LPL Financial · 1 day ago
Sr. SQL Server Database Administrator
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$99K/yr - $165K/yr
5+ years expLPL Financial is a leading wealth management firm that empowers professionals to shape their success while helping clients pursue their financial goals. The Sr. Database Administrator will be responsible for the installation, configuration, maintenance, and performance of critical database systems to ensure high availability and consistent performance of corporate applications.
FinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Responsible for design, installation, configuration, security and maintenance of highly available enterprise database systems
Troubleshoot and resolve database incident tickets
Monitor backup jobs on all enterprise databases and perform routine disaster recovery scenarios
Participate in on-call after-hours support rotation, responding to support calls after-hours/weekends/holidays
Establish and maintain database policies and standards
Generate database schema definitions and modifications as required
Plan and coordinate data refreshes from one environment to another
Monitor database system details within the database, including stored procedures and execution time, and implement efficiency improvements
Monitor, optimize and allocate physical data storage for database systems
Develop, implement, and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications to databases
Create, or support creation of, required reports in response to business user needs
Perform database transaction and security audits
Follow and maintain in-house documentation for repeatable processes, including database feature installation, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution
Establish appropriate end-user database access control levels
Develop routines for end users to facilitate best practices database use
Follow ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) practices for Change Management
Qualification
Required
5+ years direct experience managing and supporting Microsoft SQL Server version (2000-2022). Experience in installation and configuration of SQL Server in Virtualized Environments
5+ years knowledge and experience in Database Performance, Tuning and Optimization (PTO) Excellent knowledge in system views and system stored procedures using T-SQL
5+ years hands on experience with database security, auditing, backup/restore, DR and high availability
5+ years experience with data partitioning, indexing best practices, resource governor, extended events. Experience with DTS and SSIS Packages
5+ years knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws. Knowledge of Incident/Problem Management and is familiar with ITIL processes in a critical production environment
Preferred
Experience in PowerShell a plus
Experience in Solarwinds Monitoring and DPA (Ignite) a plus
Experience in financial services is a plus
Benefits
401K matching
Health benefits
Employee stock options
Paid time off
Volunteer time off
And more
Company
LPL Financial
LPL Financial provides investment solutions and tools for independent financial advisors.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.5B2025-03-31Post Ipo Equity· $1.5B
2024-06-03Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2010-11-18IPO
Leadership Team
Rich Steinmeier
Interim CEO
Sid Vyas
Chief Technology Officer/EVP
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