DBA Tech Lead (Hybrid - 3 Days in Office)

Position Overview:

The Enterprise Business Technology Office (BTO) at Freddie Mac enables business operational excellence through the flexible use of technology. The team supports the needs of the enterprise groups, including the chief administrative office, compliance, enterprise risk management, finance, human resources, diversity and outreach, internal audit and legal. In addition to championing and empowering business partners, Enterprise BTO takes steps to improve efficiency and effectiveness across the organization.

Our IT Development Tech Lead position is in the Development Factory Group, which sits in the Enterprise BTO. We are a fast-paced team that interacts with all areas of Freddie Mac’s business, provides solid experience and knowledge across the IT spectrum. Our team is made up of hardworking individuals who thrive in an exciting work environment and enjoy utilizing their problem-solving skills. The role will act as a Lead on database upgrade projects on different platforms, driving end to end implementation in all environments while simultaneously providing technical guidance to project execution team. The position will also ensure adherence to standards and procedures across all platforms and be ready to step outside of his/her comfort zone to troubleshoot software issues. This will role will ensure a high level of quality and accuracy in project delivery across all lines.

Sound interesting? Read on!

Our Impact:

The Development Factory helps provide efficient and rapid delivery for IT scope affecting applications across the enterprise. The Dev Factory model promotes a more collaborative and productive work environment by bringing development, testing and operations together. It is the combination of skills, process, practices, and tools that enhances our ability to deliver services at large scale with high velocity and reliability.

Your Impact:

Technical Leadership

• Lead database upgrade projects from analysis to implementation, owning and overseeing all activities involved for various RDBMS platforms (SAP ASE, Oracle, PostgreSQL, DB2, MSSQL Server, etc.)

• Be able to provide subject matter expertise in at least two of the above technologies.

• Drive technical decisions in collaboration with engineering teams, providing insights based on a deep understanding of the architecture and technologies involved.

• Lead performance troubleshooting and tuning tasks.

• Provide technical leadership and strategic direction for database transformation initiatives from one platform to another.

• Document standard operating procedures and platform level checklists for the team to follow and ensure compliance across the board.

• Mentor junior team members and provide direction wherever necessary.

• Identify areas for continuous improvement and automate tasks, wherever possible.

• Ability to multitask and provide DB SME support to a large group of developers and testers, sometimes in parallel.

• Provide troubleshooting support for application/database issues involving multiple technologies during development/testing and deployment phases and provide solutions.

• Work with TS counterparts and coordinate server/instance and database builds, database refreshes and security implementations.

• Employ extensive professional experience and creativity to resolve sophisticated technical problems

• Document lessons learned, help maintain knowledge database

Technology/Business Partnership

• Collaboratively work with all other IT Teams to identify “Win/Win” opportunities and improve efficiency

• Championing and influencing technology decisions with business partners, IT management and Team members on matters concerning multiple sophisticated projects which requires the ability to negotiate while maintaining effective relationships

• Champion current trends in the industry partnering with Engineering and Architecture Services

• Driving technical solutions in alignment with architectural roadmaps

• Engage with Engineering and other technology partners in the project inception phase to understand environment complexities and define remediation strategy and test strategy

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent

•  Typically has 8-10 years related experience

• Production / Application DBA with 10 - 15 years of experience in database administration.

• Proficient in multiple RDBMS platforms including SAP ASE (Sybase), Oracle, MSSQL Server, PostgreSQL and DB2.

• 10+ years of experience in database version upgrades and cross-platform migrations.

• Proficient in different replication technologies/high availability solutions for databases.

• Strong UNIX knowledge and proficiency in shell scripts.

• Working knowledge of PERL, Python and other similar scripting languages.

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

• Good understanding of hardware performance, memory and I/O.

• Experience with DBMS specific tools for query/explain plans, database advisors, query snapshots, ability to understand them and troubleshoot the problems.

• Experience in supporting application teams in development/testing environments.

• Strong understanding of database interfacing technologies such as ODBC, JDBC and DBMS Native clients.

• Experience / knowledge of middleware technologies such as WebLogic, WebMethods, Apache/Tomcat is a plus.

• Working knowledge of AWS and experience managing systems in the cloud is a plus.

Keys to Success in this Role

• Good interpersonal, relationship building and team working skills

• Proven ability to communicate optimally with various teams, both business and technical, to achieve goals.

• Ability to communicate clearly, efficiently, persuasively.

• Motivated to learn new technologies and identify process improvements and efficiencies.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you’ll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $138,000 - $206,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.