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Michaels Stores · 8 hours ago

Staff Database Engineer

positionIrving, TX
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
date6+ years exp

Michaels Stores is the leading destination for creating and celebrating in North America, operating over 1,300 stores across the U.S. and Canada. They are seeking a Staff Infrastructure Engineer to lead infrastructure initiatives, bridge business requirements with technological solutions, and ensure alignment with the company’s IT strategy.

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Responsibilities

Partner with IT leaders and peers to influence and define strategic technology direction, target state solutions, and develop technology roadmaps in partnership with IT leadership and other business unit leads
Assist in defining the on-premises and cloud infrastructure aligned with Michaels IT strategy and growth into the global marketplace
Lead systems design, development, and deployment, primarily focusing on business needs
Facilitate organization change and promote best practices
Support the infrastructure maintenance and operations, establish and enforce technology operations standards and processes, and advocate best practices
Collaborate to develop and implement strategic plans for data-center operations, infrastructure architecture and engineering, monitoring capabilities for devices and applications
Participate in the architectural and operational aspects of both transformational and keep-the-lights-on projects, including planning, resource allocation, risk management, and progress tracking
Ensure projects are delivered on time and work with leaders to determine budget
Work closely with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, project managers, and engineering professionals to ensure architectural alignment with project objectives and ongoing system management
Assist in developing plans, procedures, and activities to support business recovery when problems occur, including backup and restoration procedures, vendor agreements, spare parts, data retention and restoration planning
Stay updated on emerging technologies and trends, evaluating their potential for improving system efficiency, functionality, and long-term sustainability
Ensure that execution of architectural decisions align seamlessly with organizational objectives

Qualification

Infrastructure architectureCloud infrastructureInfrastructure as CodeDevOps methodologiesITIL standardsSoftware engineering principlesNetwork routingStorage networksCloud-based databasesDatabase monitoring toolsOpen-source contributionsLarge scale DB systems

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information, or a related field, or equivalent experience
6-7 years of experience in infrastructure architecture, design, and operation
3+ years of experience with infrastructure provisioning, configuration and security aspects of on-premises and cloud infrastructure
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools
Experience with DevOps and Agile methodologies
Experience in enterprise infrastructure support and operations and ITIL standards
Strong understanding of software engineering principles and practices
Understanding of network routing and switching
Understanding of storage networks, shared and block devices

Preferred

Experience with cloud-based database services (e.g., AWS RDS, Google Cloud SQL, OCI Database)
Experience with databases like Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, SQLServer etc
Knowledge of database monitoring and alerting tools like Datadog, Grafana, Open Telemetry etc
Experience in building and managing large scale DB systems
Contributions to open-source database projects

Benefits

Health insurance (medical, dental, and vision)
Paid time off
Tuition assistance
Generous employee discounts

Company

Michaels Stores

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At The Michaels Companies Inc., our purpose is to fuel the joy of creativity and celebration.
dateFounded in 2020
location
Lakeland, Florida, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://teachitpro.com

H1B Sponsorship

Michaels Stores has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$119.66M
2021-03-03Acquired
2009-07-02Series Unknown· $119.66M

Leadership Team

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Derek Hornsby
Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer
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Brynn Evanson
Chief Human Resources Officer
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