Database Administrator

• As the Database Specialist, you will act as the primary technical architect operating environment managing and solving some of the toughest challenges on the project.
• The replication environment includes two servers running Oracle Enterprise Edition databases in a multi-master replication setup, as well as multiple End User Devices (EUDs) running Oracle Enterprise Edition configured as materialized view sites.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining the database installation, update, and configuration scripts, as well as the Procedure Language/Structured Query Language (PL/SQL) packages and procedures used in configuring and performing replication between the mobile portion of the application running on tablet PCs and the central web application, in accordance with DISA security guidelines.
• Uses Computer Associates ERwin Data Modeler software to design the database, to generate SQL scripts containing Data Definition Language (DDL) for the database, and to generate the Data Dictionary documentation.
• You will also be responsible for providing deep technical expertise in database design, ETL, reporting and analytics.
• Serves as the primary point of contact for all development tasks. Provides thought leadership on business intelligence and data warehouse design concepts and leading practices.
• Responsible for technical architecture creation, product selection tasks, overall technical strategy for the project, and design of the system infrastructure.
• Translate client user requirements into technical architecture vision and implementation plan. Ability to solve complex technical problems, assimilate information rapidly, and work under time constraints.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into functional and high-level technical design specifications. Reviews and updates and data model as required.
• Design, develop, document, and deploy solutions to populate the Data Warehouse from source to target. Participate in Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and other technical meetings to provide status or input as needed.
• Lead and support Agile status meetings, analyze Systems Change Requests (SCRs), System Incident Reports (SIRs), and Technical Advances (TAs).
• Manages development team in executing PMO prioritized change requests through implementation: including identifying the level of effort, estimated timelines, constraints, etc. Assigns PMO priorities to development team. Conducts code walkthroughs on a periodic basis.

• Responsible for design, installation, configuration, security and maintenance of highly available enterprise database systems
• Monitor backup jobs on all enterprise databases and perform routine disaster recovery scenarios
• Participate in on-call after-hours support rotation, responding to support calls after-hours/weekends/holidays.
• Establish and maintain database policies and standards
• Generate database schema definitions and modifications as required
• Plan and coordinate data refreshes from one environment to another
• Monitor database system details within the database, including stored procedures and execution time, and implement efficiency improvements.
• Monitor, optimize and allocate physical data storage for database systems.
• Develop, implement, and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications to databases.
• Create, or support creation of, required reports in response to business user needs.
• Perform database transaction and security audits.
• Follow and maintain in-house documentation for repeatable processes, including database feature installation, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution
• Establish appropriate end-user database access control levels.
• Develop routines for end users to facilitate best practices database use.
• Follow ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) practices for Change Management.

AVP – SQL Server Database Administrator

• Understand existing database architecture of both existing MariaDB and Postgres installs
• Review and upgrade our current replication and backup processes
• Support the company’s data needs by building reports on reporting platforms
• Establish a regular cadence for database performance review and optimization
• Manage and enhance existing data retention processes
• Communicate with stakeholders to establish database standards
• Identify and address security issues with the databases, using well-defined roles
• Establish a regular cadence for database updates
• Participate in the process of identifying and addressing systemic errors
• Perform root cause analysis of errors and resolve technical issues
• Work closely with DevOps and Developers for system troubleshooting and maintenance

• Provides subject matter expertise and consulting services on a range of technologies and assists Technical Analysts and Infrastructure Engineers to ensure that technology solutions comply with enterprise system design and engineering standards
• Assists with translating business requirements into technical definitions, reference models, blueprints, and playbooks for deployment in compliance with architecture standards and policies
• Assists in the evaluation of reference models, blueprints and playbooks to ensure they are fit for purpose
• Develops software solutions to address manual and repeatable work or inefficient processes
• Conducts on-site evaluations of third-party products being considered for firm adoption
• Promotes an inclusive and healthy working environment and helps to resolve organizational impediments/blockers
• Contributes to the creation/selection of functional and non-functional product evaluation requirements within and across domains

Production Database Administrator – Global Banking, Payments

• Develop overall product planning by contributing to/creating stories for complex features in areas of responsibility.
• Organize, lead and finalize feature review sessions for complex business issues/requirements and document resulting decisions.
• Create the functional design to address complex business processes or issues or to address the requirements of a set of product features.
• Configure or develop within vendor software; review and verify operation of new vendor release features.
• Provide training for other team members and users; assist in developing team bench strength.
• Use knowledge of integrated requirements to evaluate proposed software products in line with strategic corporate and vendor direction.
• Support the planning, conduct, and review of module and integration testing for all but the most complex projects.
• Manage the issues and blockers for assigned features and product stories.
• In partnership with the business groups and technical teams, provide knowledge and support for resolving technology issues in multiple areas of the business.

Neo4J Database Administrator

• Own the end-to-end product roadmap for Ditto's cloud database
• Own the data flow story for Ditto Cloud
• Define and maintain customer-facing database SLAs
• Own the data migration story
• Engage directly with enterprise customers to understand workload patterns
• Serve as the go-to voice on the customer data layer inside engineering
• Collaborate with GTM and field teams to build enablement assets
• Define success metrics for database reliability and drive accountability against them

Senior Product Manager – Cloud Database, Integrations

• Designs and executes database upgrades from Oracle 19c to Oracle 23ai.
• Maintains multiple database environments supporting ETL activities.
• Sets up and maintains Grid Infrastructure, including ASM and Clusterware.
• Implements high-availability solutions using GoldenGate and Active Data Guard.
• Performs performance tuning to improve database processing efficiency.
• Monitors database performance and recommends efficiency improvements.
• Performs logical and physical data modeling and creates physical data models from logical data models.
• Maintains data dictionary standards to ensure uniformity of definitions.
• Executes backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures for hardware and software failures.
• Ensures compliance with security vulnerability requirements and database security standards.
• Assists in the installation, analysis, design, and implementation of databases.
• Ensures database administration interfaces comply with EIR Accessibility standards.

• Architecting, administering and optimizing all enterprise SQL Server databases
• Ensuring security, reliability, and scalability of databases
• Collaborating with application owners and IT teams to support business operations
• Providing technical guidance to users accessing enterprise data
• Maintaining all enterprise SQL database operations including SQL server updates and patches
• Maintaining database security and compliance with company, industry and government standards (GDPR, HIPAA, etc.)
• Reviewing current architecture and updating and optimizing all enterprise database systems
• Architects and implements new database systems
• Proactively monitoring database performance and performing database tuning for optimal performance
• Troubleshooting enterprise database servers and related systems
• Supporting system audits and providing documentation as required
• Planning testing and implementation of DR and backup processes to ensure continuous operation
• Creating custom queries, data-driven SSRS subscriptions, migration scripts, and executing other tasks as needed

Senior Database Administrator

• As the Platform Database Administrator (DBA) for Aurora, serve as the architectural and operational anchor for high-scale database environments.
• Bridge the gap between technical data layers and production feature engineering.
• Take full ownership of database performance tuning, optimization strategies, and system reliability across core software suites.
• Sustain consistent system performance and reliability across 400+ database schemas, managing comprehensive schema migrations and tracking client-specific data growth metrics.
• Supervise AWS Aurora-specific environments, orchestrating cluster endpoint routing configurations, managing failover behaviors, executing parameter tuning, and troubleshooting data warehouse / read replica lags.
• Apply deep knowledge of InnoDB core internals to manage lock behaviors, resolve complex lock contentions, adjust buffer pool parameters, and systematically reduce purge lags across write-heavy database clusters.
• Diagnose and optimize heavy database pipelines utilizing INSERT...SELECT queries and computed-table patterns.
• Analyze Aurora instance utilization models against pricing factors to right-size compute resources and minimize I/O waste stemming from unoptimized queries.

Platform Database Administrator, Aurora/MySQL

• Support and maintain large-scale Db2 databases on z/OS for business-critical trading and brokerage applications
• Design, configure, and maintain low-latency data replication using IBM IIDR (Q Rep / CDC) in Active-Active and Active-Passive architectures
• Perform proactive performance analysis and tuning to ensure optimal response times and system stability
• Lead troubleshooting and rapid resolution of complex, time-sensitive production issues with a strong sense of ownership and attention to detail
• Participate in an on-call rotation to provide 24x7 production support for critical database platforms
• Collaborate with application teams, infrastructure partners, and vendors to deliver resilient, scalable database solutions

Principal Database Administrator, DBA – Mainframe Db2 z/OS

• Assist in managing AWS RDS instances by monitoring database health, identifying performance issues, and participating in root-cause investigations
• Participate in a rotating on-call schedule to ensure 24/7 database availability and rapid response to production incidents across our global infrastructure
• Execute quarterly patching, monthly index reviews, and backup integrity testing within a live production environment
• Advance your T-SQL knowledge by participating in code reviews and assisting Developer and TechOps teams with query optimization and execution
• Utilize Python, PowerShell, and other scripting languages to build or maintain automation tools (e.g., AWS Lambdas, GitHub Action workflows, etc.)
• Manage user permissions, SOPs, and disaster recovery runbooks while helping ensure regulatory framework compliance (including HIPAA, HITRUST, and SOC2) across all database systems

Junior Database Administrator

• Lead the design and delivery of database engineering solutions for mission-critical platforms
• Perform applications database administration services including SQL code review, performance analysis, and database application design
• Lead proof of concept efforts to evaluate and enable new technology solutions
• Establish database standards for operations, upgrades, migrations and onboarding new applications and/or clients
• Write clear, concise, well organized technical documentation

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