Senior SQL Server DBA Cit
Livingston, NJ

Job Description

Overview

Founded in 1908, CIT (NYSE: CIT) is a financial holding company with approximately $50 billion in assets as of Dec. 31, 2017. Its principal bank subsidiary, CIT Bank, N.A., (Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender) has approximately $30 billion of deposits and more than $40 billion of assets. CIT provides financing, leasing, and advisory services principally to middle-market companies and small businesses across a wide variety of industries. It also offers products and services to consumers through its Internet bank franchise and a network of retail branches in Southern California, operating as OneWest Bank, a division of CIT Bank, N.A. For more information, visit cit.com.

Responsibilities

We are seeking a Senior SQL Server database administrator/engineer (15+ years of experience). Candidates must be self-motivated and possess strong analytical and communication skills. The role requires off-hours and weekend availability when on-call.

Candidates will be expected to:

Continually investigate methods to improve system reliability and performance. Provide input on capacity planning, high availability solutions and upgrade strategies. Provide support and guidance to application groups with SQL tuning, data modeling and physical database design. Enforce and document database policies, procedures and standards. Perform and fully document the results of TPC benchmark performance tests of new database versions. Demonstrate technical leadership and mentor junior DBAs.

Qualifications

15+ years Production SQL Server DBA experience15+ years providing production DB support. Experience supporting large scale databases on VMware.Independently analyze, solve, and correct issues in real time, providing problem resolution end-to-end. Sound knowledge of Windows and SQL Utilities.Excellent oral and written communication skills required. Proficiency with SQL Server 2012/2014/2017Experience in performing database upgrades for SQL Server databasesProficiency with SQL Server backup and recovery techniques.Ability to develop key performance metrics.Experience in automating DB tasks using PowerShell.Multi-tasking and Time ManagementUnderstanding of and experience with Change and Incident Management processes