Senior DBA Manager

Job Title:

Senior DBA Manager

Location:

Block 23

What you'll do:

Looking for a Senior Level SQL DBA Manager to lead our team of DBA’s in the migration of our SQL databases to the Azure cloud platform. The ideal candidate will have several years of hands-on experience in both the technical and managerial aspects of running SQL and a Database Team.

What we are looking for:

Responsibilities:

This leadership position requires a high level of passion, an expert level skill set, and the ability to guide the team in the following areas:

• Manage and mentor the DBA team, ensuring they deliver high-quality work on time and under budget
• Oversee the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of database systems on prem and in the Azure cloud.
• Monitor and optimize the performance, availability, security, and scalability of the database systems and applications.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex database issues, such as data integrity, concurrency, backup and recovery, replication, and migration.
• Establish and enforce database standards, policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Collaborate with other IT teams, such as developers, architects, and engineers, to ensure alignment and integration of database solutions with business requirements and objectives.
• Stay updated on the latest trends and technologies in database management and cloud computing.
• Review of Business Application scripts for efficiency
• Implement automation where possible

Skill Set:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a closely related field or equivalent experience
• Strong SQL DBA experience  in migrating SQL Server databases to the Azure cloud platform
• SME in Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Data Lake
• 5 years minimum managing a team of DBAs
• 7+years hands-on SQL DBA experience –
• Excellent communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and leadership skills
• Ability to analyze specifications and design documents.
• Ability to create standard operating procedures (SOPs/MOPs).
• MS office tools, Excel, Power point, Word
• In office 4x per week (hours in the office can be flexible if needed)

Nice to have skills and experience:

• Oracle experience
• PowerBI, PowerShell, Bash
• Any automation experience, Ansible, Terraform
• Mongo DB
• ITIL certifications
• SQL certifications

Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC.  AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488.  When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue.  We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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