7 days ago
Responsibilities
- Review and approve pull requests for database changes and ensure database code meets quality, standards, and deployment requirements.
- Package DDL, stored procedures, functions, and CLR/assembly changes into deployable artifacts using DACPAC, SLN, and manifest files.
- Build, manage, and maintain database CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions/Workflows.
- Coordinate database deployments alongside production application code releases and apply GitOps branching, pull request, and version-control practices.
- Develop and optimize SQL and T-SQL scripts, stored procedures, functions, and other database objects.
- Provide primary database support for lower and lab environments and troubleshoot deployment and database issues.
- Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot SQL Server Transactional and Merge Replication environments.
- Support AlwaysOn Availability Groups and other high-availability solutions.
- Perform database backup, restore, disaster recovery, routine maintenance, root cause analysis, and performance troubleshooting.
- Monitor database environments using SolarWinds DPA or equivalent tools.
- Provision, configure, maintain, and support AWS RDS for MySQL and Amazon Aurora MySQL-compatible environments.
- Troubleshoot SQL Server Integration Services packages and ETL workflows.
- Partner with architects and developers to establish database deployment standards across SQL Server and Amazon Aurora RDS.
- Develop automation scripts and operational tooling primarily in Python, with PowerShell as needed.
- Contribute to Agile ceremonies and continuous improvement of database deployment and operational practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of professional experience in database engineering or administration with strong DevOps and CI/CD exposure.
- Advanced SQL and T-SQL programming knowledge.
- Strong understanding of DevOps and GitOps principles for database change management.
- Experience reviewing and approving database pull requests and deploying DDL, stored procedures, and functions.
- Working knowledge of DACPAC, SLN, and manifest files for database release packaging; CLR/Assembly deployment is a plus.
- Hands-on experience building and managing pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions/Workflows.
- Strong experience with Git branching, merging, pull requests, and code review workflows.
- Experience with Redgate SQL Compare or similar schema comparison tools; Flyway or Liquibase familiarity is a plus.
- Mandatory experience with SQL Server Transactional Replication and Merge Replication.
- Hands-on expertise troubleshooting AlwaysOn Availability Groups and other high-availability solutions.
- Experience with backup, restore, disaster recovery, root cause analysis, and database performance troubleshooting.
- Mandatory experience with AWS RDS and Amazon Aurora MySQL.
- Experience supporting SSIS packages and ETL processes.
- Strong scripting and automation experience with Python; PowerShell is a plus.
- Familiarity with SolarWinds DPA or similar monitoring platforms.
- Cloud platform knowledge such as Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure is advantageous.
- Infrastructure-as-Code and provisioning experience with AWS CloudFormation or Spacelift is advantageous.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience in Agile environments.
Benefits
- NiCE-FLEX hybrid work model with two days in the office and three days working remotely each week.
- Opportunity to own database CI/CD pipelines and shape database release practices.
- Exposure to SQL Server, AWS RDS, Amazon Aurora, replication, high availability, CI/CD, and release engineering.
- Collaboration with global engineering, architecture, R&D, and development teams.
- Career growth opportunities toward Senior, Lead, and Principal-level roles.
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About NICE
NiCE is transforming the world with AI that puts people first. Our purpose-built AI-powered platforms automate engagements into proactive, safe, intelligent actions, empowering individuals and organizations to innovate and act, from interaction to resolution. Trusted by organizations throughout 150+ countries worldwide, NiCE’s platforms are widely adopted across industries connecting people, systems, and workflows to work smarter at scale, elevating performance across the organization, delivering proven measurable outcomes.