Database Engineer

Job Title: Database Engineer

Location: Gurugram

Company Overview: Welcome to Morningstar. We’re a people-centric company led by a mission to empower investor success. At Morningstar, your contributions have meaning and can drive change. Across our 12,000 colleagues and 32 offices worldwide, we’ve invested in fostering a community where talented, driven people can grow. Our entrepreneurial spirit and uncompromising ethics guide everything we do. We’re always thinking about the next big thing. It’s how we grew from a startup to a global investment research company in just 40 years. Currently, we are seeking a talented SQL Developer to join our dynamic team and contribute to our ongoing success.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain database systems to support business applications and data-driven processes.
• Optimize database performance through tuning, indexing, partitioning, and other performance optimization techniques.
• Implement and manage database security measures to safeguard sensitive data and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database issues, including performance bottlenecks, data corruption, and connectivity problems.
• Collaborate with software developers to integrate database functionality into applications and ensure compatibility with existing systems.
• Define and enforce database standards, best practices, and procedures to maintain data integrity and consistency.
• Perform database backups, disaster recovery planning, and testing to ensure business continuity and minimize downtime.
• Provide technical guidance and support to team members, including database administrators, developers, and business analysts.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in database management and administration.
  
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field
• 2-3 years of experience as a Database Engineer, Database Administrator, or similar role
• Proficiency in SQL programming and database management systems (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies is preferred.
  
  
  

Nice to have: It’s not essential but we would love it if you have.

• Experience in any one programming language- .Net, nodejs or Python
• Experience with JIRA tool.
• Office 365 and Agile methodologies is desired.
  
  
  

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.

If you receive and accept an offer from us, we require that personal and any related investments be disclosed confidentiality to our Compliance team (days vary by region). These investments will be reviewed to ensure they meet Code of Ethics requirements. If any conflicts of interest are identified, then you will be required to liquidate those holdings immediately. In addition, dependent on your department and location of work certain employee accounts must be held with an approved broker (for example all, U.S. employee accounts). If this applies and your account(s) are not with an approved broker, you will be required to move your holdings to an approved broker.

Morningstar’s hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. While some positions are available as fully remote, we’ve found that we’re at our best when we’re purposely together on a regular basis, typically three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you’ll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.

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