Webscale Jobs | Senior Database Administrator (Canada Remote) at Motorola Solutions

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we’re guided by a shared purpose – helping people be their best in the moments that matter – and we live up to our purpose every day by solving for safer. Because people can only be their best when they not only feel safe, but are safe. We’re solving for safer by building the best possible technologies across every part of our safety and security ecosystem. That’s mission-critical communications devices and networks, AI-powered video security & access control and the ability to unite voice, video and data in a single command center view. We’re solving for safer by connecting public safety agencies and enterprises, enabling the collaboration that’s critical to connect those in need with those who can help. The work we do here matters.

Aperçu de l’entreprise

Chez Motorola Solutions, nous sommes guidés par un objectif commun: aider les gens à donner le meilleur d’eux-mêmes dans les moments les plus importants - et nous sommes à la hauteur de notre engagement en créant des solutions sécurisées. Parce que les gens ne peuvent donner le meilleur d’eux-mêmes que lorsqu’ils se sentent en sécurité et qu’ils le sont. Nous créons des solutions sécurisées en développant les meilleures technologies intégrées à travers les écosystèmes de sûreté et de sécurité. Qu’il s’agisse d’appareils et de réseaux de communications essentiels, d’une sécurité vidéo et d’un contrôle d’accès basés sur l’IA ou d’une capacité d’unir la voix, vidéo et les données dans un seul centre de commandement. Nous créons des solutions sécurisées en connectant les agences de sécurité publique et les entreprises, permettant ainsi une collaboration essentielle entre les personnes qui ont besoin d’aide et les personnes pouvant aider. Le travail que nous accomplissons ici est primordial.

Department Overview

Motorola Solutions’ innovations, products and services play essential roles in people’s lives. Our end-to-end suite of software solutions helps our customers answer thousands of emergency calls and text messages, and process video, disparate evidence and records. We are also proud to be industry leaders in video security solutions installed in more than 120 countries at thousands of customer sites, including school campuses, transportation systems, healthcare centers, public venues, critical infrastructure, prisons, factories, casinos, airports, financial institutions, government facilities, and retailers.

Our products leverage cutting edge voice technology, language models, natural language understanding, video analytics, and Machine Learning to enable our customers to focus on what matters while providing faster responses, safer outcomes and greater transparency. Our mission is to provide meaningful value to MSI’s customers by developing domain-specific applications and services in the areas of Speech & Audio, Machine Translation, Natural Language Understanding and Computer Vision.

Calipsa, which is part of MSI, is aiming at automating CCTV video monitoring. We are building a cloud based platform that automatically connects with cameras, processes and analyzes their content and only forward actionable alerts to our customers. We are working with the biggest security companies in the world actively monitoring more than 25 thousands sites around the world. We are expecting to massively grow the number of cameras and traffic on our platform in the near future.

You will be part of a focused team who will be responsible for database design, architecture, configuration, maintenance and support. Our platform is scaling to support millions of cameras all around the world. You have a strong sense of ownership and will have the opportunity to make a significant positive impact for our products.

Job Description

Being a critical member of the Infrastructure team as a database administrator overseeing production and non-production databases. Our technology stack is hosted in the cloud and we use managed database solutions wherever suitable. Collaborate with software development teams to design data management and governance protocols, manage the data lifecycle, architect database infrastructure for high availability and scalability. Continuously monitor, evaluate, tune, and maintain to keep high uptime and performance. Our customers expect exceptional performance and uptime from our platform, and the database is at the core of our software.

The team is highly distributed across the globe and in different time zones, you will need to be able to thrive in a remote work environment with asynchronous communication methods. Being highly detail-oriented and organized will be a requirement.

Participation in an on-call rotation for incidents is required. Occasional off-hours work may be required for planned maintenance and escalations.

Required Skills

Programming languages: SQL
Datastores: PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, MongoDB
Cloud platforms: AWS
AWS specific datastores: RDS Aurora PostgreSQL, S3, Redshift, ElastiCache, Opensearch, DocumentDB
Database design & implementation: monitoring, automation, optimization, efficiency, capacity planning, emergency response, change management and process improvements
Database lifecycle & management: database health and security, upgrades, archiving, capacity management, high availability, backup and DR recovery procedures are all built, configured, and monitored correctly
Proficient knowledge of relational database systems, Structured Query Language, relational data modeling and data management principles
Proven ability to design and maintain production databases running at high performance and throughput levels with maximum uptime
Knowledge of data replication techniques and processes, and cloud computing platforms (e.g., SaaS, IaaS or PaaS)
Excellent problem solving and housekeeping skills
Comfortable working both independently and being a team player
Excellent communication skills in a virtual remote work environment
Be available on-call but build database solutions that never wake you up

Desired Skills

Programming languages: JavaScript, Python, Golang
Cloud platforms: GCP, Azure
DevOps experience for automating workflows and deployments
Possess an innersource mindset for internal tools development
Familiar with observability tool suites such as Prometheus and the Elastic Stack
Understanding of Kubernetes
Note: Candidate can reside anywhere in Canada.

Basic Requirements

7+ years of cloud database administration experience

Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please email ohr@motorolasolutions.com. Motorola Solutions adopte, favorise et promeut les principes de diversité, d’équité et d’inclusion. Nous encourageons et accueillons les candidatures de toutes les personnes qualifiées, quelles que soient leur race, origines ethnique, religion ou croyance, orientation sexuelle, identité et expression sexuelle, statut d’anciens combattants ou tout autre statut protégé par la Loi.

Nous sommes fiers de notre culture axée sur les personnes et les communautés, encourageant ainsi chaque Motorolan d’être la version la plus authentique de lui-même dans ses responsabilités afin de tenir la promesse d’un monde plus sécuritaire.

Si vous souhaitez vous joindre à notre communauté mais croyez que vous ne possédez pas toutes les exigences requises pour le poste convoité, nous aimerions tout de même connaître les raisons pour lesquelles vous pensez être un excellent candidat pour notre équipe.

Nous offrons également des mesures d’adaptation pendant toutes les étapes du processus d’embauche afin de favoriser l’inclusion des personnes vivant avec un handicap physique et/ou mental. Si vous avez besoin de mesures d’adaptation, svp nous faire parvenir un courriel à ohr@motorolasolutions.com.