United States remote Employment USD 150,000 - 165,000 Yearly

Business Wire is hiring a Senior Database Developer

About the Role

Businesswire is looking for a Senior Database Developer to play a key role in our digital transformation. You will build and support mission-critical database systems, working closely with Engineering, Architecture, and Operations teams across public cloud and traditional data centers.

What You'll Do

  • Manage the full database lifecycle from installation and configuration to daily operations, upgrades, and administration
  • Provide high-end technical DBA support across various operating environments and assist development teams with database definition, security, and integrity controls
  • Propose and implement enhancements to improve performance and reliability
  • Install, configure, upgrade, and patch Oracle EBS environments, including concurrent managers and workflows
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues across database and application tiers
  • Provide subject matter expertise in performance tuning, analyzing and tuning SQL and Oracle EBS
  • Perform DDL and application code reviews for database functionality
  • Independently analyze, solve, and correct issues in real time
  • Work closely with L1/L2/L3 support teams to proactively identify and resolve issues
  • Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation

What We're Looking For

  • 7+ years of hands-on Oracle and MySQL database experience in a mission-critical 24x7 environment
  • Proven experience managing Oracle EBS environments, including installation, patching, cloning, and performance tuning
  • Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment with an understanding of ITIL
  • Experience with full database lifecycle management: upgrades, patching, cloning, backups, and recovery
  • Experience with automated database deployment using Jenkins, Ansible, or similar tools
  • Experience creating and maintaining an enterprise data dictionary
  • Experience with ETL processes
  • Understanding of Unix operating systems

Nice to Have

  • 4+ years of AWS experience designing and supporting hyper-scale mission-critical database architecture
  • 2+ years proficiency in writing, profiling, and optimizing SQL queries for performance
  • 2+ years experience creating and maintaining Entity Relationship Diagrams
  • Understanding of data warehouses, data marts, data lakes, modeling, and profiling
  • Strong understanding of Java, AWS Lambda, and development frameworks

Technical Stack

  • Oracle, MySQL, Oracle EBS
  • Unix
  • Jenkins, Ansible
  • AWS, Java, AWS Lambda

Team & Environment

You will be a member of the DBA team, working closely with Engineering, Architecture, and Operations teams.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Compensation range: $150K to $165K/year
  • Excellent health benefits that begin on your first day of employment
  • $100 monthly fitness allotment, a tuition reimbursement program, and enhanced mental health resources
  • 401(k) plan with generous company match and annual profit sharing contribution (subject to company performance)
  • PTO, Floating Holidays, Wellness Day Off, Birthday Day Off, and more

Work Mode

This is a remote position.

Business Wire is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

Required Skills
OracleMySQLOracle EBSUnixJenkinsAnsibleAWSJavaAWS LambdaDatabase Lifecycle ManagementPerformance TuningAgile/ScrumITIL
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Posted 14 days ago