Remote Amazon Disaster Relief Jobs in Rhode Island

Job Overview:
The Database Engineer II is a key member responsible for the company's database environment. This role is responsible for the engineering and delivery of effective, scalable, and secure database solutions. This role is responsible for ensuring problems are quickly resolved and long-term solutions are developed to prevent recurrence. This DBA works under the guidance of more senior team members and provides support to other infrastructure and application development/support teams.
What does it mean to the part of our Information Technology Team?
A role in Information Technology at UNFI involves being a part of the transformation of food for all through many innovative technology products such as myUNFI, our customer ordering platform or our warehouse management systems that optimize service. You will have an opportunity to be a part of the technology journey to transform food for all through collaboration and building solutions across teams that directly contribute to our OneUNFI strategy. Roles include network automation, infrastructure unification and modernization, data services and analytics, and digital offering.
Job Responsibilities:

• Gather business requirements through collaboration with other IT and business teams
• Perform activities related to the day-to-day administration of transactional databases to ensure availability
• Decide appropriate solutions through applying technical knowledge, solutions may range from upgrades, patches, backup and recovery, monitoring or configuration
• Communicate determined solutions to team members and direct management
• Evaluate and execute requests and work orders
• Participates in the implementation and optimization of enterprise infrastructure solutions, ensuring alignment with the existing technologies.
• Applies technical expertise in decision making and in the resolution of problems which are complex and technical in nature
• Preventative maintenance measures are applied to ensure incidents don't occur in the environment.
• Collaborate with teams to promote automation and develop consistent technical build, implementation and support processes.
• Utilize standard enterprise tools to develop or implement infrastructure hardware, software or other technical components.
• Observe and comply with company change and incident management procedures.
• Performs other duties as required.

Job Requirements:
Education/ Certifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline or a combination of relevant IT experience and education

Experience:

• 5+ years' experience administering MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, or other DBMS's
• 5+ years' experience working in large scale database environments
• Experience with writing SQL and scripting languages (e.g., Transact-SQL PL-SQL, Powershell, Korn, etc.).
• Prior application programming experience is preferred.
• Proven experience with database performance tuning using tools like SQL Profiler, Idera, AWR, ASH, ADDM, etc.
• Experience with server virtualization tools from such vendors as VMWare, Microsoft, Red Hat, Oracle, Amazon, Google.
• Experience with Cloud hosting from such vendors as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Oracle, and IBM.
• Experience using tools for monitoring, capacity planning, analysis, and performance tuning (e.g. Idera, OEM, CloudWatch, etc).
• Experience implementing highly available database solutions in a large-scale environment.
• Must have solid experience backing up and recovering databases
• Proven experience implementing and supporting disaster recovery plans and procedures.
• Experience implementing scalable database solutions is preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge of assigned specific technical domain
• Ability to work independently and break down assigned work into workable tasks
• Communication skills written and verbal
• Ability to collaborate across teams to achieve results
• Ability to create well written technical documentation.
• Good judgment is required for this position as there may be times when direct supervision may not be immediately available.

Work Environment:
Remote Role:

• This position is classified as remote where the associate will perform remote work from their primary residence. Remote associates are welcome to work from the office but are not required to do so. While remote associates are not required to work from an office on a regular basis, they may be required to come to the office or other UNFI locations for necessary business reasons or if directed to do so by their manager.

Travel (minor):

• This position may require the associate to travel to company offices, distribution centers, or other locations for specific meetings or other business reasons.

Physical Environment/Demands:
Office Roles:

• Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment.
• Incumbent may sit for long periods of time at a desk or computer terminal.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Incumbent may use calculators, keyboards, telephones, and other office equipment in the course of a normal workday.
• Stooping, bending, twisting, and reaching may be required in the completion of job duties.

About UNFI:
We are North America's premier grocery wholesaler, delivering the widest variety of fresh, branded, and owned brand products to community grocers and retail chains alike. A pioneer in natural and organic foods, we are growing and transforming to meet the needs of an evolving workplace. Our 29,000+ employees work across America in our 50 Distribution Centers and corporate offices. Learn more: Organic, Natural and Conventional Food | Wholesale Food Distributors | UNFI
Benefits:
Competitive 401k, Flexible PTO, Health benefits - first of the month following 30 days of employment, mentorship program/developmental opportunities.
UNFI is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment for all. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected ground. Accommodation is available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the job selection process. - M/F/Veteran/Disability. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
Compensation:
UNFI anticipates paying the above-referenced pay rate (or within the above-referenced pay range) for this position. Actual Pay, where applicable, will depend on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, training, and any requirements under applicable collective bargaining agreements. UNFI is committed to transparency in pay in compliance with applicable state and local laws.
Benefits:
For Washington positions (or positions that may be performed remotely from Washington), https://www.unfi.com/jobs-more-info-wa.html for Washington-specific paid time off details.
Candidates hired into this position will also be eligible to participate in the following benefits programs: Paid Time Off; Sick Time; paid holidays and parental leave; 401K Program; medical, dental, vision, life, and accidental death/dismemberment insurance; short-term and long-term disability insurance program, Flexible Spending Account and/or Health Savings Account, subject to meeting the eligibility requirements and the terms and conditions of these programs, and subject to any requirements under applicable collective bargaining agreements.
UNFI's compensation, benefits, and paid time off policies are subject to change in the Company's sole discretion, consistent with applicable law. This job posting should not be construed as an offer of employment with certain terms, nor should it be construed as a guaranteed minimum.
Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act .