Database Architect

About

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose Is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way. We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years! FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused. We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates, recommends, and documents database solutions that provide performance, high availability, and flexibility for the organization.
• Creates and maintains best practice and use case documentation for all databases used by the organization.
• Maintains relationships with vendors that provide database related software and services to the organization.
• Provides technical assistance and support to both internal and external users of the corporation's databases.
• Evaluates emerging technology trends, competitive products, and business need to set direction and roadmap for future growth or buy-vs-build inflection points.
• Mentors DBA team and technical team leads in achieving business objectives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field and seven years of experience as a Database Administrator with three or more of the following database management systems in a lead technical role: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL, Snowflake or MongoDB.
• Will accept any suitable combination of education, training, and experience.
• Position requires experience developing automated processes in support of routine database maintenance activities in a Microsoft Windows Server or Unix operating system environment; proficiency with backup and recovery software products and concepts; experience with high availability solutions for database systems experience with Cloud database technologies; familiarity with ETL/ELT technologies; ability to work autonomously and with multiple teams when necessary to triage database system performance issues.
• Ability to provide guidance to other teams on best practices and efficiency improvements; strong written, verbal, organization, and communication skills; and the ability to think outside the box

Benefits

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture. FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!