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Early Warning® · 2 days ago

Staff Database Engineer - Oracle DBA (Lead)

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$145K/yr - $186K/yr

12+ years exp

Early Warning is a trusted name in payments, partnering with institutions to enhance financial services. They are seeking a Staff Database Engineer to lead database administration priorities, focusing on security, risk management, scalability, and reliability while mentoring other engineers.

Financial ServicesFraud DetectionPaymentsRisk Management

No H1B

Responsibilities

Leads critical incidents from inception through incident resolution as well as throughout the root cause analysis process

Documents and onboards new technology and provides knowledge transfer to others

Using proficient level experience, supports the company’s commitment to risk management by protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and their data; aligns enterprise and department-level policies, procedures, and controls by attesting to verbiage, compliance, and evidence

Forward thinking in upgrade paths, compute and storage capacity expansion, and database hardening and patching

Transforms business requirements into technical specifications that demonstrate effective data design and system architecture to meet SLAs (RTOs and RPOs)

Key contributor in implementing proactive monitoring/alerting and automatic corrective actions

Takes ownership for creating technical product design and architecture including but not limited to: system installation, configuration, and performance management

Collaborates and builds cross functional influence and motivates others; serves as internal catalyst for progressive, strategic, and successful change management

Skilled at developing attainable goals in a challenging and complex environment with competing priorities

Oversees the work of others in a supportive and effective manner

Mentor, coach, and guide other Database Engineers

Works closely with customers and stakeholders to understand requirements and creates a partnership for Early Warning where database services are reliable, performant, and cost-effective

Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data

Qualification

OracleMS SQL ServerDatabase AdministrationData ManagementDatabase SecurityPerformance TuningCloud TechnologiesCommunication SkillsMentoringCollaboration

Required

Education and/ or experience typically obtained through completion of a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Proficient in Oracle and MS SQL Server in the areas of clustering, replication, partitioning, encryption, and high availability/disaster recovery configurations from a design, implementation, and support standpoint. Must be willing to be cross-trained and lead in other RDBMS technologies in these areas

A minimum of 12 years of data management, architecture, and systems experience for large-scale implementations

Hands on experience designing and deploying secure database systems for high performance, resiliency, availability, and reliability

Advanced experience in identifying and leading tuning and performance improvements for database systems within and across the technology stack

RDBMS domain expertise. Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Lean), and DevOps practices

Seasoned verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present any data management concept to stakeholders in most levels of the business

Ability to work outside normal business hours and be part of a 24x7 on-call rotation

Background or drug screen

Preferred

M.S or Ph.D. in Information Systems or another related field

Cloud Certification in the area for database specialization

Additional experience with mainstream on-premise and cloud-based database technologies such as AWS Aurora, RDS, EC2, Azure, and OCI

Knowledge of NoSQL and Big Data Analytics systems and use-cases such as Redshift, HBASE, and Aerospike

Experience with Monitoring and Alerting Systems such as AppDynamics, Zabbix, PagerDuty, OEM, Idera, and CloudWatch

FinTech experience is highly beneficial

Benefits

Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.

401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.

Paid Time Off – Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.

12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave

Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.