Senior Database Administrator

Trimble; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to manage and optimize their database environment. This fully remote role involves overseeing the full database lifecycle, ensuring data integrity, and supporting agile development teams. You'll be instrumental in maintaining high availability and security of SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL databases while implementing best practices and CI/CD methodologies. Join a forward-thinking company that values diversity and inclusion, where your contributions will significantly impact the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Database Administrator focused on automation and operations.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft SQL Server and troubleshooting production issues.
• Familiarity with AWS RDS and database best practices.

Responsibilities

• Administer critical production SQL Server database environment.
• Guarantee high availability and robust security of databases.
• Lead installation, patching, upgrades, and maintenance of SQL Server.

Skills

Microsoft SQL Server

MySQL

PostgreSQL

AWS RDS

Database Automation

CI/CD

High Availability

Disaster Recovery

Troubleshooting

SSIS

Job description

As a Senior Database Administrator within Trimble Rail, you will be a key player in managing and optimizing our database environment. You'll take ownership of the full database lifecycle, from design and documentation to implementation and maintenance. Your expertise will be crucial in safeguarding the integrity and availability of our data, supporting our agile software development teams, and driving continuous improvement.

What You Will Do:

• Administering a critical production SQL Server database environment, alongside supporting MySQL and PostgreSQL database servers.

• Guaranteeing the high availability and robust security of our databases and underlying infrastructure.

• Performing meticulous daily health checks, including backup verification, database integrity checks, and index performance analysis.

• Defining and enforcing database standards and access controls.

• Leading the installation, patching, upgrades, and ongoing maintenance of our SQL Server estate.

• Providing expert support to our Java-based Development teams, resolving database and SQL-related queries and issues.

• Implementing, monitoring, and maintaining critical SQL Server jobs and SSIS packages.

• Performing data migrations and bulk data loads as needed.

What Skills & Experience You Should Bring:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Database Administrator, focused on automation and operations.

• Strong Microsoft SQL Server expertise.

• Familiarity with Amazon AWS RDS or comparable services.

• Ability to troubleshoot production database issues.

• Database best practices and CI/CD knowledge.

• Strong acquaintance with High Availability and Disaster Recovery Methods.

• Full professional proficiency in English.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience with SSIS package management and development.

• Familiarity with Agile team structures and workflows.

• Previous experience leading or mentoring other database administrators.

Attitude is everything! If you don’t have all the qualifications and experience but you feel motivated, we encourage you to apply!

About Your Location

This is a fully remote position. You will be able to carry out your work from home.

About Our Rail Division

Trimble’s Rail asset lifecycle management products are an integrated suite of on premise and software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions that manage the lifecycle of rail transport assets from operation through maintenance and repair. The solutions that encompass real-time remote diagnostics, component condition monitoring, and asset maintenance management include the integration of IoT sensor feeds and handle vast Big Data sets of information. This is an exciting opportunity to work in the fields of IoT, streaming analytics, and complex event processing.

You can read more about us here: https://www.trimble.com/en/industries/transportation/rail

Trimble’s Inclusiveness Commitment

We believe in celebrating our differences. That is why our diversity is our strength. To us, that means actively participating in opportunities to be inclusive. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have guided our current success while also moving our desire to improve. We actively seek to add members to our community who represent our customers and the places we live and work. We have programs in place to make sure our people are seen, heard, and welcomed and most importantly that they know they belong, no matter who they are or where they are coming from.