Senior Database Engineer (Data Security Team)
Location: Chicago, IL
Job Type: W2 Contract
Schedule: Hybrid
Pay Rate: Starting at $70/hourly with optional benefits packages including PTO, medical insurance, and 401k
Role Overview
The Senior Database Engineer will:
- Lead and execute exceptional solutions for business and application customers.
- Operate effectively in a fast-paced, multi-project environment.
- Serve as a subject matter expert in Database Administration and Data Security.
- Assess current environments for gaps and lead hands-on implementations.
- Guide internal customer solutions through IT requirements, ITIL standards, and industry best practices.
Responsibilities
- Plan, coordinate, analyze, and design technical solutions or enhancements.
- Apply 360-degree security analysis to pre-flight and in-flight projects.
- Contribute to technical standards, infrastructure strategy, security policy, SLAs, and infrastructure processes.
Skills
- Minimum 5 years of enterprise-level database administration experience.
- At least 10 years of industry experience.
- Proven experience with relational database systems and applications.
- Familiarity with external user functions, internal system services, and file system structures.
- Skilled in installing and configuring RDBMS software.
- Ability to track and report on database capacity, utilization, growth, and health.
- Proficient in database design and programming (views, triggers, stored procedures).
- Strong knowledge of database security protocols.
- Capable of communicating complex technical issues and risks to management.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Deep technical and architectural experience in IT Security and commercial systems.
- Strong understanding of security best practices and standards.
- Ability to document and articulate technical designs clearly.
- Experience collaborating with development teams to build secure solutions.
- Familiarity with common vulnerabilities and attack vectors.
Education & Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Experience as a senior technical resource in a security-focused organization.
- Database Administration certifications.
- Security certifications such as:
- CompTIA Security+
- SSCP
- AWS Security