Senior SQL Server DBA – On‑Prem, HA/DR, Global Ops

ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Competitive benefits

401(k) match

On-site Chicago Loop

Job summary

ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC in Chicago is seeking a Senior Database Engineer (DBA) to join a global follow-the-sun team supporting mission-critical database platforms. This role focuses on ensuring availability, performance, and resilience of our database environment.

You’ll work with SQL Server, Oracle (Exadata), and PostgreSQL in a primarily on-premises setup. SQL Server is the core focus for the US team, with cross-region collaboration across Chicago, Europe, and APAC.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on DBA experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong background supporting mission-critical, high-availability systems.
• Experience working in on-premises infrastructure environments.
• Ability to participate in an on-call rotation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of production and non-production database environments.
• Manage production, development, and disaster recovery systems.
• Monitor database performance proactively and implement improvements to minimize downtime.
• Perform capacity planning and trend analysis to support future growth.
• Lead and support database upgrades, enhancements, and maintenance activities.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and business teams to deliver scalable solutions.
• Troubleshoot incidents and act as an escalation point, including interaction with third-party vendors.
• Develop and maintain automation for monitoring, alerting, and routine maintenance.
• Design, test, and execute High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies and runbooks.
• Contribute to global infrastructure initiatives and ongoing modernization efforts.
• Support a rotating on-call schedule and participate in cross-region handoff.

Skills

DBA experience

High availability

On-prem infrastructure

On-call rotation

Tools

Always On Availability Groups

Log shipping

Replication

T-SQL

Data encryption (TDE)

Migrations

Job description

ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC in Chicago is seeking a Senior Database Engineer (DBA) to join a global follow-the-sun team supporting mission-critical database platforms. This role focuses on ensuring availability, performance, and resilience of our database environment.

You’ll work with SQL Server, Oracle (Exadata), and PostgreSQL in a primarily on-premises setup. SQL Server is the core focus for the US team, with cross-region collaboration across Chicago, Europe, and APAC.