SQL Server DBA - mid level

Job Description

Purpose of Job

Job Requirements

About USAA

USAA knows what it means to serve. We facilitate the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. This singular mission requires a dedication to innovative thinking at every level.

In each of the past five years, we've been a top-40 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, and we've ranked among Victory Media's Top 10 Military Friendly® Employers 13 years straight. We embrace a robust veteran workforce and encourage veterans and veteran spouses to apply.

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• Identifies and manages existing and emerging risks that stem from business activities and the job role.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled.
• Follows written risk and compliance policies and procedures for business activities.
• Designs scalable infrastructure with minimal oversight, implements system change with consistency and autonomy, automates service delivery and maintenance tasks, and builds monitoring and tooling for systems.
• Resolves complex production issues with independence by troubleshooting complex systems independently
• Analyzes complex outages in order to identify opportunities
• Experiments with new patterns and technologies
• Understands and consistently exercises engineering best practices, concepts, and patterns
• Understands the customer and identifies solutions and ideas for the customer with some assistance
• Evaluates potential solutions with some oversight
• May begin mentoring junior engineers.

Minimum Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in related field of study,

OR

Certification from an approved technical field of study,

OR

4 additional years of related experience beyond the minimum required.

• 4+ years of infrastructure experience demonstrating depth of technical understanding within a specific discipline(s)/technology(s)

*Qualifications may warrant placement in a different job level*

When you apply for this position, you will be required to answer some initial questions. This will take approximately 5 minutes. Once you begin the questions you will not be able to finish them at a later time and you will not able to change your responses.

Preferred Experience:

• 3-5 years of experience as SQL Server Operational Database Administrator
• Working knowledge in Query optimization, performance tuning of database, stored procedures, etc.
• Working knowledge of High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) options for MS SQL Server
• Working knowledge of SQL Server in a virtualized environment
• Experience with implementing database security baselines.
• Automation with PowerShell and/or other languages

Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market position. The salary range for this position is: $88,200 - $158,900.

Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance or at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

Geographical Differential: Geographic pay differential is additional pay provided to eligible employees working in locations where market pay levels are above the national average.

Shift premium will be addressed on an individual basis for applicable roles that are consistently scheduled for non-core hours.

Benefits:

At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

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Relocation assistance is notavailable for this position.

For Internal Candidates:

Must complete 12 months in current position (from date of hire or date of placement), or must have manager’s approval prior to posting.

Last day for internal candidates to apply to the opening is 3/04/21 by 11:59 pm CST time.