889346 - Database Administrator (Remote)

Kohl's; Menomonee Falls (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kohl's is seeking a Database Administrator to design, deploy, and continuously improve database capabilities and APIs. You will collaborate with software engineers, product managers, and end users to deliver secure, scalable database products across cloud and on‑prem environments.

Ideal candidates will have experience with distributed systems, infrastructure operations, and database technologies such as Oracle, MSSQL, and MySQL, plus cloud platforms (GCP/AWS) and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in MIS, Computer Science or related field.
• Experience with object-oriented development using GitLab, PowerShell, Python, Shell or Go.
• 2+ years of software or infrastructure platform development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, end-users and other database team members.
• Leverage data and feedback to achieve business outcomes and improve database capabilities.
• Develop, test, deploy, and iteratively improve database products and APIs.
• Manage lifecycle aspects: code, infrastructure, data, security, CI/CD and documentation.
• Contribute to database engineering standards and improve developer experience.

Skills

Distributed systems

Infrastructure operations

Security

Customer-focused problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in MIS/CS

Tools

GitLab

PowerShell

Python

Shell

Go

Oracle

MS SQL Server

MySQL

GCP

AWS

Job description

About The Role

As a Database Administrator, you will develop, test, deploy, and iteratively improve database capabilities, features and APIs.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with software engineers, designers, product managers, end-users and other database team engineers
• Leverage critical thinking, experimentation, data, end-user feedback, and industry best practices to achieve desired business outcomes
• Develop and integrate high-quality database products that are secure, simple to use, easy to operate and fully integrated
• Manage all technical aspects related to the database product lifecycle, including code, infrastructure, data, security, CICD and documentation
• Contribute to database engineering and software development standards
• Enhance and simplify the database user experience for development teams
• Implement software engineering practices using tools that are both cloud-based and on-premises
• Oversee all technical aspects of the database product lifecycle, including code, infrastructure, data, security, CICD and documentation
• Create high-quality, secure, easy-to-use database products that enhance the development team's user experience
• Additional tasks may be assigned

Required

What Skills You Have

• Passion for turning complex distributed systems into highly available, fully integrated and easy-to-use products
• Experience in development, infrastructure systems, infrastructure operations and infrastructure security
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies or techniques quickly
• Open-minded approach to problem-solving centered around the needs of the customer
• Strong team player with a focus on contributing to team success

Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in MIS, Computer Science or related field
• Experience with object-oriented development using GitLab, Powershell, Python, Shell or Go
• 2+ years of experience in software or infrastructure platform development.
• Knowledge of application design patterns, event-driven architecture and testing strategies
• Experience with continuous integration, continuous deployment and test-driven development
• Experience working with major cloud platforms (GCP and/or AWS)
• Background working with infrastructure as code and GitOps methodologies
• Experience deploying, configuring, migrating, and supporting common stateful distributed systems, messaging, or database technologies such as Oracle, MSSQL, and MySQL.

Preferred

• Experience with CloudSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis