Corporate Engineering Technical Sales DBA

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the subject matter expert for all major database platforms, including SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and other emerging technologies.
• Troubleshoot and optimize database performance in complex, multi-platform environments.
• Understand and demonstrate the integration between databases and storage arrays, including RAID configurations, replication technologies, snapshotting, and backup/restore methods.
• Collaborate with customers and internal teams to design and present technical solutions aligned to business goals.
• Write and maintain technical documentation, including white papers, best practices, deployment guides, and integration manuals.
• Develop and utilize Python, shell scripting, and RESTful API calls to automate tasks and integrate solutions.
• Work across modern operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and AIX, and understand virtualization technologies such as LPARs (AIX), KVM, VMware, Hyper-V, etc.
• Present to large audiences, including customer technical teams, executives, and partner engineering groups.
• Provide technical enablement, training, and knowledge transfer to field teams and customers.
• Act as a trusted advisor to customers in pre-sales and post-sales engagements.
• Travel a few times a year for a few days, as required.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on DBA experience with enterprise database platforms.
• Strong experience in performance tuning, including backup and architecture review.
• Working knowledge of storage technologies and how they interact with database systems.
• Basic programming/scripting skills in Python, Bash/Shell, and working knowledge of RESTful APIs.
• Proven experience with Windows, Linux, and AIX OS administration, including virtualized environments.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, comfortable speaking to technical and executive audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and produce high-quality technical content.

Nice to Have

• Experience in a technical sales, pre-sales, or field engineering role.
• Familiarity with cloud database platforms (e.g., AWS RDS, Azure SQL, Oracle Cloud).
• Experience writing and maintaining automation scripts for performance benchmarking and diagnostics.
• Knowledge of containerized DBs (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes-based deployments).