GA DBHDD Database Infrastructure Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Management: Design, configure, provision, and manage hardware and software configurations across Azure Cloud services and Windows Servers while ensuring compliance with data governance and data privacy regulations, as well as managing user permissions.
• Automated Job Management: Design, implement, and monitor automated database jobs, maintenance tasks, and ETL workflows.
• Scripting & Automation: Write and maintain robust scripts (such as SSIS and PowerShell) to automate routine DBA tasks, deployments, backups, and health checks.
• Performance Tuning: Proactively monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, optimize queries, manage indexing strategies, and resolve hardware, software, and network issues.
• High Availability & Disaster Recovery: Maintain and test robust disaster recovery (DR) strategies and failover procedures, providing 24/7 support for mission-critical systems as needed.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Support application development and data integration by configuring application environments, managing IIS administration, and implementing security and performance best practices.

Required Skills & Experience

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Enterprise Systems Management: 7+ years of experience managing enterprise systems (MS SQL Server, Windows Server, and Azure Cloud environments).
• Scripting & Automation: 7+ years of experience writing scripts with PowerShell and SSIS for database automation.
• Infrastructure Concepts: 7+ years of experience with storage systems, network architecture, and cloud infrastructure (specifically Azure).
• Power Platform: 7+ years of experience with PowerApps, Power BI Services, and Power Automate.
• DevOps & Integration: 7+ years of familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps processes, and .NET applications.
• Troubleshooting: Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot critical production incidents effectively under pressure.
• Certifications: Valid certifications in relevant database technologies (e.g., Azure Database Administrator, Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate, or Microsoft SQL Server).

Additional Details

Local Requirement: Candidates must be local to the Metro Atlanta area and available to work in a hybrid capacity, reporting on-site as directed.

Work Schedule: Standard 5-day, 40-hour work week (8 hours/day).

System Support: Requires availability to provide 24/7 support for mission-critical systems as needed.