or other cloud computing services • Experience with Terraform • Experience with Ansible, Chef, or any other configuration and automation management framework • Ability to understand application architecture and its impact on database design • Experience and practical knowledge of agile development process
Company: SPS Commerce is a provider of cloud-based supply chain management services. Founded in 1987, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, team size 1001-5000 employees, currently Public Company. SPS Commerce has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.