Sr Database Administrator

About this role:

The Sr Database Reliability Engineer / DBA will provide technical expertise in designing managing and administering databases on-premises and in the cloud (AWS) to meet the shifting organizational demands. This role will engage in modernization activities and to support Database reliability in cloud platforms and participate in automation efforts to enhance provisioning and operations and service reliability of all types of datastores.

What youll do:

• Ensure 24x7 reliability & availability for critical database systems hosted on AWS & Azure Cloud platforms.
• Implement maintain and enforce effective industry standard processes and policies within QA DEV and Production environments.
• Participate in the architecture and design phases of databases to support critical applications.
• Engage with SRE DevOps Application Development and other technical teams to implement solutions.
• Work with managers and staff of Application Development teams to follow tactical and strategic directions.
• Prioritize work based on project needs and work effectively with minimum supervision.
• Support the tactical and strategic directions for the organizations database infrastructure.
• Provide routine status reports to leadership and escalate as necessary.
• Maintain service levels and departmental goals for problem resolution.
• Follow security standards and effectively manage software patches and upgrades.
• Coordinate with team members and share knowledge within the team.
• Lead projects independently and work closely with the rest of the team.
• Adapt to changing technology environments and embrace newer platforms.
• Work in an agile environment and engage in DevOps practices.

What youll need:

• 8 years of experience in Database Engineering and Operations with a bachelors degree.
• Extensive hands-on experience and authoritative knowledge of various database platforms (Oracle Postgres MySQL AWS Aurora SQL Server) to support high volume OLTP & DW systems.
• Experience in building and managing databases in the cloud (Azure and AWS RDS).
• Ability to troubleshoot performance issues in real time.
• Experience in migrating databases from Oracle to Postgres is a plus.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) CI/CD Pipelines Terraform Jenkin Cloudbees AWS CloudFormation AWS Lambda Azure Resource Manager Ansible etc.
• Skilled in scripting languages such as Shell and Python.
• Working knowledge of Neo4J or other graph databases AWS DynamoDB Glue and Lake Formation.
• Ability to work on SQL Server Azure Synapse or related Data Analytics tools.
• Knowledge and ability to work with data replication & Migration tools & Methods such as DMS Glue
• Good judgment prompt decision-making ability responsibility and accountability.
• Commitment to teamwork and willingness to participate in an on-call rotation for 24/7 support.
• Ability to envision and create automation for provisioning and administration tasks.
• Database & Cloud certifications are preferable.

What youll receive:

• Competitive compensation.
• Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
• A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
• A chance to make an impact your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
• Enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
• 20 PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
• Extensive medical dental insurance and vision plan.
• 401K with corporate match immediate vesting.
• Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
• Parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Gartner Gives Charity Match.

And much more!

What are we:

• Action Oriented - Deliver fast get great results. We embrace the vision roadmap to success and the action it takes to make it happen.
• Intellectually Curious - Seek to learn love to teach. Were humble and embrace respectful radical candor with a mindset of ongoing professional and personal development.
• Collaborative - One team shared mission. We welcome feedback and understand the value of working together to accomplish more than what is possible individually.

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