Senior Database Administrator (Big Data/SQL Server)

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Senior Database Administrator in our Olathe, KS location. In this role, you will be responsible for managing and optimizing a diverse set of big data technologies critical to the organization, including HDFS, Kafka, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and NoSQL platforms. Your expertise will ensure these systems are highly available, scalable, and performance-tuned to support real-time and large-scale applications in Garmin's manufacturing environments. In addition to your big data experience, you will also support and maintain enterprise-grade SQL Server environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and security. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot complex issues, implement automation, and contribute to the scalability and reliability of these systems.

Essential Functions

• Analyze existing database systems and recommend improvements
• Work with IT Manager to establish database security structures, Sox compliance
• Create/maintain database access systems including tables, indexes, views, stored procedures, and triggers
• Administer database replication between servers, across Local Area Network and Wide Area Network
• Tune and optimize database objects
• Provide 24x7 on call support
• Provide technical input to solution development plans and concept documents
• Demonstrate understanding of business impacts of issues and how they relate to IT owned solutions
• Communicate effectively in written and verbal form in a cross-functional setting with business partners
• Share knowledge and actively mentor less experienced IT Administrators (Administrator 1 & 2)
• Perform/plan major version upgrades
• Design/implement effective monitoring of enterprise systems
• Tune systems using experience and deep knowledge of area
• Foresee risks and communicate/mitigate those before problems arise
• Document technical designs and procedures for team library
• Plan/manage technical projects involving other teams
• Communicate technology effectively to non-technical associates and management
• Recognize/understand technology impacts within the business
• Contribute to technical research on new technologies, processes or procedures with a desire to continuously learn new technologies
• Participate in project definition activities including estimation of delivery

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Business or another related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Hands-on experience managing and optimizing big data technologies to support a broad range of enterprise solutions, including HDFS for distributed storage, Kubernetes for container orchestration, Kafka for real-time data streaming, Elasticsearch for scalable search and analytics, and SQL Server as a core relational database platform.
• Proven experience in administering, tuning, and supporting NoSQL database and relational database technologies, with a focus on ensuring high availability, data integrity, and performance at scale with systems such as Cassandra, Redis, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or similar platforms in on-premises or cloud-based environments.
• Demonstrated ability to implement new technologies effectively
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills in a small team setting
• Consistently demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work documentation and organization

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits