Sr. Systems Engineer – SQL Database Administrator.
U.S. BankAbout the role
At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.
Job Description
Responsibilities
Administer, maintain, and optimize Microsoft SQL Server databases across on-premises, Azure, and AWS cloud environments.
Design, implement, and support High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions including Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, Replication, and Log Shipping.
Perform database installations, configurations, patching, upgrades, migrations, and lifecycle management activities for production and non-production environments.
Monitor database health, availability, capacity, and performance, proactively identifying and resolving issues to ensure platform stability.
Lead production incident response, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to improve operational reliability.
Partner with application development, infrastructure, DevOps, and security teams to support application deployments, database releases, and cloud modernization initiatives.
Manage and enhance backup, recovery, business continuity, and disaster recovery strategies to meet enterprise resiliency requirements.
Drive automation, operational excellence, database governance, and security compliance while mentoring engineers and promoting database best practices.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
At least 5 years of experience within a total information technology (IT) environment
At least 10 years of experience with the design, development and support of technology infrastructure
Preferred Skills/Experience
Strong hands-on expertise administering Microsoft SQL Server in large-scale, mission-critical enterprise environments.
Experience managing SQL Server deployments across on-premises, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) platforms.
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