Associate Database Administrator

November 4

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Integrated Tax Systems • Tax Discovery & Enforcement Solutions • Audit Case/Correspondence • Revenue Program Management • Decision Analytics

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1994

🏛️ Government

🤝 B2B

💰 Private Equity Round on 2020-07

Description

• The Associate Engineer - Database Administrator (DBA) is responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of database infrastructure in support of n-tier applications. • This role focuses on building and maintaining database systems, managing database integrations, and supporting a fault-tolerant environment that meets Service Level Agreement (SLA) commitments. • The position involves close collaboration with Senior Site Reliability Engineers, Cloud Service Engineers, and Clients to implement and maintain reliable database infrastructure solutions. • This includes participating in environment standup activities, configuring database networking, and managing third-party integrations. • Internally, this role is titled Engineer (SRE), Associate. • Job Responsibilities/Duties: Assist in managing and grow in your role to take complete ownership client's data infrastructure that includes all database systems & storage, ETL, warehousing, blob storage etc. • Routinely work with multiple stakeholders including RSI, client and cloud services. • Assist in troubleshooting database issues, including isolating problem queries or capturing database traces. • Assist in isolating database deployment related issues when escalated. • Collaborate on the implementation of new database servers, storage solutions, software upgrades, and security patches. • Assist in monitoring, debugging, and resolving production performance database issues, addressing infrastructure and network-related problems. • Monitor, debug and communicate production performance database issues related to SQL code. • Learn and adhere to database standards and best practices identified by the data leads. • Identify and escalate potential database improvement areas (tables, indexes, etc.) to senior team members. • Monitor and maintain operational database maintenance plans, with guidance as needed. • Participate in on-call rotation and incident response for database-related issues. • Perform database maintenance tasks such as backups, restores, and data imports/exports. • Serve as a resource for SQL syntax and general RDBMS technical knowledge. • Assist in managing and grow in your role to support and manage the core database infrastructure, ensuring high availability and data integrity.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • 1-2 years’ experience in Database Administration in a Microsoft SQL Server • 1-2 years’ relevant work experience in a software application production environment • Ability to quickly grasp and understand both business and technical concepts, especially those involving data and reliability • Knowledge of database monitoring and performance troubleshooting. Tools like MS SQL Profiler, Red-Gate Monitor, IDERA etc. • Experience with database backups, restores, and data imports/exports • Experience working in a Windows Server environment, providing system analysis and database support • Familiarity with site reliability engineering practices, especially those related to database administration • Familiarity with SQL scripting in support of product release cycles • Good understanding of cloud environments, preferably Azure, with experience in database deployment on cloud infrastructure • Self-motivated and thrives in a fast-paced environment • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail • Strong understanding of relational databases, with a preference for SQL Server • PREFERRED EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & COMPETENCIES: Familiarity with TFS or Azure DevOps • Experience with large-scale public sector IT projects, especially for Revenue or Finance agencies