Database Engineer

AgCountry Farm Credit Services (AgCountry), Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) and Frontier Farm Credit are financial cooperatives that operate under shared management across eight states. While each association is owned by its local farmers and ranchers, they collaborate by pooling resources, expertise, and talent to provide affordable credit, crop insurance, and financial services.

Our associations are united by a common mission and commitment to serving rural America and supporting each other, which drives the success of the farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness we serve. We take pride in being a great place to work, and this enthusiasm is reflected in the relationships our team members foster with one another and with our customers.

Our Database Engineers are responsible forthe database infrastructure of both SQL,Oracle,and cloud databases. We also focus onthe performance of both the database and application code. Monitoring and process automation/improvement are key factors in the success of our team,FCSAmericaandultimately our customers.

Customer Service and Operational Response

• Deliver timely, accurate, and high-quality support.
• Respond to database-related incidents, service requests, and operational issues in a professional and efficient manner.
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to provide after-hours support for critical database systems.
• Diagnose database issues, troubleshoot root causes, and implement effective resolutions.
• Document incidents, resolutions, procedures, and technical knowledge in the appropriate tracking and support systems.
• Collaborate with technical teams and business partners to ensure service expectations are met or exceeded.

Database Administration and Engineering

• Administer and maintain database environments to ensure confidentiality, integrity, availability, and performance.
• Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and maintain database software and related components, and tools.
• Perform routine database administration activities including provisioning, configuration tuning, backup validation, recovery support, replication support, and system optimization.
• Develop,maintain, and enhance automation for routine database administration tasks, including monitoring, maintenance, deployments, backups, data refresh support, and operational reporting
• Manage database recoverability through the implementation and support of backup, restore, and disaster recovery processes.
• Monitor database performance and resolve issues related to capacity, availability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Analyze database growth and usage trends to support capacity planning and long-term data storage strategies.
• Establish,maintain, and enforce standards, policies, and procedures for database administration, security, maintenance, and utilization.
• Manage database access and permission sin accordance withdata security standards and business requirements.
• Support database migrations, environment refreshes, and operational improvements.
• Support database-related utilities and processes thatassistwith replication, validation, and operational documentation.

• High proficiency with database analysis, development, administration, stored procedures, (PL/SQL & T-SQL), SQL query analysis and optimization, SQL Server Integrations Services (SSIS), Data Transformation Services (DTS), Materialized Views, partitioning, multi-tenant, Active Data Guard(ADG), and triggers.
• Proficient with Microsoft and Oracle database tools and technologies.
• Experience with cloud database management on Azure or AWS.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively architect complex databases to meet the needs of the rapidly changing business environment.
• Proficient Microsoft SQL and Oracle Server, Microsoft Visual Studio, Oracle SQL Developer, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), and third-party database optimization and monitoring tools.
• 4-6 years of database management and development experience.

Microsoft MCDBA, MCITP, or MCSE (Data Platform) certification

Additionally, Oracle Database Administrator Certified Associate, Master, or Professional is a plus.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or MIS preferred

Master's degree or other advanced degree preferred

• 4 + years of experience in Database management and development, experience with data warehouse, architecture and decision support tools in a Microsoft SQL and Oracle Server environment. Cloud database management.

• Oracle Database Administrator certification (Associate, Professional, or Master) is a plus.
• Demonstrated expertise in database analysis, development, and administration, including T-SQL, PL/SQL, SQL query analysis and optimization, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Always On Availability Groups, and Active Data Guard (ADG).
• Strong understanding of industry standards, best practices, and methodologies for Microsoft and Oracle database development and administration.
• Proficiency…