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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # DATABASE ENGINEER - **Company:** United States Cold Storage Inc - **Location:** Camden, NJ, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $110,000.0 - $140,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Query Performance, Artificial Intelligence, Application Performance Management, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Infrastructure, DevOps, Github, JSON, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, NoSQL, Oracle Databases, Oracle (Applications), Ansible, Software Engineering, PL-SQL, Warehouse Management Systems, Database Optimization, Information Technology, Terraform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Dynatrace, Jenkins, Microservices - **Published:** July 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=876797a87867dc04 ## About the Role * 5+ years of experience as a DBA or Database Engineer, with strong proficiency in Oracle and PostgreSQL * Fluency in PL/SQL, including designing and optimizing performant queries * Experience with NoSQL/JSON databases a plus * Proven ability to diagnose database-related application issues including performance bottlenecks, locking and replication delays * Experience managing database infrastructure in the cloud (Azure preferred) * Experience deploying database systems using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar) and CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions or similar) * Track record building monitoring and alerting for critical database operations (Dynatrace or Azure Monitor a plus) * Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor the message to technical and non-technical audiences * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field-or equivalent experience ## Description The Database Engineer owns the health, performance, and evolution of the database platforms behind US Cold Storage's warehouse management systems - both the existing Oracle databases and the PostgreSQL and MongoDB Atlas systems powering our next-gen microservices platform in Azure. You'll partner with Infrastructure, DevOps, and Software Engineering to design, implement, and scale database systems while reducing operational toil through CI/CD. You'll also provide real-time support for mission-critical workloads where downtime translates directly to disrupted shipments., * Monitor, patch, and maintain our existing Oracle database infrastructure on OCI, ensuring uptime and reliability for production workloads * Tune and optimize Oracle performance through query plan analysis, indexing strategies, and schema-level improvements to meet performance standards * Architect, deploy, and manage our modern cloud-based database systems in Azure, including PostgreSQL and MongoDB in support of our modernization initiative * Own HA/DR posture across intra-region and cross-region failure scenarios, including defining and validating RPO/RTO targets with the business * Partner with DevOps, Development, and Infrastructure teams to ensure database architecture supports application performance targets while managing cloud spend * Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions and Jenkins to automate schema migrations, environment provisioning, and routine operational tasks * Implement and own database observability - query performance monitoring, capacity forecasting, and cost optimization across cloud platforms * Provide real-time production support for mission-critical database workloads, including on-call participation and incident response Technical Environment * Azure and OCI Multi-Region Infrastructure * Oracle (OCI), PostgreSQL and MongoDB Atlas (Azure) * Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible * GitHub Actions and Jenkins for CI/CD * Observability using Dynatrace and Azure Monitor, * You will deploy, monitor and tune multiple database types (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB) across multiple clouds (Azure and OCI) * You will use AI-assisted tools (Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, Copilot) to monitor and optimize performance while forecasting and managing cost * Your decisions will have an immediate impact on our teams, our systems, and the warehouses moving food across the country ## Related Videos - [Leveraging Real time data in FSIs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/806-leveraging-real-time-data-in-fsis) - [How building an industry DBMS differs from building a research one](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/768-how-building-an-industry-dbms-differs-from-building-a-research-one) - [Tips and Tricks for Working with JSON](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1229-tips-and-tricks-for-working-with-json) - [Tomorrow's cloud data platforms - fully managed database-as-a-service (DBaaS)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/254-tomorrow-s-cloud-data-platforms-fully-managed-database-as-a-service-dbaas) - [Database Magic behind 40 Million operations/s](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/748-database-magic-behind-40-million-operations-s) - [NoSQL Data Modeling for Front-end Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/297-nosql-data-modeling-for-front-end-developers) ## Related Articles - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers)