Description
We are seeking a Full-stack Software Engineer (SQL Server DBA) to join our team at Capital One. As a Full-stack Engineer 4 (SQL Server DBA), you will serve as a domain expert and advisor on database architecture, infrastructure design, security posture, and overall data management strategy.
Responsibilities:
- Establish, document, and enforce database operational best practices, change control standards, and process improvements across the DBA team.
- Act as the escalation point for high-severity database incidents, architectural risks, and security vulnerabilities, driving swift resolution and root-cause analysis.
- Upskill and mentor junior and mid-level DBAs to cultivate technical expertise and foster a culture of continuous learning.
- Ensure strict adherence to enterprise risk management, SOX, and PCI compliance requirements and change management frameworks.
- Architect and tune large-scale, mission-critical OLTP database environments to maintain high throughput and low latency.
- Design, deploy, and maintain robust high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions utilizing Always-On Availability Groups, Replication, and continuous recovery strategies.
- Lead end-to-end planning and execution for large-scale database patching, version upgrades, backups, restores, and decommissioning strategies.
- Collaborate with digital product managers, and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment.
- Utilize programming languages like Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, JavaScript and TypeScript, Open Source RDBMS and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of AWS tools and services.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering).
- At least 4 years of experience in software engineering.
- At least 2 years of experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Experience with SQL Server database administration, high-volume performance tuning, and database architecture.
- Experience configuring and maintaining SQL Server Always-On Availability Groups and transactional replication.
- Experience with database security, audit readiness, and compliance frameworks (SOX, PCI).
- Experience with enterprise monitoring, alerting, and automated database management platforms.
- 7+ years of experience coding with more than two of the following: Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, Scala.
- 3+ years of experience with database and database management systems.
- 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or cloud-based productivity tools or virtualization technologies.
- 4+ years of experience contributing to open source frameworks.
- 3+ years of experience with front-end JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks.
- 4+ years of experience creating synchronous and asynchronous APIs.
- 3+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated testing frameworks.
- 3+ years of experience using Git-based version-control systems (e.g., Git, GitHub, Bitbucket).
- 3+ years of experience troubleshooting technical issues within cloud environments.
The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are $179,400 - $204,700 for Full-stack Engineer 4, depending on the location.