SQL DBA Manager (Iselin)

A financial firm is looking for a SQL DBA Manager to join their team in Iselin, NJ.

Compensation : $170-175k

Must be local; no relocation

No visa sponsorship

This is a FT opportunity; no c2c / third parties

Responsibilities :

• Ensure internal database systems are managed to the highest standard by following industry best practice.
• Demonstrate leadership, inspire team members, create a positive and collaborative work environment, and demonstrate leadership by example.
• Identify database best practices to meet internal customer requirements that maximise the performance and reliability of the database management systems.
• Recommends performance and efficiency improvements for databases systems across the organization.
• Assists in the research and review of new database feature-functionality, supports proof-of-concept evaluations and enhancements to existing solutions.
• Demonstrate good problem management ownership and prevention of SLA breach under Incident / Problem Management processes.
• Actively contribute to the development of existing and new IT process and procedures to enhance service transition and service operation lifecycle stages.
• Demonstrate self-starter capabilities identifying areas of improvement and taking action in order to address.
• Provides Senior Operational Support for the Windows / SQL Server and Postgres database environment.
• Provides lead support for database team, managing team assignments, mentoring and developing database administrators. Provides technical leadership and represent team on design and solutioning meetings.
• Investigate and progress Incident, Service Request and Problem tickets. Manage and escalate as appropriate.
• Monitoring, Supporting, and deploying ETL jobs and SSIS packages.
• Configuring and managing RDS instances (AWS).
• Work with internal teams and external vendors to identify / propose solutions and support any fixes that are required as part of service improvement.
• Implements and maintains security policies and auditing compliance at the database level to ensure the protection of the firm's sensitive data. Develops and adheres to patch management and upgrade strategies.
• Follow the firm's Change Management procedure and other standard practices in installing, configuring and supporting databases and relates items in Test and Production environments.
• Ensure that the BAU Service is prioritized and all faults, incidents and problems are responded to in an efficient manner without negatively impacting SLAs and reporting metrics in place.
• Upgrade or maintain software at a time when the impact to the business is minimised.
• Execute the failover for the database and application services as required. Maintain failover scripts and propose performance and efficiency improvements. Participate in regular on-site Disaster Recovery testing activities (up to 4 tests per year).
• Create, maintain, and review operational process and support documentation.
• Provide 24 / 7 on-call cover on a rotational shift basis. Participate in planned weekend work as required.
• As required, provide representation for DBA team's Changes at the daily stand-up and weekly CAB meetings. Ensure other team's Changes do not have an impact on the delivery of the database services.

Qualifications : Required

Desired