Cloud Database Administrator

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Responsibilities:

• Script database creation, configuration, and integrations with other Azure services.
• Administer, tune and optimize SQL and NoSQL databases on Azure to ensure high performance and availability.
• Setup backups, restore procedures and implement disaster recovery plans to minimize downtime and data loss.
• Monitor database performance and troubleshoot issues as they arise, ensuring timely resolution.
• Implement automated failover mechanisms to ensure continuous availability of our database services.
• Implement cost saving strategies and optimizations to minimize expenses associated with database infrastructure.
• Manage all aspects of database security and adhere to NT’s data protection and data privacy guidelines.
• Demonstrate proficiency in defining and automating database administration functions.
• Work closely with developers to optimize database schemas, queries and indexes for improved performance.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of experience as a database administrator with at least 5 years experience administering databases on Azure.

Preferred Skills:

• Extensive experience with data services on Microsoft Azure cloud platform including databases, Databricks and Synapse.
• Expertise in setting up Data Replication, Sharding, Database Security, Encryption, Compression and Data Masking/Redaction for SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Proficient in database sizing and migration.
• Experience architecting highly available solutions and disaster recovery.
• Ability to evaluate, prototype and recommend emerging cloud data technologies and services.
• Understanding of the SCRUM agile process.
• Financial Services domain knowledge.

Certifications (Preferred):

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.

We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.