[Hiring] Advisory Database Administrator @eMoney Advisor

Role Description

The Advisory Database Administrator supports the eMoney SQL Database environment and infrastructure in a highly available 24/7/365 environment that serves the financial services industry. This role is a subject matter expert in installing, maintaining, improving, and monitoring the eMoney SQL environment in all environments, but with a key focus on Production.

• Lead the DBA team initiatives that focus on enterprise level enhancements and availability of the Production SQL environment.
• Oversee the daily scheduled maintenance with support after hours and technical expertise, providing technical mentorship and cross-training to other peers and team members.
• Apply data modeling techniques to ensure development and implementation support efforts meet integration and performance expectations.
• Lead efforts to independently analyze, solve, and correct issues in real time, providing problem resolution end-to-end.
• Provide expertise on automation, scripting, job scheduling, capacity management, index maintenance, and running SQL in a virtualized environment.
• Lead the installation and configuration of database software while proactively detecting and responding to any system issues.
• Monitor and optimize query performance and server health.
• Responsible for the backup and recovery of database environments with a focus on Production security, high availability, performance and capacity planning.
• Utilizes subject matter expertise to advise management on database concepts and functional capabilities.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior DBA team members for areas of database administration activity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred
• 8+ years of relevant work experience
• 5 years of SQL Server Administrator experience required

Requirements

• Deep understanding of database environment and infrastructure including the management, high availability, scalability and performance.
• Technical lead with high level knowledge and experience of SQL Always-on availability groups in a multi-site environment with a focus on failover and disaster recovery, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Advanced knowledge of automation, scripting, job scheduling, capacity management, index maintenance, and running SQL in a virtualized environment.
• Intermediate understanding of PowerShell scripting language.
• Able to work independently when needed but a strong collaborator able to work with Development teams and others in the organization to drive success.
• Strong written and verbal skills with a strong focus on documentation and implementing best practices.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory, group policy standards, and implementing storage best practices in a Microsoft SQL Always-On Environment.

Benefits

• The salary range for this position is $139,000 - $170,000; commensurate salary to be determined based on skills, professional background and expertise.
• This position is also eligible, pursuant to applicable eMoney policies, for the annual bonus program, retirement contributions, health insurance, sick leave, parental leave and paid time off.