Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Purpose:

Boston Scientific is looking for an experienced, senior level Database Administrator responsible for the design, performance, integrity and security of a database management system within an Infrastructure Operations Center of Excellence at the IS India Center.

key Responsbilities:

• Implements and maintains smooth operation and physical design of databases.
• Conducts performance tuning of indexes and databases in general.
• Reviews database design and integration of systems, ensures backup recoverability and makes recommendations regarding enhancements and/or improvements.
• Maintains security and integrity controls.
• Formulates policies, procedures, and standards relating to database management, and monitors transaction activity and utilization.
• May develop stored procedures and/or triggers.
• Provides capacity planning for server resources, including disk space, based on monitoring of system utilization and growth.
• Installs and tests new versions of BBD Instances
• Analyzes system problems by identifying root-cause, evaluating costs and benefits of using alternate procedures, and initiates solutions to eliminate or reduce problems and improve services
• Researches new technologies and their potential match to business solutions by reviewing product information, managing product demonstrations, service and cost benchmarking and proposing appropriate recommendations for implementation
• Creates and maintains system documentation according to the IS methodology (proposals, designs, and other deliverables as necessary)
• Accountable for technical issue resolution including diagnosis of problem, recommendations for workarounds, and defect correction
• Maintains collaborative working relationship with IS project teams, IS services (database, data center, servers, desktop, networking, security), and software vendors, as needed
• Researches and applies new technologies, development techniques and best practices by leveraging experience, industry contacts, seminars, and books
• Leverages software version control tools and provides software configuration management support
• Works closely with the project team (internal and external) to assure a timely solution
• Adheres to project plans, tasks, and deliverables; identifies dependencies and resource requirements
• Appropriately communicates deliverable status, escalates issues, and manages timelines and action items
• Peer review other developers code for logic, best practices, and coding standards
• Mentor and coach more junior resources

Qualifications:

• Engineering Degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, IT and in a related discipline from recognized & reputed higher education institutions.
• Strong Database & Should be expert in implementing and supporting multiple database technologies including SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, AWS-RDS and other DB platform involving Replication, Availability groups, log shipping and clusters.
• Extensive experience in business process & system analysis role and managing large IT projects.
• Experience working in an agile team.
• Self-starter with strong, proactive work ethic and fast learner.
• Being imaginative & having high creative quotient with hunger for learning & sharing.
• Creative thinker to look for continued ways to utilize and optimize capabilities of the system.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to effectively communicate with leadership
• Proven ability to quickly troubleshoot issues using a sound and logical approach to deliver a valid solution
• Setting up and/or managing database instances hosted on
•  will be an added advantage
• Basic understanding of virtualization and backup
• Should be expert in implementing and supporting multiple database technologies including SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, AWS-RDS and other DB platform involving Replication, Availability groups, log shipping and clusters.
• Demonstrated ability to work with people in other areas across the enterprise (geographical and functional) to accomplish desired outcomes
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle and methodologies
• Ability to identify and implement process improvement opportunities
• Ability to develop solutions to a variety of complex problems of diverse scope and complexity
• Demonstrates a broad knowledge of a variety of alternatives and their impact on the business unit
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience documenting and developing within a regulated industry
• Exceptional organizational & time management skills
• Experience with Medical Device or Life Sciences beneficial

Soft Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills including oral, written, and listening skills with a track record of communicating complex concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff, including at senior executive levels
• A positive attitude, innovative and creative thinker
• Responsible risk taking and risk management

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in related field.
• Experience working on large scale projects involving Database transformation.
• Experience in Product Teams, Agile and SCRUM methodologies.
• Experience working on solutions in a controlled environment.
• Extensive experiences in deploying Cloud native database such RDS, MongoDB, QLDB and any other NoSQL implementations
• Public Cloud (aws, azure etc) & Terraform automation scripting experiences are Plus
• Programming experiences in Python, Java or any other scripting language gets additional Plus

About us

As a global medical technology leader for more than 35 years, our mission at Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) is to transform lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients. If you’re looking to truly make a difference to people both around the world and around the corner, there’s no better place to make it happen.

Requisition ID: 472324