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# Systems Engineer

- **Company:** MarineTraffic
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $24,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Systems Engineering, Databases, Database Schema, Microsoft SQL Server, System Availability, Database Performance, Database Migration, Amazon Relational Database Service, Patch Management, Database Backup, Database Monitoring
- **Published:** May 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www2.jobdiva.com/portal/?a=j7jdnwgck4wulo816y7l865pzq556q05f5cqdk65b0o0dpy0m5p196w9a9ln1g3w&compid=0/jobs/28052555#/jobs/28052555

## About the Role

1. Experience designing, deploying, and managing Microsoft SQL Server databases for high availability (5 years)
 2. Experience performing database upgrades, hardening, and ongoing patch management to maintain compliance with strict security standards (5 years)
 3. Experience with monitoring and analyzing database performance to identify and resolve bottlenecks, including implementation of database monitoring and alerting (5 years)
 4. Experience optimizing data schemas, indexes, and queries for improved performance. (5 years)
 5. Experience designing, deploying, executing, and testing database backup and recovery strategies (3 years)
 6. Experience automating repetitive database administration tasks to increase efficiency and reduce errors (2 years)
 7. Experience working as part of an Agile team (2 years)
 8. Experience working with AWS services including RDS, Aurora, EC2, S3, EBS, and AWS Database Migration Service (2 years)
 9. Possession or ability to obtain and maintain the required a favorably adjudicated Client Public Trust background investigation.

Preferred Skills/Level of Experience :

 1. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
 2. Certifications in SQL Server and AWS RDS.
 3. Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
 4. Detail-oriented with a commitment to quality and accuracy.
 5. Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
 6. Proactive and self-motivated with a strong sense of responsibility.

Marathon TS is committed to the development of a creative, diverse and inclusive work environment. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Marathon TS will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Marathon TS does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as "protected status").



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