Senior DBA: Data Reliability & Automation Lead

Constellation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 144,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase program

Medical, dental & vision benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Constellation in Houston is seeking a senior database engineer to lead complex database initiatives and deliver reliable data services. You will partner with IT and business teams to design scalable architectures, optimize performance, and ensure secure, available data platforms across enterprise systems.

This role supports critical operations across the portfolio. The requirements include 8+ years hands-on with DB2, Oracle or SQL Server, strong leadership and project-management abilities, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
• 8+ years hands-on experience with DB2, Oracle, SQL Server.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Understanding of change management principles.
• Demonstrated leadership ability.
• Knowledge of project management principles.

Responsibilities

• Undertakes complex database projects requiring specialized technical knowledge. Makes well thought-out decisions on complex or ambiguous database issues.
• Provide technical database expertise and/or solution delivery support for maintaining performance and reliability of database solutions.
• Maintain and enhance engagement with business and IT partners to determine requirements in support of service levels and project commitments.
• Build and maintains knowledge of new technologies or technology opportunities and assists in development of analysis for business and/or IT clients.
• Participate in relevant IT Architecture Domain Groups to appropriately review and plan the introduction of new database technologies. Ensure appropriate implementation of technology both within the production and the development environments. Establishes and communicates common technical goals/direction for team.
• Provide performance evaluations, career development feedback, and recognition. Acts as a source of direction, training and guidance for less experienced staff.
• Investigate and resolve database incidents involving performance issues, failed jobs, data replication/CDC processes, user access, and application connectivity.
• Execute database maintenance, refreshes, deployments, partition management, statistics maintenance, and production support activities following change management processes
• Partner with application, infrastructure, and data teams to improve database reliability, monitoring, automation, and operational maturity across enterprise platforms

Skills

Database expertise

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

DB2

Oracle

SQL Server

Job description

Constellation in Houston is seeking a senior database engineer to lead complex database initiatives and deliver reliable data services. You will partner with IT and business teams to design scalable architectures, optimize performance, and ensure secure, available data platforms across enterprise systems.

This role supports critical operations across the portfolio. The requirements include 8+ years hands-on with DB2, Oracle or SQL Server, strong leadership and project-management abilities, and