Integration Engineer 4 (SQL Server DBA)

Capital One • Riverwoods, IL

1d • $149,800 - $171,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Capital One is seeking an Integration Engineer specializing in SQL Server database administration to help drive technology transformation. The role serves as a domain expert and advisor on database architecture, infrastructure design, security posture, and data management strategy. It establishes and enforces operational best practices, change control standards, and process improvements while acting as an escalation point for severe incidents, architectural risks, and security vulnerabilities. The position also mentors junior and mid-level DBAs and ensures adherence to enterprise risk management, SOX, PCI, and change management requirements.

The engineer architects and tunes large-scale, mission-critical OLTP database environments; designs and maintains high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions using Always-On Availability Groups, Replication, and continuous recovery strategies; and leads planning and execution for database patching, version upgrades, backups, restores, and decommissioning. This is a hybrid position, with on-site presence required according to Capital One's hybrid policy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• At least 4 years of experience designing and maintaining cross-platform or cloud integrations.
• At least 3 years of experience automating system configuration or data workflows.

Nice To Haves

• 6 or more years of experience with SQL Server database administration, high-volume performance tuning, and database architecture.
• 6 or more years of experience configuring and maintaining SQL Server Always-On Availability Groups and transactional replication.
• 6 or more years of experience with database security, audit readiness, and compliance frameworks such as SOX and PCI.
• 6 or more years of experience with enterprise monitoring, alerting, and automated database management platforms.
• 1 or more years of experience working in a cloud-based environment such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Advise on database architecture, infrastructure design, security posture, and data management strategy.
• Establish, document, and enforce database operational best practices, change control standards, and process improvements.
• Escalate and resolve high-severity database incidents, architectural risks, and security vulnerabilities, including driving root-cause analysis.
• Mentor and upskill junior and mid-level DBAs.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise risk management, SOX, PCI, and change management requirements.
• Architect and tune large-scale, mission-critical OLTP database environments for high throughput and low latency.
• Design, deploy, and maintain high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions using Always-On Availability Groups, Replication, and continuous recovery strategies.
• Lead planning and execution of database patching, version upgrades, backups, restores, and decommissioning.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive health, financial, and other benefits supporting total well-being.
• Eligibility for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior