Database Administrator – Accounting and Data Governance

Company Description

Become a member of a global community! The international logistics industry is an integral piece of the global trade puzzle; we make the world go round. Global supply chain management is what we do, and at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics. Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As a Fortune 500 company, we employ over 19,000 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 350 locations across six continents. Expeditors satisfies the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems.

Our Mission is to recruit, train, and retain the very best logistics and technical experts the world over. We love to promote from within - more than 50 percent of our employees have been at Expeditors for five years or more. Our high retention rate is influenced by a unique compensation program for positions that are more than just jobs - they're chances to grow, do what you love and build a career with us!

Job Description

As a Database Administrator, you will be joining a collaborative team that supports the development activities of the Accounting and Data Governance group in IS. You will be focusing on building reliable, effective database environments for the business applications that the team develops for our global logistics network. This includes building and maintaining the database structures the applications require. Your expertise will be an important part of the application database design process. Ensuring database performance, database availability, and the ability to recover from failures is paramount.

You will also be joining the corporate DBA team that supports our production databases. As a member of the DBA team, you will be working together to ensure that production databases support our business applications around the world. You will take part in some of the following tasks: managing resources to keep applications running in production at an optimal level, handling backup and recovery operations, ensuring the security of our DBMS systems, and helping to verify that access to data is compliant with US and other countries’ laws and regulations. This is an opportunity for you to be on a high-performing team that serves as the center-point for consistent, real-time data for our systems. 

This position is on-site and will reside in the greater Seattle, WA area at one of the following locations depending on availability. Candidates must be local or willing to relocate. Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.

• Downtown Seattle
• Federal Way
• Lynwood
• Bellevue (Factoria)

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• BS or BA in Computer Science or related field; or comparable work experience
• Unix DBA experience
• Experience working with relational database management systems (DB2 and PostgreSQL) and understand their core concepts.
• Proficient with SQL
• Experience working in a Unix/Linux environment.
• Desire to work as part of the business application development lifecycle.
• Experience working on a collaborative team.
• Customer service mindset
• Excellent communication skills

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong knowledge of DB2 or PostgreSQL DBMS
• Scripting experience with Bourne shell, KornShell, Bash, Python, and/or Perl
• Experience with database clustering technologies
• Familiar with backup and recovery operations
• Fundamentals of database security and compliance

Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not transfer or sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (such as an H-1B visa) for this opportunity.

Additional Information

Expected base salary:  $85,000 to $120,000

Expeditors offers excellent benefits:

• Paid Vacation (first year prorated based off month of hire then eligible for 15 days) 
• Holidays (10)
• Flexible Days (2)
• Paid Sick Time (accrual rate of 1 hour of sick time per 30 hours paid)
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental & Vision Coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave (additional eligibility criteria)
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DC FSA)
• Commuter Benefit
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Training and Personnel Development Program
• Educational Assistance and Reimbursement
• Position is full time (40 hours per week) Monday through Friday 
• Business professional dress code

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO Guidelines.