Senior Lead Database Developer

Role Overview: As a Senior Lead in Database Development at Northern Trust, you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of database management across production, UAT, and development environments. Your primary role will involve owning database availability, performance, capacity, security, backup, recovery, and lifecycle management. Additionally, you will be leading database architecture and engineering efforts, performance tuning, capacity management, data ingestion, ETL & automation, SQL engineering & reporting enablement, security, controls & regulatory readiness, operational leadership, and documentation & standards. Key Responsibilities: - Act as the primary DBA for all Data Protection databases, ensuring availability, performance, and security across different environments. - Design, build, and maintain enterprise-grade SQL Server databases, including on-premise and cloud solutions like Azure SQL Managed Instance. - Lead database strategy for new services, integrations, and platform migrations. - Proactively monitor and tune database performance, lead capacity planning, and forecasting. - Provide senior DBA oversight and support for ETL and ingestion pipelines, optimizing ingestion processes for high volume datasets. - Develop and govern complex SQL queries, views, and stored procedures for regulatory reporting, audit evidence, and executive dashboards. - Own database level security controls, ensuring compliance with audit, regulatory, and risk management expectations. - Lead response to major incidents, mentor team members on best practices, and contribute to operational documentation and capacity plans. Qualifications Required: - Experience in a senior-level role in database development. - Proficiency in designing, building, and maintaining SQL Server databases, including cloud solutions. - Strong expertise in performance tuning, capacity management, data ingestion, ETL processes, and SQL engineering. - Knowledge of database security controls, audit, regulatory requirements, and risk management. - Demonstrated leadership experience in incident response, mentoring, and documentation standards. (Note: Any additional details about the company were not present in the provided job description.) Role Overview: As a Senior Lead in Database Development at Northern Trust, you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of database management across production, UAT, and development environments. Your primary role will involve owning database availability, performance, capacity, security, backup, recovery, and lifecycle management. Additionally, you will be leading database architecture and engineering efforts, performance tuning, capacity management, data ingestion, ETL & automation, SQL engineering & reporting enablement, security, controls & regulatory readiness, operational leadership, and documentation & standards. Key Responsibilities: - Act as the primary DBA for all Data Protection databases, ensuring availability, performance, and security across different environments. - Design, build, and maintain enterprise-grade SQL Server databases, including on-premise and cloud solutions like Azure SQL Managed Instance. - Lead database strategy for new services, integrations, and platform migrations. - Proactively monitor and tune database performance, lead capacity planning, and forecasting. - Provide senior DBA oversight and support for ETL and ingestion pipelines, optimizing ingestion processes for high volume datasets. - Develop and govern complex SQL queries, views, and stored procedures for regulatory reporting, audit evidence, and executive dashboards. - Own database level security controls, ensuring compliance with audit, regulatory, and risk management expectations. - Lead response to major incidents, mentor team members on best practices, and contribute to operational documentation and capacity plans. Qualifications Required: - Experience in a senior-level role in database development. - Proficiency in designing, building, and maintaining SQL Server databases, including cloud solutions. - Strong expertise in performance tuning, capacity management, data ingestion, ETL processes, and SQL engineering. - Knowledge of database security controls, audit, regulatory requirements, and risk management. - Demonstrated leadership experience in incident response, mentoring, and documentation standards. (Note: Any additional details about the company were not present in the provided job description.)