Senior Database Architect & Reliability Lead

Regional Management Corp; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Regional Management Corp in Plano, TX is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to safeguard the stability, security, and performance of our Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments. You will own DB administration, high availability, disaster recovery, and tuning for critical business applications.

You will mentor teammates, partner with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions, and support ETL and reporting using SSIS and SSRS in a fast-paced finance environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of database administration and development in Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
• Expertise in high availability, disaster recovery, and performance tuning.
• Experience with SSIS and SSRS for ETL and reporting.
• Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, T-SQL, Python, or Bash).
• Excellent communication and mentoring abilities.

Responsibilities

• Administer backup, recovery, and HA/DR strategies for MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
• Monitor and optimize query performance, indexing, and statistics.
• Design, write, and optimize database code (stored procedures, functions, views, indexes).
• Lead incident response and on-call rotation, troubleshooting production issues.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and mentor junior DBAs and developers.

Skills

Database administration

Performance tuning

Incident response

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

SSMS

Extended Events

Query Store

pg_stat_statements

VACUUM/autovacuum

Git/GitHub

Jira

PowerShell

T-SQL

Python

Job description

Regional Management Corp in Plano, TX is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to safeguard the stability, security, and performance of our Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments. You will own DB administration, high availability, disaster recovery, and tuning for critical business applications.

You will mentor teammates, partner with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions, and support ETL and reporting using SSIS and SSRS in a fast-paced finance environment.