IT - Database Developer

Overview

On Site in Austin, TX. No Relocation Assistance provided.

* Support and evolve robust relational database environments (with a primary focus on a leading commercial database, alongside exposure to open-source and other commercial databases) through comprehensive maintenance, lifecycle management, migrations, upgrades, and automation.
* Tune and optimize database performance, availability, and reliability, including capacity planning, indexing strategies, and workload analysis.
* Collaborate on patching and change execution, which may involve scheduled after-hours and weekend maintenance.
* Troubleshoot production issues end-to-end, develop cleanup and maintenance scripts, and drive root-cause resolution to prevent recurrence.
* Support high availability and disaster recovery capabilities, ensuring failover readiness, robust recovery processes, and operational validation.
* Participate in a production support on-call rotation, including weekends as scheduled.
* Create and maintain clear technical documentation, operational runbooks, and best practices to support consistent operations and knowledge sharing.
* Mentor and guide junior and mid-level team members through coaching, pairing, and review of technical approaches.

**What You’ll Bring:**

To excel in this role and help us challenge the status quo, successful candidates should possess:

**Required Qualifications:**

* 12+ years of hands-on experience with a leading commercial relational database system, including advanced clustering, storage management, and data replication technologies.
* Willingness to work weekends and night shifts / US timing as needed.
* Hands-on experience across development and production database administration responsibilities, including upgrades, migrations, patching, backup/recovery, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
* Proficiency with enterprise database management and replication tools.
* Advanced SQL and procedural SQL skills, including performance tuning and optimization.
* Working knowledge of database security concepts (access controls, auditing, patching practices, and compliance-aligned operations).
* Scripting and automation experience (e.g., shell scripting, common scripting languages) to streamline operational and maintenance tasks.
* Experience supporting high-availability and recovery capabilities, including troubleshooting failover scenarios and disaster recovery support.
* Experience developing or supporting ETL/data movement processes for large data sets.
* Experience using a variety of collaboration and delivery tools.
* Exposure to DevOps practices and tools (e.g., source control, CI/CD platforms).
* Ability to write and maintain clear technical documentation and knowledge artifacts.
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

**Nice-to-Have Qualifications:**

* Administration experience with open-source relational database systems, including cloud-based deployments.
* Administration and performance tuning experience with other commercial relational database systems.
* Experience with additional database monitoring and diagnostic tools.
* Experience designing enterprise solutions for backup, monitoring, alerting, security compliance, and patching.
* Prior experience in the financial services industry.
* Relevant professional database certifications.
* Demonstrated experience mentoring others and contributing to team learning and shared standards.
* Process improvement experience using AI is a plus.

**About Aquent Talent:**

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.
Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. 
Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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