Senior Database Architect: Reliability & Automation

Constellation; Warrenville (IL); On-site; USD 144,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Constellation in Warrenville, IL is seeking a senior database engineer to provide deep technical expertise in delivering and maintaining IT solutions. You will weigh technology standards, product availability, and risk to meet business needs while engaging with stakeholders and guiding architecture decisions.

You will lead complex database projects, optimize performance, and mentor less experienced staff, with a strong emphasis on reliability and collaboration across IT and business teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline and 8+ years of database experience.
• Broad technical expertise in DB2, Oracle, and SQL Server.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Undertakes complex database projects requiring specialized technical knowledge.
• Provide database expertise to maintain performance and reliability of database solutions.
• Engage with business and IT partners to determine requirements.
• Develop knowledge of new technologies and contribute to analyses for business and/or IT clients.
• Review and plan introduction of new database technologies with architecture groups.
• Provide direction and guidance to less experienced staff.
• Investigate and resolve database incidents affecting performance and access.
• Coordinate maintenance, deployments, and production support following change management.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and data teams to improve reliability and automation.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

DB2

Oracle

SQL Server

Azure SQL Managed Instances

Azure Databricks

Job description

Constellation in Warrenville, IL is seeking a senior database engineer to provide deep technical expertise in delivering and maintaining IT solutions. You will weigh technology standards, product availability, and risk to meet business needs while engaging with stakeholders and guiding architecture decisions.

You will lead complex database projects, optimize performance, and mentor less experienced staff, with a strong emphasis on reliability and collaboration across IT and business teams.