Senior Database Engineer

Verizon • Irving, TX

4h • Hybrid

About The Position

When you join Verizon You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife. What you’ll be doing... This exciting opportunity shall act as a Senior Database Engineer working with multiple Application teams focused on SQL Server on Physical and On-prem Cloud servers. The candidate shall be responsible for maintaining the current SQL Server environments along with working on architecting a plan to migrate the Databases to no-sql cloud infrastructure while pro-actively working on preventing any potential performance issues in non-prod itself (before getting Promoted to Prod). Role involves support for production issues, and participation in an on-call rotation. This opportunity is on a team that is highly visible and plays a major role in advancing Verizon's technology future. We're looking for a DBA who understands Database and Data modeling and is open to learn and work on NoSQL Databases and implement AI where possible.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Eight or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SQL Server as DBA.
• Experience with creation, Implementing and Updating SSIS and SSRS.
• Strong T-sql scripting skills.
• Experience with migrating the DB’s Between SQL Server and NoSQL.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Experience with NoSQL databases.
• Experience with Virtualized environments using Kubernetes.
• Experience with Containerized SQL Server implementation.

Responsibilities

• Managing SQL Server 2008R2\2016\2019 and 2022 Versions.
• Working with SSIS and SSRS.
• Implementing different types of high availability and disaster recovery mechanisms like replication models, log shipping, database mirroring, always on and clustering.
• Troubleshooting performance issues like Blocking, Deadlocks, parameter sniffing, Long Running and High CPU consuming queries.
• Implementing Backup, Restore and Disaster Recovery Planning Using Native Local Disk backup to File share and backups to Netbackup Utilities.
• Handling data migration between SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres and Couchbase.
• Creating databases and help with table design and index creation based on the data and performance.
• Working with different types of SQL Server Database Isolation Levels.
• Using SQL Server Tools like Import/Export Wizard, SQL Query Store, , SQL Profiler, DTA and SQL Query Analyzer.
• Upgrading and patching of SQL Servers.
• Working with login creation and understanding the importance of granting the lease required privileges.
• Working on very large databases along with partitioning and data compression in OLTP and OLAP environments.
• Debugging and troubleshooting issues using the execution plans and using Query Store.
• Scripting using T-sql, Python, and Powershell.
• Creating and maintaining GIT repos and performing code reviews.
• Creating a culture of inclusion and teamwork through leading by example and always considering how their actions influence the broader team.

Benefits

• health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance
• matched 401(k) savings plan
• up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance and tuition assistance
• incentive based position with the potential to earn more
• Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees