Database Engineer

Location:2727 N Central Ave, Phoenix, Arizona 85004 United States of America

Database Administrator (DBA)

Join Our Innovative Team as a Database Administrator

Are you passionate about data management and optimization? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where your technical expertise can shape cutting-edge data solutions? If so, we invite you to be part of our team as a Database Administrator (DBA).

Why You’ll Love Working With Us:

Cutting-Edge Projects: Be at the forefront of developing and optimizing data solutions that drive impactful decision-making.

Collaborative Environment: Work alongside talented professionals who value teamwork and innovation.

Career Growth: Opportunities to lead projects, mentor junior team members, and contribute to our technical roadmap.

Responsibilities:

As a DBA, you’ll play a crucial role in managing our databases and ensuring data integrity. Here’s what you’ll be doing:

Architect and Build: Fully design and build databases based on business requirements, collaborating with programming staff for design changes and innovation.

Performance Optimization: Manage and interface with multiple databases across distributed environments, conducting performance tuning and optimization.

Troubleshooting: Monitor and maintain database systems, proactively troubleshooting any issues that may arise.

Efficient Design: Collaborate with development teams to design efficient database structures.

Data Integrity: Ensure data integrity and accuracy through regular maintenance tasks.

Stay Current: Stay current with industry best practices and emerging trends in database management systems and approaches.

Security Management: Maintain data integrity and security, managing roles and permissions of database users.

Performance Enhancement: Use profiling tools to identify and resolve performance issues, deadlocks, and contention.

Backup and Recovery: Develop strategies and implement backups, restoration, and replication solutions.

Housekeeping: Proactively perform housekeeping, archiving, and shrinking of databases.

Environment Management: Manage production, QA, and development database environments.

Documentation: Create detailed documentation, including diagrams of database infrastructure where needed.

Business Understanding: Understand relevant business processes, data flow, criticality, and dependencies.

Effective Communication: Coordinate and communicate effectively with internal teams and clients.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or master’s in computer science or equivalent education and experience.

5+ years of hands-on experience in database administration, including SQL and data management systems proficiency.

Familiarity with clustering, ETL pipelines, data modeling, and cloud-based databases (e.g., Azure SQL).

Strong problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and practical communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with SQL in multiple data centers.

Experience running SQL in Azure.

Familiarity with Grafana.

Preferred certifications: SQL MCSA.

Experience with non-relational database management systems including Elasticsearch and Redis.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now and be part of our data-driven journey!

U-Haul Holding Company, and its family of companies including U-Haul International, Inc. (“U-Haul”), continually strives to create a culture of health and wellness. Consistent with applicable state law, U-Haul will not hire or re-hire individuals who use nicotine products. The states in which U-Haul will decline to hire nicotine users are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington. U-Haul has observed this hiring practice since February 1, 2020 as part of our commitment to a healthy work environment for our team.

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