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Early Warning® · 1 day ago

Sr. Database Engineer

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$118K/yr - $152K/yr

8+ years exp

Early Warning is a trusted name in payments, partnering with institutions to enhance access to financial services. The Sr. Database Engineer will support the design and operation of 24/7 environments, ensuring data availability, performance, integrity, and security.

Financial ServicesFraud DetectionPaymentsRisk Management

No H1B

Responsibilities

Demonstrates technical expertise in the use of database theory and technology as well as underlying physical or Cloud-based infrastructure services

Identify, prioritize, and perform day-to-day database administration activities, including knowledge transfer and onboarding of new technology

Designs, installs, maintains, and supports database systems including audit and compliance support

Maintains documentation on existing and updated practice standards and procedures

Collaborates and facilitates pro-actively with internal staff to define and resolve issues, including information flow and content issues and help transform business requirements into environment specific databases

Supports/ consults the shaping of technical vision, including recommendations for process improvement

Investigates and implements automation to enable the business

Collaborates and builds department level influence and motivate others, serve as internal catalyst for process improvements and efficiencies

Supports the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data; align department policy, standards, and procedures

Identify, monitor, and analyze performance metrics and advises on allocation of database resources to achieve optimum database performance

Diagnose and implement performance enhancements

Participate in rotating on call support in a 24 x 7 production environment and be available as secondary for critical event escalation

Qualification

Database engineeringRDBMS technologiesCloud DBaaS solutionsOracle RDBMSMicrosoft SQLServerMySQLPerformance metrics analysisProcess improvementVerbal communicationWritten communicationTeam collaboration

Required

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

A minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in database engineering

In-depth knowledge and experience with RDBMS technologies including Oracle RDBMS On Linux, and Microsoft SQLServer, and MySQL. Experience with Cloud DBaaS solutions and tools such as Azure, AWS RDS, Cloud Watch, etc

Hands on experience designing and deploying database systems for high performance, resiliency, availability, and reliability on premise and in the cloud

Highly effective verbal and written communication skills

Ability to work outside normal business hours and provide on call support

Approved background and drug screen is required

Preferred

Experience integrating Cloud-based DBaaS services (Amazon, Azure, Oracle, etc.)

Certifications in the one or more of the following: Oracle 12c RAC / ASM in demanding workload environment. Oracle Golden Gate and Veridata complex replication. Microsoft SQLServer2017 including Always On availability groups. AWS RDS including MySQL/Aurora, Oracle, SQLServer, or MariaDB

Experience with NoSQL/KVM or Big Data Analytics platforms such as Aerospike, Berkley-DB, Dynamo, Hadoop, Cassandra, etc

Additional related education and/or experience preferred

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.