Senior Database Engineer

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose

The senior position supports design and operation of 24 x 7 environments and ensures availability, performance, integrity, and security of the data.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrates technical expertise in the use of database theory and technology as well as underlying physical or Cloud-based infrastructure services.
• Identify, prioritize, and perform day-to-day database administration activities, including knowledge transfer and onboarding of new technology.
• Designs, installs, maintains, and supports database systems including audit and compliance support.
• Maintains documentation on existing and updated practice standards and procedures.
• Collaborates and facilitates pro-actively with internal staff to define and resolve issues, including information flow and content issues and help transform business requirements into environment specific databases.
• Supports/ consults the shaping of technical vision, including recommendations for process improvement.
• Investigates and implements automation to enable the business.
• Collaborates and builds department level influence and motivate others, serve as internal catalyst for process improvements and efficiencies.
• Supports the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data; align department policy, standards, and procedures.
• Identify, monitor, and analyze performance metrics and advises on allocation of database resources to achieve optimum database performance.
• Diagnose and implement performance enhancements.
• Participate in rotating on call support in a 24 x 7 production environment and be available as secondary for critical event escalation.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education and experience typically obtained through completion of a bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• A minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in database engineering.
• In-depth knowledge and experience with RDBMS technologies including Oracle RDBMS On Linux, and Microsoft SQLServer, and MySQL. Experience with Cloud DBaaS solutions and tools such as Azure, AWS RDS, Cloud Watch, etc.
• Hands on experience designing and deploying database systems for high performance, resiliency, availability, and reliability on premise and in the cloud.
• Highly effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work outside normal business hours and provide on call support.
• Approved background and drug screen is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Core expertise: Oracle DBA (RAC, ASM, replication, performance optimization).
• Cloud focus: Hands-on experience with AWS DBaaS; ability to design and support databases in cloud environments.
• Automation mindset: Open to implementing and using automation tools; Ansible knowledge is a plus.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and collaboration & communication skills.
• Willingness to participate in 24x7 on-call rotations and critical event escalation.
• Nice-to-Have: Exposure to additional RDBMS or NoSQL platforms, certifications (Oracle, AWS, SQL Server), and broader automation/DevOps tooling.

The pay scale for this position in:

Phoenix, AZ in USD per year is: $130,000 - $150,000.

This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate’s education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal equity (peers). The business actively supports and reviews wage equity to ensure that pay decisions are not based on gender, race, national origin, or any other protected classes.

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position.  Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness 

•  Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.

• Paid Time Off – Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.

• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave

• Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

And SO much more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure to check our Benefits page herefor the latest. Our team can share more during the interview process!

Early Warning Services, LLC (“Early Warning”) considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees. 

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