Senior Database Administrator/Engineer

Job Description:

Role Summary/Purpose:

Millions of cardholders. Billions of transactions. All automated and supported 24/7/365. You would create the platforms to run all those applications once you join our IT team as a Database Engineer.

As a Database Administrator/Engineer, you'll be in a vital lead role implementing and running the database platforms that help our cardholders manage their finances on the go.

This position is remote, where you have the option to work from home. On occasion we may request for you to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as team meetings, training and culture events. To ensure the safety of our colleagues and communities, we require employees who come together in-person to be fully vaccinated. We're proud to offer you choice and flexibility.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Implement infrastructure as code for various database platforms
• Implement monitoring and logging solutions for different database technology stacks
• Implement Database automation or scripting to automate various DBA tasks

Basic Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 10+ years of experience performing Database automation and integration (ideally leveraging an agile methodology)
• Experience working on or leading teams performing systems automation and integration (ideally leveraging an agile methodology / lean techniques)
• Competence in using scripting such as PowerShell, Ruby, Python and Perl to automate frequently executed activities
• 7+ years' experience as a Senior DBA or Database Engineer; Expertise in designing/configuring mission critical, highly available and high throughput Databases such as Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL
• Expertise in Oracle RAC, Oracle Exadata and Oracle stand-alone administration
• In-depth knowledge of partitioning, RMAN, Grid Control and Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Public Cloud (AWS / Azure / GCP) experience to configure databases for mission critical, highly available and high throughput application preferably on AWS RDS
• Public Cloud Certifications and Oracle/MySQL certifications
• Collaborate with others to troubleshoot and resolve escalated production issues
• Establish and consult on best practices and standard operating procedures for development, deployment, support, break-fix, and systems management
• Assess usage and utilization trends to make appropriate design and implementation recommendations towards scaling our architecture
• 2+ years Expert knowledge of Linux / Unix / Windows systems
• Experience in automation technologies such as Chef, Ansible and Terraform
• Experience with production systems and dealing with production issues
• A clear understanding of cloud service and deployment model

Desired Characteristics:

• Responsible for architecting, implementing, and maintaining automation tools to reduce time and complexity of operations and development tasks
• Collaborate with others to troubleshoot and resolve escalated production issues
• Establish and consult on best practices and standard operating procedures for development, deployment, support, break-fix, and systems management
• Deploy and support automation systems and tooling in a 24x7 production environment
• Assess usage and utilization trends to make appropriate design and implementation recommendations towards scaling our architecture

Eligibility Requirements:

• You must be 18 years or older
• You must have a high school diploma or equivalent
• You must be willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation and submit fingerprints as part of the onboarding process
• You must be able to satisfy the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
• New hires (Level 4-7) must have 9 months of continuous service with the company before they are eligible to post on other roles. Once this new hire time in position requirement is met, the associate will have a minimum 6 months' time in position before they can post for future non-exempt roles. Employees, level 8 or greater, must have at least 24 months' time in position before they can post. All internal employees must consistently meet performance expectations and have approval from your manager to post (or the approval of your manager and HR if you don't meet the time in position or performance expectations).

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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The salary range for this position is 100,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD Annual

Salaries are adjusted according to market in CA and Metro NY and some positions are bonus eligible.

Grade/Level: 12

Job Family Group:

Information Technology