Database Administrator Team Lead

Database Administrator Team Lead

At Westlake Financial Services, the team lead is a crucial role in managing a team of database administrators and providing leadership on database-related projects. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL databases, and will be a key contributor to the overall engineering, design, and production support of all database systems. They will work closely with internal clients and IT development teams to find solutions to business challenges and lead projects from inception to completion. This role requires a strong leader who can mentor team members and ensure the availability and performance of all company databases.

Duties and responsibilities :

• Lead and mentor a team of database administrators on data modeling and best practices.
• Provide technical leadership on database projects across various teams in the organization.
• Troubleshoot and solve Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL development issues.
• Ensure the availability and performance of all company databases.
• Proactively monitor database systems to ensure secure services with minimum downtime.
• Propose and implement database architectural changes to create a highly scalable and optimized database infrastructure.
• Assist developers in optimizing, tuning, and enhancing database queries.
• Manage the implementation and release of database changes according to agreed-upon timescales and costs.
• Provide trend analysis to management to support informed decisions regarding resource management.
• Work with IT development teams to assist with the implementation, management, development, and monitoring of databases that support the company's IT data integration initiatives.
• Be available for on-call / off-hours deployments and support in a 24x7 environment.

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We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not unlawfully discriminate in employment. No question on this application is used for the purpose of limiting or excluding any applicant from consideration for employment on a basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. Equal access to employment, services, and programs is available to all persons. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and / or interview process should notify a representative of the organization.