Advisory Database Administrator

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Facilitate the eMoney SQL database environment and infrastructure in a highly reliable 24/7/365 setting catering to the financial services sector.

• Drive initiatives within the DBA team aimed at enhancing enterprise-level functions and ensuring the availability of the Production SQL environment.

• Supervise daily scheduled maintenance, offer after-hours support and technical guidance, and deliver mentorship and cross-training opportunities.

• Implement data modeling strategies to meet integration and performance standards.

• Evaluate, troubleshoot, and resolve issues in real-time, ensuring comprehensive problem resolution.

• Provide insights on automation, scripting, job scheduling, capacity management, index maintenance, and executing SQL in a virtualized setting.

• Spearhead the installation and configuration of database software while proactively identifying and addressing system challenges.

• Observe and enhance query performance and server health metrics.

• Oversee database backup and recovery processes focusing on Production security, high availability, performance, and capacity planning.

• Advise management on database principles and functional capabilities.

• Offer technical leadership and mentoring to junior DBA team members.

⛳️ Requirements

• Preferred Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

• More than 8 years of relevant professional experience.

• A minimum of 5 years as a SQL Server Administrator is required.

• Profound understanding of database environments and infrastructure, encompassing management, high availability, scalability, and performance aspects.

• Technical lead-level expertise with SQL Always-On availability groups in a multi-site configuration, including failover, disaster recovery, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.

• Advanced proficiency in automation, scripting, job scheduling, capacity management, index maintenance, and executing SQL in a virtualized environment.

• Intermediate knowledge of the PowerShell scripting language.

• Strong familiarity with Microsoft Active Directory, group policy standards, and storage best practices within a Microsoft SQL Always-On context.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, emphasizing documentation and the implementation of best practices.

• Capability to work autonomously while collaborating with Development teams and other stakeholders in the organization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus program.

• Retirement contributions.

• Health insurance.

• Sick leave.

• Parental leave.

• Paid time off.

• Inclusive, people-first culture.

• Equal employment opportunity workplace.