Senior Engineer, Database Services - Orrville, United States - The J. M. Smucker Company

Description

Your Opportunity as the Senior Engineer, Database Services

This position is responsible for managing key enterprise and manufacturing database systems with a focus on SQL Server technology.

You will be responsible for ensuring the availability, performance, security, and integrity of our on-premise systems and support our journey to the cloud by co-designing automated deployment, migration, and data replication strategies.

You will perform standard DBA tasks, such as development support, troubleshooting, backup and recovery, upgrades, patches, tuning and disaster preparedness.

Collaborating with customer-focused team members, you will help position our business for success by striving to exceed project deadlines and service level agreements, providing proactive communication.

Location:
Working Remote or Hybrid Work Arrangements Available

In This Role You Will

Assist in architecting and enhancing database solutions to meet business needs, while following industry and Smucker best practices (plan, design, build, execution)
Assist with DBaaS evaluation and proof of concepts
Leverage infrastructure as code principles and automation for consistency and repeatability
Collaborate with IS and business to understand data design, governance, flow, and priority
Execution and enforcement of Smucker security, auditing policies, and controls
Perform administrative tasks such as backup and recovery, patching, upgrades, installation, configuration, monitoring, disaster recovery
Enhance processes and promote standards, maintaining strong technical documentation
Partner with infrastructure, application development, and business teams to apply technology to solve business problems
Provide 24x7 production support to meet service level availability agreements

The Right Place for You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together.

Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

Minimum Requirements

What we are looking for:
Bachelor's degree in related field, specialized training or equivalent work experience
3+ years of experience as a SQL Server DBA
Demonstrated administrative experience, performance tuning, monitoring, backup/recovery, and security
Experience architecting/designing highly available database solutions
Experience testing and deploying new database solutions
Experience with database cloud technologies with at least one major cloud provider
Experience with SQL Server features, such as Replication, Log Shipping, and Change Data Capture
Experience with T-SQL, SSMS and data management, analysis and reporting tools, such as SSRS, and SSIS
Experience with PowerShell scripting and automation
Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills
Continuous learning mindset with an ability to quickly learn new skills

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):

Experience with Windows Server administration and Active Directory authentication
Working knowledge of additional database platforms such as Oracle, MySQL, Redshift, MongoDB, Data Bricks, DynamoDB
Hands-on experience with multiple cloud providers
Working knowledge of automation/scripting tool experience with tools like Azure DevOps, GIT, Jenkins, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code concepts
Experience managing multi-tiered enterprise application architectures
Expert experience with database and statement performance tuning
Experience with data analysis and reporting tools, such as Power BI or Tableau

Learn More About Working At Smucker

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