Juniper Payments
Senior Database Engineer, MSSQL
Company and Position Summary
Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, Juniper Payments is a Software as a Service provider for financial institutions throughout the United States. We are seeking an experienced Senior Database Engineer to fill our open SQL DBA role, which is responsible for managing multiple database environments linked to our 24x7 hosted applications that facilitate the processing and movement of daily financial transactions.
A successful candidate should be a self-motivated individual with excellent communication skills, strong problem-solving acumen, and the ability to collaborate closely with others including coworkers, customers, and vendors. Other general responsibilities involved include SQL performance monitoring, capacity planning, configuring devices, troubleshooting, and participating in the software development process.
Role and Responsibilities
- Support our hosted applications on existing technology infrastructure and to help develop the strategy for our next generation efforts.
- Manage and maintain the deployment, monitoring, maintenance, development, upgrade and support of any SQL related software and hardware.
- Implement and support databases, storage systems, high-availability solutions, replication, encryption, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Maintain SQL databases associated with production and non-production environments, facilitating accurate testing and deployment of internally developed applications.
- Benchmark, analyze, report, and recommend improvement to SQL infrastructure and other systems, including poorly performing queries, index optimization, locking, hardware or network issues.
- Update or create policies procedures related SQL activities and data.
- Ensure compliance with SOCII, FDIC and FFIEC controls as well as general industry standards.
- Participate in Cybersecurity and Disaster Recovery efforts when required.
- Work closely with other departments to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support cost-effective technology solutions.
- Participate in planning for the IT and Development departments, including fostering innovation, organizing projects, and supporting implementations.
- Adhere to basic ITIL principles for management of day-to-day operations.
- Ensure performance, scalability, automation, and security defects are documented and acknowledged by development for remediation.
Preferred Skills
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Good organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.
- Ability to document complex schematics and procedures as applicable.
- Ability to work independently as well as in collaborative environment.
- Makes sound decisions when faced with challenging alternatives that result in successful outcomes.
- Displays critical thinking and analysis in bringing successful implementations to complex challenges.
Preferred Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology and/or Computer Science.
- Six years of related work experience.
- Direct experience with 24x7 hosted applications supporting thousands of disparate users.
Technical Experience (Advanced experience in 3 or more areas required)
- SQL Server Administration (SSMS, SQL clustering, Data Synchronization, Encryption, Partitioning, Performance and Security)
- T-SQL
- Powershell
- Cryptographic standards and best practices
- Windows Server Administration (Server 2012 R2 and above)
- Microsoft Hyper V
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $70,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
COVID-19 considerations:
As a SaaS, our employees have the ability to work remotely on a consistent basis as required. Headquarters is professionally cleaned on a daily basis M-F.
Education:
Experience:
- MySQL: 6 years (Required)
- Database administration: 6 years (Required)
Work Location: Multiple Locations