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The Role
The Senior Database Engineer ensures the high availability, performance, and resilience of mission-critical database environments, primarily focusing on SQL Server while also supporting Oracle and PostgreSQL. Responsibilities include performance tuning, disaster recovery planning, and collaboration with multiple teams.
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About the Role:
We're looking for a Senior Database Engineer (DBA) to join a global, follow-the-sun team supporting mission-critical database platforms. This role plays a key part in ensuring the availability, performance, and resilience of our database environment supporting clearing operations.
You'll work across a diverse technology stack including SQL Server, Oracle (including Exadata), and PostgreSQL, within a primarily on-premises infrastructure. While SQL Server is the core focus for this US-based role, we welcome expertise across any of these platforms, as our global team collaborates closely across regions (Chicago, Europe, and APAC).
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team, influence operational maturity (including Kanban-based workflows), and contribute to a highly available, performance-driven environment.
This position is based in our Chicago office and requires a min of 3 days per week onsite in office.
Job Responsibilities:
Basic Qualifications:
Core Experience
SQL Server Expertise (Primary Focus)
Oracle (Nice to Have)
PostgreSQL (Nice to Have)
Preferred Qualifications:
Below is the expected base salary for this position. Offers will ultimately be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and performance in the interview process. This position will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus.
Annual base salary, not including discretionary bonus eligibility: $110,000 +
About the Role:
We're looking for a Senior Database Engineer (DBA) to join a global, follow-the-sun team supporting mission-critical database platforms. This role plays a key part in ensuring the availability, performance, and resilience of our database environment supporting clearing operations.
You'll work across a diverse technology stack including SQL Server, Oracle (including Exadata), and PostgreSQL, within a primarily on-premises infrastructure. While SQL Server is the core focus for this US-based role, we welcome expertise across any of these platforms, as our global team collaborates closely across regions (Chicago, Europe, and APAC).
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team, influence operational maturity (including Kanban-based workflows), and contribute to a highly available, performance-driven environment.
This position is based in our Chicago office and requires a min of 3 days per week onsite in office.
Job Responsibilities:
- Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of production and non-production database environments
- Manage production, development, and disaster recovery systems
- Monitor database performance proactively and implement improvements to minimize downtime
- Perform capacity planning and trend analysis to support future growth
- Lead and support database upgrades, enhancements, and maintenance activities
- Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and business teams to deliver scalable solutions
- Troubleshoot incidents and act as an escalation point, including interaction with third-party vendors
- Develop and maintain automation for monitoring, alerting, and routine maintenance
- Design, test, and execute High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies and runbooks
- Contribute to global infrastructure initiatives and ongoing modernization efforts
- Support a rotating on-call schedule and participate in cross-region handoffs
Basic Qualifications:
Core Experience
- 8+ years of hands-on DBA experience in enterprise environments
- Strong background supporting mission-critical, high-availability systems
- Experience working in on-premises infrastructure environments
- Ability to participate in an on-call rotation
SQL Server Expertise (Primary Focus)
- Installation, patching, and administration
- Advanced performance tuning and query optimization
- Backup/recovery strategies and disaster recovery planning
- Hands-on experience with:
- Always On Availability Groups
- Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC)
- Log shipping and replication strategies
- Strong T-SQL development (stored procedures, functions, triggers, CTEs)
- Experience with data compression, encryption (TDE), and migrations
Oracle (Nice to Have)
- Experience with Exadata and/or Oracle Database Appliance (ODA)
- OEM administration, patching, and upgrades
- Performance tuning and migration experience
- Familiarity with scripting (bash, awk, sed, PowerShell)
- Understanding of OS-level troubleshooting and networking basics
PostgreSQL (Nice to Have)
- Experience with logical and physical replication across environments
- Strong installation, patching, upgrade, and automation experience
- Performance tuning and troubleshooting expertise
- Backup and recovery using tools such as pgBackRest or Commvault
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in financial services or regulated environments
- Familiarity with tools like Jira and ServiceNow
- Exposure to global, distributed teams and follow-the-sun support models
Below is the expected base salary for this position. Offers will ultimately be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and performance in the interview process. This position will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus.
Annual base salary, not including discretionary bonus eligibility: $110,000 +
Skills Required
- 8+ years of hands-on DBA experience in enterprise environments
- Strong background supporting mission-critical, high-availability systems
- Experience working in on-premises infrastructure environments
- Ability to participate in an on-call rotation
- Advanced performance tuning and query optimization for SQL Server
- Installation, patching, and administration of SQL Server
- Backup/recovery strategies and disaster recovery planning for SQL Server
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ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Published materials list multiple medical plan options via BCBS-IL, plus dental, vision, an Employee Assistance Program, and complimentary One Medical membership. Wellness subsidies and health resources add depth to the healthcare offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Employer descriptions highlight generous paid time off, sick time, market-based holidays, volunteer time, parental/bonding leave, and sabbaticals. Hybrid schedules with a home-office stipend support time-off usability and flexibility.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer contributions is confirmed in company filings, indicating active retirement support for eligible U.S. employees. Career pages and listings present the 401(k) match as a core element of the package, pending role and location eligibility.
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The Company
What We Do
ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC (AAC-USA) is a subsidiary of ABN AMRO Clearing Bank N.V. We are a global clearing firm that provides an integrated suite of financial services to professional trading participants in the global financial market. The core service offering consists of clearing, execution, stock borrowing and lending, settlement. AAC-USA has a Global Reach through direct and indirect clearing memberships to over 90 of the world’s leading exchanges. Our international network provides comprehensive market access to exchange-listed instruments such as stocks, futures, and options. ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC-Member FINRA, NFA, FIA and SIPC.
Why Work With Us
AAC-USA offers an unparalleled opportunity to work at an international level. We offer a diverse and inclusive environment that empowers people to make a real difference. For our clients as well as for themselves. We are dedicated to invest in the development of our employees, both professionally and personally.
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ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
AAC-USA allows employees to work a flexible hybrid work schedule, generally a minimum of three days per week onsite, unless business dictates otherwise.
Typical time on-site:
3 days a week
Chicago, IL
175 W Jackson is a well-maintained architectural masterpiece and a part of Chicago history. We are conveniently located in the Chicago Loop Financial District – close to both CTA and Metra and steps away from Millennium Park, State Street and the West Loop.
