Lead Database Administration

Job Description:

Who We Are

Saks is a world-renowned luxury ecommerce destination. The company’s unique approach combines a focus on the
digital customer experience with a strong connection to a network of extraordinary stores which extend that seamless
experience into the real world.
On its website and app, Saks offers an unparalleled selection of curated merchandise across fashion for women and men,
beauty, jewelry, home décor and more. In addition to the shopping experience, customers come to Saks for inspiring
editorial content, access to digital stylists, lifestyle experiences and other world-class services. The company is currently
in the midst of a dramatic expansion, driven by significant enhancements to its platforms and offerings, with the goal of
becoming the pre-eminent destination for luxury, globally.

Role Summary

As a Lead Database Administrator, you will work with other members of our DBA teams to develop and track key
database measures and metrics. Your focus will be on evaluating runtime systems, building monitoring and incident
response capabilities, and automating monitoring and automatic feedback systems for our development, staging, and
production systems

Key Qualifications

● 9+ years of experience in a DBA role supporting 24/7 environment with on call duties as per team rotation.
● DBA will be responsible for supporting other database types (Postgres, DB2, aurora) in Saks environments.
● Demonstrated ability to mentor junior team members and develop internal experience in DBA best practices
● Experience with database migration from data center to Azure / AWS RDS. Managing Databases as IaaS, PaaS.
● Exposer to Azure VMs and /Azure SQL MI
● Experience with Automation of routine tasks and setup monitoring. Shell scripting, Powershell, PL/SQL for
automation.
● Strongly desired: experience in the retail or fashion industries
● Appreciated: interest and curiosity for working in a variety of languages and frameworks with flexibility towards
team and organizational adoption

Role Description

● Assist with issues relating to system performance: Diagnosis of SQL problems, Application Support and SQL
Support
● Assist with the design and maintenance of systems, policies, and procedures for disaster recovery to ensure
effective availability, protection, confidentiality of data, and integrity of data assets.
● Be a consultant in the review, planning, testing, and execution of business applications and database upgrades
● Develop and track key database measures and metric
● Good understanding of data models and assisting the application team providing recommendations for schema
designs
o Demonstrate extensive hands-on experience with SQL Server & Oracle with a particular emphasis on
performance and tuning.  Skills  include, but are not limited to:  Installations, migrations/upgrades,
configuration, tuning and performance analysis, backup/restore/failover

● Ability to plan, scope and estimate work effort to produce high quality deliverables on time/on budget for Database
project work
● Good understanding of Failover clustering and  Log shipping
● Use quantitative and modeling techniques to forecast database capacity and growth trends
● On call duties per team rotation.
● Conduct research and make recommendations on database products, services, protocols, and standards in
support of development efforts. 
● Develop key automation, monitoring and performance tuning software

● Review and tune data access calls and stored procedures to ensure both individual database performance and
overall system performance
● Provide technical leadership in the design, implementation and management of our database environments

Your Life and Career at Saks

● Exposure to rewarding career advancement opportunities
● A culture that promotes a healthy, fulfilling work/life balance
● Benefits package for all eligible full-time employees (including medical, vision and dental).
● An amazing employee discount

Thank you for your interest in Saks. We look forward to reviewing your application.

Saks provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Saks complies with applicable state and local laws governing
nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment,
including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Saks welcomes all applicants for this position. Should you be individually selected to participate in an assessment or selection process, accommodations

are available upon request in relation to the materials or processes to be used.