Senior Database Engineer

Role Description

Will contribute to the development and certification of Azure DB and Managed Instance of State Street's Charles River Investment Management Solution (CRIMS) and enhancement and maintenance of CRIMS schema and database infrastructure as a technical leader on the DBA team. The Senior Database Engineer will provide engineering troubleshooting assistance to customer support teams and other development teams within Charles River.

• Work independently to analyze, design, develop, test, and debug large and complex software enhancements and solutions within Charles River’s business and technical problem domains.
• Design, prototype, and implement migration of existing on-premise database solutions to Azure cloud.
• Collaborate with peers across scrum teams to design and deliver features conforming to RDBMS best practices.
• Provide thought leadership on database technologies and data modeling.
• Design, implement, and maintain RDBMS infrastructure for the support of all teams within the R&D group.
• Design, implement (or acquire), and maintain tooling used by CRD’s R&D group and customers to maintain the Charles River IMS schema.
• Lead efforts focused on analysis and tuning of RDBMS performance.
• Develop, test, debug, and implement software programs, applications, and projects using Transact-SQL, PL/SQL, SQL, and C#.
• Write unit and automation tests to ensure a high-quality end product.
• Conduct manual tests to ensure a high-quality end product.
• Provide expert level troubleshooting on large, mission-critical client implementations.
• Be available outside of normal office hours to troubleshoot and resolve critical RDMBS issues.
• Assist team leaders in the agile software development process by adhering to and advancing the CRD scrum methodology.
• Plan and coordinate cross-team activities to complete assignments.
• Manage large DBA projects, plan schedules, and meet deadlines.
• Provide expert guidance and critical analysis of proposed changes during code reviews.
• Advise senior management on technical strategy.
• Provide mentoring to technical staff of all levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field.
• 5 years of progressively responsible professional software engineering experience with enterprise applications backed with relational databases.
• 3 years of experience on Azure DB and/or Managed Instance.
• 3 years working with an Agile development methodology.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience with performance optimization of database solutions.
• Strong knowledge of database development and tuning concepts and tools.
• Demonstrated authoritative experience with relational databases (RDBMS), hardware sizing and configuration, operating systems, scripting, and new/advanced database technologies.
• Demonstrated problem-solving abilities involving multi-tiered, high-performance database applications.
• Proven strong ability to design and develop software solutions to business and technical problems of high complexity.
• Demonstrated outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to work constructively with peers in a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

• Retirement savings plan (401K) with company match.
• Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages.
• Paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program.
• Incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards.
• Eligibility for certain tax-advantaged savings plans.

Salary Range

$178,131 - $230,000 Annual. The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.