Query Tuning Specialist – Database – Postgres

Position: Query Tuning Specialist – Database Performance – Postgres

Company Description

It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today – Service Now stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500 . Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work.

But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.

Job Description What you get to do in this role:

• Strong experience with performance and stress testing tools and approaches for driving realistic customer simulations
• 5+ years of database management and performance tuning
• 5+ years of experience supporting or testing large scale web-based distributed applications on containers such as Apache/Tomcat, JBoss, Web Logic, and Web Sphere in a Unix environment
• 3+ years of experience developing on a SaaS, PaaS, or Cloud Infrastructure product/solution
• Proven experience with concurrency, multithreading, and distributed system architectures
• Unix skills: including development, navigation, file manipulation, permissions, searching/finding files and text contents, and administrative actions
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with an aptitude for learning new technologies
• developing and deploying mission critical software
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or equivalent technical discipline, or similar work experience.
• Eagerness to learn everything about the Service Now Platform

Qualifications To be successful in this role you have:

• Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI’s potential impact on the function or industry.
• Experience with service now platform, scripting, tuning, troubleshooting is highly preferred.
• Scripting: basic shell scripting, Python, Java script
• Solid understanding and experience with databases mainly Mysql (and Oracle)
• Solid understanding of schemas, table spaces, indexing, and database performance optimization
• Familiarity or knowledge of CentOS/Red Hat operating system (admin/root level)
• Demonstrated experience leading individual projects, including scheduling and reporting
• Formal experience on a Dev Ops or Performance or support team is desired

Additional Information Work Personas

We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to Service Now employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here. To determine eligibility for a work persona, Service Now may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest Service Now office using a third-party service.

Equal

Opportunity Employer

Service Now is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.

Accommodations

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Export Control Regulations

For positions requiring access to controlled technology subject to export control regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), Service Now may be required to obtain export control approval from government authorities for certain individuals. All employment is contingent upon Service Now obtaining any export license or other approval that may be required by relevant export control authorities.

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