Lowe's Companies, Inc. · 3 hours ago
Senior DBA – Sybase
Charlotte, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$95K/yr - $181K/yr
2+ years expLowe's Companies, Inc. is a Fortune 100 home improvement company serving millions of customers each week. The Senior DBA – Sybase will be responsible for modernizing and automating SAP Sybase ASE environments, ensuring availability, performance, security, and observability across large-scale fleets while collaborating with various teams.
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Responsibilities
Operate & Optimize Sybase ASE (primarily 16.x+): server configuration, database layout, tempdb strategy, log/space management, partitioning, filegroups/devices, and I/O alignment
Performance tuning—instance, database, and SQL: leverage MDA tables (mon•), sp_sysmon, showplan/statistics, optimizer hints, index design, and workload baselining; remediate regressions and eliminate hotspots
Backup Restore: design/maintain ASE latency monitoring, and regular backup/restore and dump/load, point-in-time
Automation at scale: create reliable runbooks and pipelines using Unix shell (bash/ksh), Python, Ansible, cron/systemd timers, and Git-based CI/CD for schema changes, refreshes, checks, and patching
Monitoring & Observability: build actionable dashboards/alerts (e.g., Prometheus/Grafana); implement health checks, query/lock monitors, and capacity forecasts
Security & Compliance: implement hardening , auditing, least-privilege roles, secrets management, and OS/DB patch governance
Support & Collaboration: provide support in an on-call rotation, lead RCAs, mentor engineers, and align designs with enterprise architecture and standards
Qualification
Required
2 years of experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (SDLC) through iterative agile development
2 years experience working with any of the following: frontend technologies (user interface/user experience), middleware (microservices and application programming interfaces), database technologies, or DevOps
Bachelors in computer science, computer information systems, or related field (or equivalent work experience in lieu of degree) and 2 years of experience in software development or a related field
Preferred
2 years of experience writing technical documentation in a software environment and developing and implementing business systems within an organization
Administering SAP Sybase ASE in 24×7 production environments
Strong Unix/Linux (RHEL/AIX/Solaris): OS internals, filesystems/LVM, networking, shell scripting
Solid SQL/T-SQL (procedures, triggers, bulk-load, bcp/isql/sqsh) and change control discipline
ASE 16.x deep knowledge (optimizer, parallelism, page/row compression, tempdb strategies)
Experience with SAP IQ, ETL integrations, or migrations involving Sybase
Observability at scale (Grafana/Prometheus exporters, log/trace pipelines, SLO/SLA design)
Security hardening frameworks (e.g., CIS), LDAP/Kerberos integration, auditing
Exposure to virtualized estates hosting Sybase on Linux
Exposure to SymeticDS
Benefits
401k with up to 4.25% match
Bi-annual Cash Bonus
Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan (15% discount of strike price)
Tuition-Free Education
10-week Maternity/Parental Leave
10% Associate Discount
Company
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 20 million customers a week in the United States.
10001+ employees
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