nCino offers exciting career opportunities for individuals who want to join the worldwide leader in cloud banking. The Senior Database Administrator is a seasoned professional responsible for the administration, management, and maintenance of existing AWS Aurora Databases. Serving as the primary point of contact for all database-related concerns, they ensure optimized and reliable database operations by diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving performance issues. This role involves leading disaster recovery initiatives to ensure data integrity, availability, and safety across both databases and applications. Additionally, the Senior Database Administrator collaborates with the DevOps team to streamline Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, automate routine tasks using TypeScript and Bash, and continuously assesses and integrates relevant AWS tools and services to enhance overall database and application performance. This role plays a pivotal role in developing, promoting, and enforcing operational best practices across databases and DevOps operations. Responsibilities: Administer, manage, and maintain existing AWS Aurora Databases. Serve as the primary point of contact for all database-related concerns, ensuring optimized and reliable database operations. Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve database performance issues, recommending server configuration adjustments, index/query optimizations, and other relevant changes. Lead disaster recovery initiatives, ensuring data integrity, availability, and safety across both databases and applications. Collaborate with the DevOps team to streamline CI/CD pipelines, automate routine tasks Use TypeScript and Bash or similar shell scripting for relevant scripts and automation tasks. Continuously assess and integrate relevant AWS tools and services to enhance database and application performance. Develop, promote, and enforce operational best practices across databases and DevOps operations. Qualifications: Required:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 5+ years of experience or a combination of experience and education. Ability to independently manage and optimize databases. In-depth knowledge of SQL and database management. Proficient in TypeScript for scripting and automation purposes. Full proficiency in Bash or similar shell scripting for task automation. Desired:Experience collaborating with a diverse team of developers. Familiarity with a wide range of AWS services. AWS Certified Database – Specialty or demonstrable expertise in various AWS tools and services. Solid understanding of infrastructure as code and best practices for automation. Experience with Redis. Prior experience in the banking or finance sector is a bonus. If you thrive in a high-energy, entrepreneurial environment, we invite you to share your passion, ideas and excitement at nCino. nCino provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability, genetics or other protected groups. In addition to federal law requirements, nCino complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.nCino is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, nCino will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us at recruiting@ncino.com. Our commitment to inclusion and equality includes a strong belief that the diversity of our team is instrumental to our success. We strive to create workplaces where employees are empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.
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