Database Administrator IV

Planet DDS is a dynamic and rapidly growing dental software company, serving over 13,000 practices across the United States with over 118,000 users. The company delivers a complete platform of cloud-based SaaS solutions for dental practices, including Denticon Practice Management, Apteryx Imaging, Cloud 9 Ortho Practice Management, and Legwork Patient Relationship Management. Planet DDS is committed to creating value for its dental practice clients by solving the most urgent challenges facing today’s dental practices.
*This is a hybrid role (2x per week in office) supporting EST hours and can sit in either our Atlanta, GA or Akron, OH offices.
Overview
A DBA IV is a vital member of the DBA Team. You will be involved in the management, deployment, and monitoring of database systems while ensuring security and a high level of data availability. You will be responsible for delivering high-quality, timely solutions and services through the full lifecycle, including development, testing, and implementation. 
You will be working on a team in fast-paced environment and will take the initiative to explore, experiment new technologies to find the right solution and mentor other members of the DBA team. To be successful, we are looking for a friendly, hard-working, positive person with a true passion for solving problems with technology. 
 Responsibilities

• Write;
  - Solid queries, stored procedures, functions, and triggers 
  - Administrative utilities to automate routine tasks 
  - Develop ETL processes 
  - Automation scripts for building non-prod and prod environments on Azure 
• Ensure;
  - SQL queries are efficient and are scalable on production environment 
  - Accurate database indexing, archiving, reporting, and automation 
  - SQL coding standards are followed by each team member
  - CI-CD is fully functional and reliable in all environments including Azure 
• Mentor more junior database administrators and software engineers 
• Provide leadership, technical guidance, and best practices to the solution design process and to other team members 
• Work closely with the IT, DevOps and Cloud team to support infrastructure enhancements and maintenance 
• Participate in periodic performance reporting, record performance metrics, analyze drifts based on known baseline data, trend analysis to support in growth monitoring and capacity planning 
• Implement and maintain database security, including database encryption, data masking and securing backups 
• Coordinate, monitor and manage all nightly data services jobs 
• Monitor database operations and performance using native and 3rd-party tools 
• Troubleshoot data-related issues while maintaining data integrity and accuracy 
• Document changes and follows existing processes, code, data flows and other key functions 
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts in enhancing database performance and providing increased functionality, including performing maintenance, monitoring activity, and documenting problems, changes, and solutions 
• Work on scheduled rotation involving after-hours tasks and routines

Skills

• 8 years or more of experience in a database administration/data engineering role
• Experienced in production monitoring and troubleshoot (Production support lead)
• Strong experience in Azure SQL databases
• Writing stored procedures, queries, functions, and triggers in T-SQL 
• Experience in the full software development lifecycle
• Working with cloud technologies (plus for Microsoft Azure)
• Experience in Agile software development methodology
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant major or equivalent years of experience

Pluses

• Experience in infrastructure layout, provisioning, Azure cloud infrastructure with reference to provisioning, security, and management
• Experience in B2B product development
• Experience in designing multi-tenant SaaS database schema