Principal I - Cloud Database Administrator

Principal I - Cloud Database AdministratorLocation:TX - Dallas/IrvingWhat you'll do:As a Principal Engineer I you'll provide SME expertise in your respective domain as well as adjacent domains to ensure solutions are safe, secure, compliant and reliable. You'll identify development and support needs as well as take on large and complex design responsibilities supporting project tasks. You'll also engage with project and business sponsors refining requirements and objectives of targeted solutions. As a Principal Engineer I, you also facilitate dialogue and activities, and work to ensure team collaboration including teams outside of your domain. You'll develop effective presentations and narratives for IT audiences. In this role, you'll also develop the technical skills of one more junior engineers.Build the solution design of efforts that can be handed off to lower level engineers for execution assuring reuse of platforms where possible.Review technical plans developed by lower level engineers and analysts to assure quality designs prevail which can support the volumetrics of our business partners objectives.Build comprehensive measurement dashboards that give performance insight into key applications of the bank which can feed operational results of our business partners.Work independently or sometimes with architecture team counterparts to lay out the final documentation required for proper ongoing reference of the given solution, including physical and logical layouts with cross reference to use case models while enforcing standards, as well as assisting in the modification or buildout of procedures that support areas of operations across IT.Deliver high-quality work on time and under budgetOversee the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of database systems on prem and in the Azure cloud.Lead the migration to the Cloud from old VM based SQL ServersMonitor and optimize the performance, availability, security, and scalability of the database systems and applications.Troubleshoot and resolve complex database issues, such as data integrity, concurrency, backup and recovery, replication, and migration.Establish and enforce database standards, policies, procedures, and best practices for the cloudCollaborate with other IT teams, such as developers, architects, and engineers, to ensure alignment and integration of database solutions with business requirements and objectives.Stay updated on the latest trends and technologies in database management and cloud computing.Review of Business Application scripts for efficiencyImplement automation where possibleWhat you'll need:10+ years of related experience.Bachelor's degree in related field required; Masters or MBA in related field preferred.Strong SQL DBA experience in migrating SQL Server databases to the Azure cloud platformSME in Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Data LakeAbility to trouble shoot issues end to endPrevious leadership experience preferred.Ability to analyze specifications and design documents.Ability to create standard operating procedures (SOPs/MOPs).In office 4x per week (hours in the office can be flexible if needed)Advanced to expert knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.Advanced to expert knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.Advanced to expert experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple projects simultaneously with an established expertise in one or more key domains of the bank (Deposits, Loans, Operations or Reporting)with the ability to walk through top level process design.Capable of working with regulatory partners like the CFPB, OCC and FRB through audits and collaboration efforts as situations arise.Adva