Automotive Performance Tuning Jobs in Houston, TX

Company Description

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI, TEKWISSEN provides a unique portfolio of innovative capabilities that seamlessly combines clients insights, strategy, design, software engineering and systems integration. Our tightly integrated offerings are tailored to each client's requirements and span the services spectrum from Application Development/Maintenance, testing, Technology Consulting & staffing. The company is primarily focused on information technology, engineering, healthcare, financial technology and contingent workforce solutions. It operates in seven business segments including Commercial, Professional & Technical, EMEA Commercial, and EMEA Professional & Technical. The company provides professional and technical expertise in the fields of Telecom, Education, Banking, Retail, e-commerce, Automotive, Life Science, Insurance, legal, healthcare, among others. It also offers outsourcing, consulting, recruitment, career transition, and vendor management services.
We strongly believe:
" If something cannot be measured, it cannot be managed. "
TEKWISSEN measures all of these processes and applies corrective interventions to manage the quality process at its core.
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D
Recognitions:
2015 -America's Fastest Growing Company by Inc.com
2015- SPARK FastTrack Award from Ann Arbor SPARK
2015 -Honoree of Diversity Focused Company by Corp! Magazine
2014- America's Fastest Growing Company by Inc.com
2014- Michigan 50 Companies to Watch
2014 - DiSciTech Award in Technology by Corp! Magazine
2014- DiSciTech TECHNOLOGY Company of the year by Corp! Magazine
2014- SPARK FastTrack Award from Ann Arbor SPARK
Specialties:
Enterprise Solutions, Web Development, Data Warehousing, Systems Integration, IT Security, Storage Technologies, Development and Delivery, Business Intelligence, Telecommunications, Consulting and Planning, Network design, Implementation &Administration

Job Description

Position details:
Title: Big Data Engineer
Location: Houston, TX- locals highly preferred
Duration: Through 3/31/2017
Notes: This role has a hard requirement that the candidates have Big Data, specifically Hadoop, and must be included on their resume.
This role will require working shifts.
Skills Required:
At least 8-9 years of relevant/specific experience on MSSQL database platform.
Strong knowledge on system design with DR, Replication, Clustering, log-shipping, AlwaysON
MUST HAVE Hadoop, Bigdata experience
Installation, Maintenance , Administration, patching and Troubleshooting
User and password Administration
Performance tuning
Database migration and upgrade
Capacity planning
Flexible to working in shifts
Good interpersonal skills         
Working knowledge of BI, data mining
Project Role:
The Database Architect will be responsible for defining and maintain availability and scalability of databases, reviewing database designs, project status etc. The candidate is also required to exhibit technical leadership by recommending database design improvements, reviewing queries and suggest improvements and leading other members to implement the designs created while over-seeing the operational support deliverables.
This role will require working shifts.
Architect and review enterprise database solutions
Plans and implements Database backup and recovery with tested recoverability
Implement robust change control and configuration management policies
Capacity planning & system-level architecture in accordance with business projected volumes and infrastructure capacity.
OS/Storage/DB configuration and optimization
Database security checks and audits
General database health checks, monitoring, and Database refreshes
Physical data model/architecture, DDL generation, and maintenance
DB server migrations and decommissioning
Database creation, configuration, and upgrading
Patching (adhoc and scheduled releases )
Lead troubleshooting and recovery as part of incident response.
Database tuning (proactive and reactive)
Maintaining specialized environments such as log shipping, replication, cluster-based instances etc.
SOP (Std. Operating Procedure) documentation, revision and ongoing updates
Disaster recovery/failover services
Work with application tea as apps Dba to optimizing DB performance (SQL query reconfig etc.)
Ensure the availability of the database
Manage database users and security/access control
Contribute significant, new and innovative ideas to the DBA knowledge base
Maintain technical currency in database and technology trend through research/education and personal development
Please revert back to swati(dot)p(at)tekwissen(dot)com

Qualifications

bachelors

Additional Information