Database Architect

GLOTECH•Orlando, FL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

GLOTECH, Inc. is seeking a Database Architect to support the corporate office of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, located in Orlando, Florida. This role requires "on call" responsibilities for one week each month and also requires being on support 24/7 for high-priority system outages. The candidate will join a database team of five people, including the director and four other senior DBAs. The ideal candidate will be in a technical lead architect role as the Director’s “right hand”. Their responsibilities include architect work 25% of the time, technical lead work 25% of the time and senior DBA work 50% of the time.

Requirements

7+ years MS SQL Server Administration experience required
Performance Tuning and Optimization, using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools
Strong experience with backups, restores and recovery models
Expert level t-SQL tuning
Experience developing and maintaining SSIS packages
Experience migrating sanitized data from production to non-production environments
Knowledge of High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) options for SQL Server
Experience working with Windows server including Windows Clustering
Ability to organize and plan work independently
Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment
Ability to multi-task and context-switch effectively between different activities and teams
Strong experience with AlwaysOn Availability Groups
In depth knowledge and experience with SQL Server replication
Experience or good working knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) with both VMs and DBaaS

Nice To Haves

Experience with Spotlight Monitoring
Experience with Host Monitor
Experience with Litespeed
Experience with Jira
Experience with Confluence
Experience with Opsgenie
Experience with Microsoft Teams
Experience with MySQL
Experience with Oracle
Experience with SAP BusinessObjects
Experience with tools (such as ER Studio) to reverse engineer databases
Experience with one or more object-oriented programming language
Strong PowerShell skills

Responsibilities

Manage SQL Server databases through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems.
Configure and maintain database servers and processes, including monitoring of system health and performance, to ensure high levels of performance, availability, and security.
Apply data modeling techniques to ensure development and implementation support efforts meet integration and performance expectations.
Assist with design and implementation of a data loading tool to move sanitized data from production to a non-production environment.
Independently analyze, solve, and correct issues in real time, providing problem resolution end-to-end.
Refine and automate regular processes, track issues, and document changes.
Assist developers with complex query tuning and schema refinement.
Participate in an on-call rotation to provide 24x7 support for critical production systems.
Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours.
Share domain and technical expertise, providing technical mentorship and cross-training to other peers and team members.
Monitor and apply SQL Server Service Packs and Cumulative Updates.

Benefits

medical
dental
vision care
disability insurance (short and long term)
Life & AD&D Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Commuter Transportation and Parking Reimbursement)
Employee Assistance Programs
Annual Leave
Sick Leave
Holiday Pay
Educational Assistance
Certification /Training Reimbursement
401(k)-retirement savings contribution plan (with employer match)