DBA/Database Architect

Job Description:

 

The DBA/Database Architect is responsible for the development, test, rollout and support of Litle’s database systems.  You will work as an integral part of Litle’s architecture team, being the “go-toâ€� person for our new reporting and data warehousing systems.

 

Responsibilities:

 Work with the Chief Architect and Engineering team to oversee the design of critical areas of the data modelProvide support and mentorship to engineers in all aspects of logical database design, creating and tuning queries, etc.Work with Architecture and Engineering team to create logical design and ETL strategies for our reporting databasesDesign and implement database solutions to architectural goals, such as:Designing and building of a data warehouse/reporting database, second site replication, 10x growth in volumeWork with the Chief Architect in prototyping solutions to different architectural problemsWork with Infrastructure on hardware purchasing strategies to help us grow the database architectureWork with Infrastructure, Architecture, and Engineering to identify and correct performance and scalability problems in the production databasesOwn the “care and feedingâ€� aspect of the production databases – performance monitoring, re-orgs, efficient back-up strategy, updating index statistics, etc.Tune the production database, and work with infrastructure to best utilize available hardware

 

Requirements:

 Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience5+ years experience in database design/architecture5+ years experience with Data Warehousing and reporting techniques5+ years DBA experience in a DB2/Unix/Linux environmentExcellent SQL and Logical design skills

 

About Litle & Co.

 

Litle & Co. is a leading provider of payment management services to direct marketing and e-commerce merchants. Founded in 2001, Litle & Co. is in high-growth mode.  We were named No. 1 on Deloitte’s New England Technology Fast 50 in 2006 and, in the same year, landed at No. 1 on the Inc. 500, the Inc. magazine roster of America’s fastest growing private companies.  We think like direct merchants and commit to service excellence for them.  We leverage technology, data and analysis to help them safeguard the bottom-line and grow the top-line in the complicated world of Card-Not-Present commerce.  We are successful because of our people; we embrace a team philosophy and our cultural goals include providing an environment for creative, dynamic professionals who enjoy the challenges of an innovative, fast-growing company committed to success in an exploding market.

 

 

Equal Opportunity Employer