Staff Database Engineer

Michaels Stores; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (medical, dental, and vision)

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Employee discounts

Job summary

A leading creative retail chain is seeking a Staff Infrastructure Engineer in Irving, Texas. The role involves leading the design and deployment of infrastructure solutions, collaborating with IT leadership, and driving best practices in technology operations. Candidates should have strong expertise in infrastructure architecture, cloud provisioning, and DevOps methodologies, along with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field. The position offers competitive benefits including health insurance and employee discounts.

Qualifications

• 6-7 years of experience in infrastructure architecture, design, and operation.
• 3+ years of experience with cloud infrastructure provisioning and security.
• Strong understanding of networking and storage technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems design, development, and deployment focused on business needs.
• Collaborate with IT leaders to define strategic technology direction.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Skills

Infrastructure architecture

DevOps

Agile methodologies

Cloud provisioning

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Software engineering principles

Network routing and switching

Database management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS RDS

Google Cloud SQL

Oracle

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Redis

SQLServer

Datadog

Grafana

Job description

Overview

The Staff Infrastructure Engineer will serve as a leader focused on infrastructure. You will be responsible to bridge the gap between business requirements and technological solutions for infrastructure.

Major Activities

• Partner with IT leaders and peers to influence and define strategic technology direction, target state solutions, and develop technology roadmaps in partnership with IT leadership and other business unit leads.
• Assist in defining the on-premises and cloud infrastructure aligned with Michaels IT strategy and growth into the global marketplace.
• Lead systems design, development, and deployment, primarily focusing on business needs.
• Facilitate organizational change and promote best practices.
• Support the infrastructure maintenance and operations, establish and enforce technology operations standards and processes, and advocate best practices.
• Collaborate to develop and implement strategic plans for data-center operations, infrastructure architecture and engineering, monitoring capabilities for devices and applications.
• Participate in the architectural and operational aspects of both transformational and keep-the-lights-on projects, including planning, resource allocation, risk management, and progress tracking.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and work with leaders to determine budget.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, project managers, and engineering professionals to ensure architectural alignment with project objectives and ongoing system management.
• Assist in developing plans, procedures, and activities to support business recovery when problems occur, including backup and restoration procedures, vendor agreements, spare parts, data retention and restoration planning.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and trends, evaluating their potential for improving system efficiency, functionality, and long-term sustainability.
• Ensure that execution of architectural decisions align seamlessly with organizational objectives.

Other Duties As Assigned

Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Minimum Type Of Experience The Job Requires

• 6-7 years of experience in infrastructure architecture, design, and operation.
• 3+ years of experience with infrastructure provisioning, configuration and security aspects of on-premises and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools
• Experience with DevOps and Agile methodologies
• Experience in enterprise infrastructure support and operations and ITIL standards
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles and practices
• Understanding of network routing and switching
• Understanding of storage networks, shared and block devices

Preferred Skills

• Experience with cloud-based database services (e.g., AWS RDS, Google Cloud SQL, OCI Database).
• Experience with databases like Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, SQLServer etc
• Knowledge of database monitoring and alerting tools like Datadog, Grafana, Open Telemetry etc.
• Experience in building and managing large scale DB systems
• Contributions to open-source database projects.

Applicants in the U.S. must satisfy federal, state, and local legal requirements of the job.

At The Michaels Companies Inc, our purpose is to fuel the joy of creativity. As the leading creative destination in North America, we operate over 1,300 stores in 49 states and Canada and online at Michaels.com and Michaels.ca. The Michaels Companies, Inc. also owns Artistree, a manufacturer of custom and specialty framing merchandise, and MakerPlace by Michaels, a dedicated handmade goods marketplace. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, Michaels is the best place for all things creative. For more information, please visit www.michaels.com.

At Michaels, we prioritize the wellbeing of our teams by providing robust benefits for both full-time and part-time Team Members. Our benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, and vision), paid time off, tuition assistance, generous employee discounts, and much more. For more information, visit mikbenefits.com.

Michaels is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are here for all Team Members and all customers to create, innovate and be better together.

Michaels is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with this commitment, Michaels will assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if a reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the job, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Customer Care at 1-800-642-4235 (1800-MICHAEL).