About the role

Senior Database Administrator at Kohl's, driving database product development, collaborating across teams, and leading technical aspects of database lifecycle.

Responsibilities

Drive the development, design, testing, deployment and iterative improvement of database capabilities, features and APIs
Collaborate with designers, product managers, end-users and other engineers on the database team
Develop and integrate high-quality database products that are secure, simple to use, easy to operate and fully integrated
Manage all technical aspects related to the database product lifecycle, including code, infrastructure, data, security, CICD and documentation
Establish and evangelize database engineering and software development standards
Mentor and assist engineers, driving new ways of improving and simplifying the platform user experience for development teams
Implement software engineering practices using tools that are both cloud-based and on-premises
Responsible for all the database product lifecycle technical aspects, including code, infrastructure, data, security, CICD, and documentation

5+ years of experience in software or infrastructure platform development
Ability to turn complex, distributed systems into highly available, fully integrated and easy-to-use products
Experience in development, infrastructure systems, infrastructure operations and infrastructure security
Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies or techniques quickly
Experience working with major cloud platforms (GCP and/or AWS), including an understanding of cloud-native database services
Oracle Certified Professional or equivalent certifications in database technologies
In-depth experience with deploying, configuring, migrating, and supporting common stateful distributed systems, messaging, or database technologies such as Oracle, MSSQL, and MySQL
In-depth knowledge and experience with continuous integration, continuous deployment, and test-driven development practices
Advanced knowledge and experience working with infrastructure as code (IaC) and GitOps methodologies