Imagine Staffing Technology Database Administrator IV in Buffalo, NY | 1305323670

Verified Pay check_circle	$70 per hour
Hours	Full-time
Location	Buffalo, New York

Job Description

Job Title: Database Administrator IV

Location: Onsite in Buffalo, NY required

Hire Type: Contingent / W2 only

Pay Range: $70/HR (DOE)

Schedule: Full-time / Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm

Type: Hybrid Schedule (1 Day WFH, 4 Days Onsite)

Recruiter Contact: Amanda Neudeck | aneudeck@imaginestaffing.net

Nature & Scope:

Positional Overview

The Imagine Group is recruiting for a Database Administrator IV on behalf of our client, a leading financial organization in Buffalo, NY. This role supports a large-scale cloud modernization initiative focused on enhancing and migrating enterprise applications to modern cloud technologies. This resource will contribute to the design, development, and implementation of full-stack solutions while collaborating with engineers, product partners, and Agile team members to deliver scalable, high-quality applications.

In this role, you will be responsible for providing expert solutioning with Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). Serve as Architect on new complex projects. Provides short and long-term strategic direction for internal application owners in alignment with department goals and their clients. Assists in managing client relations and expectations by serving as trusted advisor in setting customer expectations on application capabilities or application enhancements for assigned application(s) companywide. Serves as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for RDBMS related enterprise-wide initiatives, complex discretionary projects, compliance/regulatory requirements and system changes due to contractual agreements or system maintenance, and as knowledge resources and mentor for less experienced staff. Works with internal application owners in defining optimum functional approaches to achieve efficient and effective RDBMS solutions to their application needs and improve the company’s Technology Portfolio and Database Development.

Role & Responsibility:

Tasks That Will Lead to Your Success

Consult with internal application owners in analysis of short and long-range business requirements and recommend RDBMS changes that anticipate future business requirements.
Build positive client relationships by addressing client needs in a manner that safeguards their business and customers, with minimal complexity, risks and costs.
Build rapport within the organization, vendors and professional organizations to enhance the reputation of the team and Technology.
Responsible for vendor/product analysis and recommendations.
Translate business requirements to assist staff in preparing detailed functional specifications for database enhancements.
Recommend RDBMS designs related to discretionary enhancement requests, business-as-usual process/efficiency efforts or production problem solutions based on business requirements and technology requirements.
Identify issues and concerns from a design perspective to ensure they are considered and addressed up-front.
Maintain a strong current understanding of the business environment supported to provide expert guidance for technical, business and operational impacts associated with a project or production problem.
Provide guidance and training to less experienced personnel to contribute to their development.
Manage, oversee and/or review execution of complex project plans to understand tasks and dependencies and mitigation of issues.
Focus on project execution and production support related to supporting applications.
Work with internal and external application Technology stakeholders to review status of initiatives, compliance/regulatory changes, planned or potential vendor changes and contractual and/or system maintenance changes.
Serve as SME to Application Database Services team in RDBMS functionality and testing efforts of RDBMS changes, inclusive of reviewing business requirements, functional specifications and preparing and executing testing to support employee development.
Assist in coordinating completion of integrated testing efforts to ensure any issues or problems are identified in the test environment.
Recommend RDBMS designs based on business requirements to support internal and external customer needs.
Ensure identification and resolution of issues and concerns related to discretionary enhancement requests, application reliability changes and/or production problem resolution to proactively minimize any negative impact to owners of assigned applications and their users, customers and clients.
Recommend new RDBMS technology and related policies or processes to enhance applications and ensure technical support provided clients is efficient and effective to meet internal and external customer needs.
Provide functional feedback to internal application owners and technology stakeholders on current or proposed vendor software, including how RDBMS software changes/enhancements supports predefined business needs.
Identify performance and effectiveness enhancement opportunities and recommend new policies and procedures that support improvement.
Maintain internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.

Skills & Experience

Qualifications That Will Help You Thrive

AS degree and 8 years RDBMS experience or combined 10 years higher education and/or work experience and 8 years RDBMS experience.
Prior experience working simultaneously on multiple projects of a complex nature.
Experience leading large system and RDBMS enhancements, conversions, and production problem resolution.
Experience leading problem-solving efforts and lead in issue resolution.
Mastery with RDBMS skills, tools and functions and familiarity.
Excellent organizational and time management and lateral thinking skills.
Experience working with others to independently connect disparate ideas into cohesive solutions.
Modern data designs kills (ex. Medallion Architecture)
Cloud Data solutions (ex. Azure, Snowflake)

Education and Experience Preferred:

Bachelors degree or higher.
3 years experience with banking applications, framework, business needs and RDBMS direction and framework.
Awareness of the company standards, business plan and strategic objectives with the ability to shape direction.
Proven mentoring and leadership capabilities in RDBMS project analysis, design, development, troubleshooting and tuning efforts.
Mastery level understanding of multiple RDBMS skills, tools and functions with advanced knowledge of operating systems.
Previous experience in banking RDBMS support.
CAPPM experience.

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