Database Administrator

Company Summary

DISH, an Echo Star Company, has been reimagining the future of connectivity for more than 40 years. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products, and now we are building America’s First Smart Network™.

Today, our brands include Echo Star, Hughes, DISH TV, Sling TV, Boost Infinite, Boost Mobile, DISH Wireless, OnTech and Gen Mobile.

Staff Database Administrator sought by DISH Network, LLC in Englewood, Colorado.

Architect, install, configure, patch, and upgrade enterprise databases including Microsoft SQL Server (2012–2022) and Postgre

SQL (10.x–17.x). Manage SQL Server & Postgre

SQL databases across hybrid environments, proactively monitoring for performance, security, high availability (HA), and disaster recovery (DR) using advanced solutions such as SQL Server Always On, and Postgre

SQL Logical & Physical replication. Provide continuous database support for planned and urgent requests, troubleshooting complex database issues with accuracy and timeliness. Contribute to enterprise infrastructure and software projects, assessing requirements and providing support for database design, development, code migration, and deployment. Additional responsibilities include fine-tuning operating system and database parameters, designing and developing complex SQL and T-SQL scripts, and automating tasks using tools such as Power Shell, JavaScript, Ansible, and Terraform.

Collaborate with development teams on data modeling and optimization, document standards and incident resolutions, mentor junior DBAs, and lead enterprise-wide database initiatives, ensuring system reliability, scalability, and alignment with the organization’s long-term data strategy.

• Manage complex SQL Server and Postgre
  
  SQL databases across on-premises and cloud environments (AWS RDS/EC2, Aurora, Azure SQL Database).
• Install, configure, patch, and upgrade database platforms, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Configure and manage SQL Server Always-On Availability Groups for HA/DR.
• Implement advanced encryption, security, and compliance measures for enterprise databases.
• Create, maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize SSIS/SSRS packages.
• Write, review, troubleshoot, and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, views, and functions.
• Perform database and query optimization using advanced techniques on SQL Server and Postgre
  
  SQL (including QPM).
• Monitor database health, performance, and availability using tools such as Cloud Watch, Lambda, Dynatrace, Grafana & Prometheus.
• Automate routine and complex database tasks using Power Shell, Python, Bash, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Support enterprise projects, including database design, development, code migration, and deployment.
• Perform database backups, restores, and disaster recovery testing using Dell Net Worker and Clumio.
• Provide technical guidance to development teams on data modeling, database optimization, and query performance.
• Mentor junior database administrators and establish best practices for database administration and monitoring.
• Manage databases in both private data centers and cloud platforms, ensuring seamless integration and operational continuity.

Compensation: $/Year

Employment is contingent on successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check, which may include a drug test.

Rate of Pay: $/Year