Lead Database Administrator

National Digital Trust Company (In Organization)•Washington, DC

6d•Remote

About The Position

Our business requires the safekeeping of valuable digital assets; so, our InfoSec and IT operations are paramount. This is a key technical role that will help build several data centers, corporate office environments, and cloud-based software applications. This includes servers, storage, network, SaaS, monitoring, and everything in between. Our environment is security first, redundant, able to scale up and out easily, and fully compliant with the highest standards like FedRAMP and NIST. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with a proven track record as a subject matter expert in managing complex, mission critical database environments. The Lead Database Administrator is part of a team working closely with both security and application development groups and reports to the Head of IT Infrastructure.

Requirements

A minimum of 10 years of experience in technology positions with an emphasis on infrastructure services.
Knowledge of business concepts, and an understanding of the links between major business processes, products, systems, and networks.
Track record of working collaboratively and productively with business partners.
Demonstrated administrative, financial, project management, and vendor management skills.
Ability to set and communicate priorities and manage multiple tasks
Team-oriented mindset supporting enterprise-wide goals
Strong service orientation
Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
Exceptional ability to lead change using positive and collaborative methods, removing barriers, acting with a sense of urgency, and leading by example
Analytical and focused on continuous improvement.
Sets and communicates priorities effectively; able to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
Exceptional service orientation.
Keen attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

Postgres database administration
IaC (Infrastructure-as-Code)
Automated software-based infrastructure management

Responsibilities

Work with the Head of IT Infrastructure to ensure appropriate staffing levels are met.
Prioritize and coordinate database team staff for engineering and operations activities.
Sharing knowledge with team members helps improve the team's overall skills and performance.
Drive a collaborative culture that values technical depth, accountability, and customer service.
Collaborate on the design and building of the complete production IT infrastructure required to run a highly secure and highly available set of applications across multiple data centers.
Collaborate on the design and building of the corporate IT infrastructure.
Collaborate with peers to generate realistic technical roadmaps across the whole organization.
Identify tools needed for the NOC team to ensure proper monitoring and operation.
Implement and maintain controls and monitoring procedures to ensure availability of critical systems, and minimal service interruptions.
Adhere to quality standards and procedures to ensure the best specifications are always met and maintained.
Collaborate with the compliance team to provide required resources, appropriate documentation, and secure access during audits.
Stay on the forefront of emerging technologies to recommend new technology and ideas that improve the platform and efficiency.
Be able to adapt to new technologies, applications, and perform critical required duties as necessary.
Determine when services should be outsourced to lower costs and/or free up internal team members to tackle tasks that give National Digital Trust Company (In Organization) a competitive advantage without losing required security or functionality.
Occasional travel to other customers, and vendor offices.
Ability to share in on call rotation and work with remote locations around the world during their hours, as needed.
Installing and upgrading the server and application tools
Allocating system storage and planning future storage requirements for database system
Creating primary database storage structures driven from application requirements
Creating primary objects (tables, views, indexes, etc.) based on application requirements
Modifying database structures
Enrolling users and maintaining database security
Ensure licensing compliance
Controlling and monitoring user access to databases
Monitoring and optimizing database performance
Planning backup and recovery of data
Backup and restore the database environment
Contacting technical support when needed
Continuous integration/delivery