Staff Site Reliability Engineer- SQL Database Administration

Company Description

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Job Description

As an engineer on this team, you will be involved in the Plan, Build, and Run aspects of the database technologies, translating into reliability engineering and operational support.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Primarily Database reliability engineering, deployment, and support of Microsoft SQL Server database technology which include both on premise and cloud environments such as AWS and GCP.

Support Database Administration and Engineering in the design, development and deployment, and management of Microsoft SQL database environments. This includes the advanced to expert engineering and implementation of the following :

Collaborate with all interested parties, gather requirements, and provide recommendation for database standards.

Provide technical expertise to design the most efficient and cost-effective solutions for Microsoft SQL Servers.

Install, configure, monitor, upgrade and maintain MSSQL databases in production and non-production environments.

Write, Develop, and maintain PowerShell and TSQL scripts for DB automation and application maintenance tasks.

Advance experience with automation of managerial and repetitive DBA tasks.

Experience with GENAI to automate database related workloads

Work closely with other Infrastructure operations and engineering, product development, business operations, and technical operations to ensure delivery of database services within the SLA's and performance target set.

Provide technical expertise and hands-on support in consolidation and migration of databases to new hardware and platforms.

Implementation and Support of databases, storage structures, high-availability solutions, replication, encryption, and disaster recovery solutions.

Manage, support, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server database technology and infrastructure, adhering to the architectural guidelines and policies.

Database administration for off the shelf and internally developed applications, ensure continuous 24x7 operation and availability in support of mission critical business applications and participating in On-Call support.

Regular database capacity planning and archival solution related to database growth and system utilization, trend analysis, predictive future database resource requirements, and the structured organized reporting of the same.

Provide DBA support for enterprise monitoring, backup, alerting, and security compliance solutions for SQL servers.

Participate in the evaluation, selection, and implementation of DBA tools to improve the effectiveness of tasks such as performance monitoring and tuning, recovery, and database change management processing.

Proactive and reactive performance analysis, monitoring, troubleshooting and resolution of database issues.

Ability to work well as a team and as an individual with minimal supervision.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications :

• 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications :

Additional Information

Work Hours : Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements : This position requires travel5-10% of the time.

Mental / Physical Requirements : This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY : The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 124,700.00 to 180,650.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA / HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.