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Priority · 6 days ago

Director, Database Operations

Alpharetta, GA, US

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$192K/yr - $200K/yr

5+ years exp

Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. is a leading financial technology company on a mission to deliver a personalized, easy-to-adopt financial toolset that accelerates cash flow and optimizes working capital for businesses. As the Director of Database Operations, you will lead the design, reliability, and operational strategy for the company's mission-critical data infrastructure supporting high-volume payment processing and banking systems.

Financial ServicesPaymentsProfessional Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead a team of senior DBAs and database engineers supporting production, staging, and dev/test environments

Manage database architecture, administration, and operations for MS SQL Server and Amazon RDS Aurora/MySQL in a high-volume, low-latency transaction environment

Partner with Software Engineering, Security, and DevOps, teams to drive the integration of database reliability into CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure

Ensure database performance, security, and resilience across all payment systems, including authorization, settlement, chargeback, and risk platforms

Drive automation of routine operations (e.g., schema deployments, backups, failovers, capacity scaling)

Implement disaster recovery and business continuity strategies, including geographically redundant architectures

Monitor and tune databases to support high throughput and low-latency transaction workloads, including query optimization and index tuning

Ensure compliance with PCI DSS, SOX, and other regulatory standards through strong controls, encryption, and access management

Evaluate and implement database tooling, observability platforms, and performance monitoring (e.g., Splunk, Elastic, DataDog, CloudWatch)

Lead database modernization initiatives, including migration from legacy SQL infrastructure to Aurora or serverless RDS as appropriate

Own database vendor relationships, SLAs, and budget forecasting for software, cloud services, and infrastructure

Qualification

Microsoft SQL ServerAmazon RDS MySQL/AuroraDatabase architectureData security complianceDatabase automationAWS RDS servicesData streaming platformsIaC toolsTeam OrientationAccountabilityWillingness to LearnCommunicationSelf-Awareness

Required

5+ years of experience in a leadership role over a database or other operations team

5+ years of experience with supporting or engineering custom software on RDBMS platforms

Communication: Clear writing, active listening, and the ability to explain technical topics in plain terms

Accountability: Track record of delivering quality work, owning outcomes, and learning from setbacks

Willingness to Learn: Demonstrated adaptability with new frameworks, technologies, or methodologies

Team Orientation: Experience working collaboratively in agile environments and contributing to shared goals

Self-Awareness: Openness to feedback, ability to recognize limitations, and willingness to give credit where due