Vertica Technology Consultant Job in Micro Focus Software Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.

Job Description:

At Micro Focus, everything we do is based on a simple idea: The fastest way to get results is to build on what you have. Our software solutions enable organizations to do just that. Secure and scalable, with analytics built in, they bridge the gap between existing and emerging IT fast tracking
digital transformations across DevOps, Hybrid IT, Security, and Predictive Analytics. In the race to innovate, Micro Focus customers have the clear advantage. Our portfolio spans the following areas: DevOps | IT Operations| Cloud | Security | Info Governance | Big Data, Machine
Learning, & Analytics

Who We Are
Micro Focus is one of the worlds largest enterprise software providers, delivering the mission critical software that keeps the digital world running. We combine pragmatism, discipline, and customer-centric innovation to deliver trusted, proven solutions that customers need in order to succeed in todays rapidly evolving marketplace. Thats high tech without the drama.

Provide technology consulting to external customers and internal project teams. Responsible for providing technical support and/or leadership in the creation and delivery of technology solutions designed to meet customers business needs and, consequently, for understanding customers businesses. As trusted advisor create and maintain effective customer relationships so as to insure customer satisfaction. Maintain knowledge of leading edge technologies and industry/market domain knowledge. Actively contribute to the company s solutions portfolio by providing information ranging from technical knowledge to methodologies based on experience gained from customer projects. Shape technical direction and technical strategies within the organization and for external customers. Accountable for consistent and significant chargeability levels (or expense relief for internal project teams) and for assisting in meeting or exceeding revenue and customer satisfaction goals. Contribute to organization s profitability by generating and cultivating new business opportunities and by providing technical support for deal proposal development.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for implementing part or all of the technical solution to the client, in accordance with an agreed technical design.
• Occasionally responsible for providing a detailed technical design for enterprise solutions.
• Understands a broad spectrum of company technology in order to provide part or all of a detailed technical design which meets customer requirements.
• Often leads small to medium technical projects.
• Works with and under the direction of the Project/Technical Manager and with customer nominated representatives.
• Liaises with Solutions Architect as appropriate.
• Provides technical support and input on the application of technology to a defined business segment.
• Provides advice on solution and integration opportunities to defined segments.
• Provides technical leadership on specific integration activities that are part of an engagement.
• Provides planning and design support for the development of solution architectures that will be implemented in a multiple system environment.
• Communicates across client community, and is viewed as adding value.
• Demonstrates execution of the company strategy.
• Contributes to knowledge tools and communities, and ensures project learnings are documented and shared.
• Role models Knowledge sharing and re-use within practice or profession.
• Proactively encourages membership and contributions of others to professional community. Uses professions to meet the relevant certification and professional standards.
• Produces internally published material such as knowledge briefs, service delivery kit components or modules, etc.
• Participates in the selling process in C&I and works with sales/principals on pre- sales activities.

Education and Experience Required:

• Ideal candidates will have a solid knowledge of the inner workings of one or more industry leading RDBMS technologies (i.e. Oracle, MySQL, TD) with a solid understanding of Linux.
  Key Responsibilities
  Work with Vertica customers implementing scalability, high availability, migration and consolidation services on Vertica Analytic Database.
  Design and implement database administration solutions including performance monitoring and tuning, data management and capacity planning, implementing DR/failover, resource management, security, backup and recovery, etc.
  Work with customer to optimize system performance using Vertica tuning tools and manual techniques
  Troubleshoot and resolve Vertica system issues

  Job Qualifications and Experience

  Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate a strong working knowledge of and hands on experience in the following areas:

  Minimum 5 years of experience on Vertica database administration
  Understanding of Vertica architecture & migrate, install, configure, manage Vertica system and managing Vertica backup and recovery and restore
  Should have strong knowledge of Vertica internals, capacity planning and trouble shooting
  Should have hands-on experience on DB design, query development, backup, recovery and performance tuning
  Sound have strong debugging skills to investigate query performance
  Node management/cluster management/ work load management
  Ability to troubleshoot unix/linux system logs and understand and determine issues at OS/DB level and fixes
  Ability to understand tcp/kernel parameter and able to relate it to Vertica parameter setting and effect
  Ability to tune kernel parameter
  Ability to understand network configuration/socket configurations
  Strong SQL, programming and shell scripting skills is a MUST
  Experience with ETL, reporting and monitoring tools is a plus.

• 5+ years of professional experience and a Bachelor of Arts/Science or equivalent degree in computer science or related area of study; without a degree, three additional years of relevant professional experience (8+ years in total).

Knowledge and Skills:

• Has sufficient depth and breadth of technical knowledge to be individually responsible for the design and scope of deliverables within a field of expertise.
• Has led small team in delivery of a specific deliverable.
• Has mastered at least one technical discipline with strong knowledge in at least three major technology areas.
• Possesses advanced level of business, technical, or functional knowledge.
• Has ability to perform/drive resolution of problems on combinations and interactions of products.
• Ability to apply technology and consulting to solve a client business problem.
• Able to communicate and present complex issues with assurance and confidence. Demonstrates the use of consulting skills including: questioning, listening, ideas development, permission and rapport, and influencing.
• Ability to conduct/lead oral status/technical interchange meetings with clients on small to medium sized engagements.
• Owns and produces customer documentation. Ability to translate technical details into concise and easy to understand written form. Ability to write relevant components of a proposal document (e.g. answer specific RFP questions). Ability to translate verbal requirements from face to face client meetings into requirements documents, statements of work, and proposals.
• Able to discuss (within own area of expertise) requirements with a customer, and to challenge and clarify when appropriate. From the requirements, able to develop a high level design or plan, and then estimate the amount of effort required to deliver. Able to advise the engagement owner about the risks associated with this work package.
• Ability to work with a team to provide written responses to technical proposals and /or reports/documentation for delivery.