Advanced Database Administrator

Wintrust•Rosemont, IL

1d•$100,000 - $120,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Wintrust provides community and commercial banking, specialty finance and wealth management services through its 16 bank charters and nine non-bank businesses. Wintrust delivers the sophisticated solutions of a large bank while staying true to the relationship-focused, personalized service of our community banking roots. We serve clients in all 50 states with more than 200 branch banking locations in Illinois, southwestern Florida, northwestern Indiana, west Michigan and southern Wisconsin and commercial banking offices in Chicago, Denver, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Mich., and in key branch banking locations throughout Illinois. Our people are the heart of our business and we are proud to rank consistently as a top place to work. Wintrust is a $66 billion financial institution based in Rosemont, Illinois, and listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol âWTFC.â Why join us? An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 12 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years) Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few Promote from within culture Why join this team? This position has the opportunity to interface with and have a positive impact on multiple areas of Wintrust's business We hold ourselves accountable to high standards, share wins, operate ethically, and have fun Position Overview The Advanced Database Administrator role has primary responsibility for supporting and executing database standards in an enterprise environment. Other desirable skills include Microsoft Windows Server OS and virtualization platforms in an enterprise environment. General duties include building databases to standards as defined by the organization and resolving Database issues tracked via ticketing process. Other duties would include participation in daily monitoring uning, capacity planning, vulnerability management, disaster recovery, standardization, continuous process improvement, and assisting in the long-term strategic planning for the environment. Partners with management and other administrators to provide technical support using their background to take on standard to middle level work assignments the team is engaged in. Takes direction from Senior Database Administrators in support of the environment. Strong people skills and the ability to balance a large workload are essential.

Requirements

Bachelorâs degree preferred or equivalent experience
1-3 years of related experience
Understanding of PowerShell and Server O/S & Virtualization basics
Experience with Microsoft SQL Server is required; experience with SQL AG Configurations strongly preferred

Nice To Haves

Desired Certifications: Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals or Microsoft Azure Database Administrator Associate

Responsibilities

Day to day support of database solutions via ticketing system
Suggest monitoring, configuration management and reporting functions to improve efficiency
Maintain inventory and asset configuration documentation and assist in defining and documenting best practices and support procedures
Strong customer focus and management of client expectations; ability to establish and maintain a high level of user trust and confidence in ITâs knowledge of and concern for usersâ business needs while showing signs of guiding and offering problem solving for group and peers
Present and explain technical information to diverse types of audiences (management, users, vendors, technical staff) in a way that establishes rapport, persuades others, and gains understanding
Work on small to large projects in a cross-functional environment
Participate in the on-call production support rotation and may occasionally be required to work hours outside the traditional work schedule