Uniteds Digital Technology team designs, develops, and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, database engineering & operations, data analytics, and digital solutions.
Our Values: At United Airlines, we believe that inclusion propels innovation and is the foundation of all that we do. Our Shared Purpose: "Connecting people. Uniting the world." drives us to be the best airline for our employees, customers, and everyone we serve, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. Our team spans the globe and is made up of diverse individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation.
With multiple employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities and world-class benefits like health insurance, parental leave, and space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work that will make you feel welcome and accepted. Come join our team and help us make a positive impact on the world.
Job overview and responsibilities
Coordinates the designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise standard databases based on business area requirements. Drives the identification, definition, and implementation of database backup/recovery and security strategies. Install and support DBMS (Database Management Systems) software and tools. Responsible for various database activities which include monitoring, tuning, capacity, troubleshooting, and consulting.
- Translate a logical data model or user specifications into a physical design
- Ensure detailed physical design of data structures and database compiles with enterprise standards, guidelines, procedures, and processes
- Create physical database structures based on physical design for development, test, and production environments
- Coordinate with systems engineers to configure servers for DBMS product installation and database creation
- Install, configure, and maintain DBMS product software on database and application servers
- Assist in the consultation to application development teams on DBMS product technical issues and techniques
- Provide on-site, and on-call 7x24x365 support, as needed
- Implement monitoring procedures to maximize availability and performance of the database, while meeting defined SLAs
- Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve database problems
- Communicate the required downtime with the application development teams and systems engineers to implement approved changes
- Keep abreast of industry and technology trends
Expertise in any one of the following technologies:
- Oracle Database Administrators: RAC, Data Guard, Backup and Recovery, Performance Tuning, Exadata.
Operating System – Unix, Linux - SQL Server Database Administrators: SQL 2022/2019
- NoSQL Database Administrators: CouchBase, Mongo, Kafka, ELK
- Operating System – Unix, Linux
- AWS Cloud Administrators: MySQL / PostgreSQL (RDS), DynamoDB, DocumentDB, Neptune etc.
This position is offered on local terms and conditions. Expatriate assignments and sponsorship for employment visas, even on a time-limited visa status, will not be awarded. This position is for United Airlines Business Services Pvt. Ltd - a wholly owned subsidiary of United Airlines Inc.