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Job Description
Seeking a Senior Database Engineer to architect, optimize, and modernize enterprise SQL Server platforms supporting high-volume transactional systems. This role focuses on database performance engineering, automation, cloud integration, and scalable data architecture rather than traditional DBA administration.
Key Responsibilities
Design and develop SQL Server databases, stored procedures, functions, views, and ETL solutions .
Optimize database performance through query tuning, indexing, execution plan analysis, and workload optimization .
Troubleshoot and resolve locking, blocking, deadlocks, concurrency, and performance bottlenecks .
Design scalable data models and database architectures for large-scale OLTP environments.
Collaborate with application teams on database design, data access patterns, and performance best practices .
Implement modern SQL Server capabilities including Query Store, Columnstore Indexes, CDC, Temporal Tables, and In-Memory OLTP .
Drive database automation, CI/CD deployments, and modernization initiatives using DevOps tools.
Lead production issue resolution, root cause analysis, and establish database engineering standards.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
- Five to six years of relevant experience
Required Skills
Strong financial-services background, preferably ETF, mutual funds, fund accounting, custody, or asset servicing, or larger organization
Advanced SQL Server / Azure SQL and database design
Azure Data Factory (ADF)
Data warehouse architecture and dimensional/data modeling
High-volume data processing and performance tuning
ETL/data pipeline modernization
Data reconciliation, lineage, auditability, and historical data management
Azure cloud data architecture
Experience modernizing legacy data/SSIS workloads
Ability to translate financial business rules into data models and pipelines
Role focus: Own the modern data architecture, data pipelines, database performance, reconciliation, and migration of legacy processing into the Azure data platform.
Location expectations
This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.
If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants .
Benefits:
Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:
Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
Basic term and optional term life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability
Pregnancy disability and parental leave
401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
Adoption assistance
Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
Review our full benefits available by employment status here .
U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under…