Infrastructure Engineer

Infrastructure Engineer

At Smartz Inc, we rely on our dynamic team of engineers to solve the many challenges and puzzles that come with our rapidly evolving technical stack. We are seeking a results-oriented database engineer to help optimize the performance of our organization's databases. You will be enhancing our data storage capacity, writing new support programs and scripts, and troubleshooting database code.

To ensure success as an infrastructure engineer, you should exhibit knowledge of best practices in database management and experience in a similar role. A top-notch infrastructure engineer will be someone who has experience in private cloud platforms.

Smartz was founded in June of 2021 by Dr. Kevin Wan who has been a successful entrepreneur in the smart home industry for more than 10 years. Our team at Smartz wants to disrupt the Prop Tech Industry by providing advanced AI software that is compatible with industry leading smart home devices and will provide property owners and tenants with an all-in-one solution to all of their property management needs.

Our team uses the latest mobile technologies for all features of Smartz apps, which include live video streaming/recording, motion/sound alerts, AI powered object detection, video access sharing functions, etc. We always strive to develop innovative features to create secure and smart device management experiences for our users and business partners.

Job Type

• Full-time (Champaign, IL)

• Maintaining and enhancing the performance of existing private cloud infrastructure, including databases.
• Assisting development teams in designing new systems to provide high availability services.
• Monitoring databases and related systems to ensure optimized performance.
• Reviewing database and user reports, as well as system information.
• Performing debugging procedures on database scripts and programs, as well as resolving conflicts.
• Adhering to best practices in securely storing, backing up, and archiving data.
• Documenting processes related to database design, configuration, and performance.
• Keeping abreast of developments and best practices in database engineering.

• A minimum of 3 years' experience in Bash/Dash
• In-depth knowledge of set up and config: nginx, mysql/mariadb, elastic search, docker, kubernetes, kafka / message service, mongodb/cassandra, linux
• Have programming experience in Java or C++
• Sound knowledge of best practices in database engineering and data security.

• Bachelor's Degree in information systems, information technology, computer science, or similar.
• Experience in building enterprise applications on public/private cloud
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Good problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail.
• Passion to learn new things

• Company paid Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance
• Retirement and savings plan with company match
• Unlimited PTO