Python Software Engineer II

Essential Responsibilities:
• Work closely with the engineering team, product management team, sales, and end users in gathering requirements needed for software configuration
• Implementation of our Galaxy Manager software onto web-based server environments
• Ensure availability and performance of networking environments that support multiple critical applications.
• Ensure associated hardware resources are optimally allocated to the database servers.
• Proactively monitor the database environments to ensure secure services with minimum downtime.
• Provide trend analysis and database documentation / reports to management team to enable them to make informed decisions regarding resource management and availability of the systems.
• Troubleshoot and problem solve issues related to the server/networking environments.
• Review vendor database requirements & recommendations and implement optimal and secure solutions.
• Must be able to work independently and collaboratively across multiple teams

Qualifications/Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related computer field
• 5+ year’s experience developing software for complex systems or computerized products
• Experience in Database Deployment, tuning, development, testing over Internet connections
• Expertise with Python language
• Experience with internet protocols (e.g. SNMP, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Telnet)
• Experience configuring open source web servers (Apache) and/or Windows based servers (services, IP configuration, port settings, firewalls, passwords, user accounts)
• Experience developing user interfaces
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Desired Characteristics:
• Masters Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related computer field
• Experience with MySQL database query tools or equal
• DHTMLX JavaScript experience
• Windows Server 2012 experience
• PHP scripting language
• Cloud environments such as AWS database Services would be plus
• Experience in/with the following: design, setup, installation, and implementation of databases in large scale environments; routine database maintenance including backups, restores, re-indexing, integrity checks, jobs, alerts, processes, etc.
• Being self-sufficiency and using initiative working on database-related projects
• Implementing and documenting database processes such as component migration, failover, and disaster recovery models Demonstrated knowledge of:
• Database design principles, practices and methods
• Security/permission standards
• Database Encryption techniques

U.S. (Country) Specific Qualifications:
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States full-time
Must be willing to work in our Plano, TX facility full-time
Must be 18 years of age or older
Must be willing to take a drug test as part of the selection process
Must be willing to submit to a background investigation, including for example, verification of your past employment, criminal history, and educational background