Cloud Database Admin
Date: Sep 11, 2025
Location: Greenville, SC, US, 29601
Company: Purpose Financial
Address: 322 Rhett Street, Greenville, South Carolina, United States - 29601
Purpose Financial, Inc. is an innovative consumer financial services company that offers a diverse suite of credit products, promoting financial inclusion and meeting consumers wherever they are. Through its brands, the company is committed to helping customers achieve their version of financial stability in the moment and in the future. Since 1997, Purpose Financial has been a pioneer in the consumer credit and financial services market offering money solutions in over 800 storefronts locations and online lending. Providing services in over 23 states, Purpose Financial employs over 2,500 team members.
At Purpose Financial we are always on the lookout for motivated individuals who share in our values of mutual respect to join our team of outstanding professionals.
We offer:
- Competitive Wages
- Health/Life Benefits
- Health Savings Account plus Employer Seed
- 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
- Paid Parental Leave
- Company Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off including Volunteer Time
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Business Casual Environment
- Rewards & Recognition Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Office in downtown Greenville that offers free parking, onsite gym, free snacks/drinks
To learn more about Purpose Financial visit Purpose Financial Website.
Position Summary
Financial Purpose is seeking a highly skilled Cloud Database Administrator to manage our Cloud Operations operating on AWS and Snowflake. Administrator with strong hands-on experience in Snowflake query optimization, storage management, and cost reduction. The Administrator is responsible for setting the strategy for cloud database management as well as maintaining the current on premises databases and related systems, partners with application development teams and infrastructure operations to ensure that database performance is not hindered and responsible for assisting with the development of future business cases.
Job Responsibility
- Architect, design, and maintain mission critical database systems.
- Set the strategy for the future of cloud as it relates to database management (ex. cloud migrations, new set up in cloud, etc.).
- Snowflake Management: Responsible for supporting and maintaining the health and performance of a Snowflake cloud data platform. You thrive in fast‑paced environments and collaborate seamlessly with application development, infrastructure, and vendor teams to raise and resolve technical incidents. Configure resource monitors, virtual warehouses, and workload management strategies to optimize cost and performance.
- Work closely with our scrum teams, helping with database design and with other engineers in optimizing and managing database operations in the cloud.
Job Responsibilities Cont.
- Day-to-day operations and management of production database systems in AWS.
- Design, deploy and manage upgrades, replication, backup, and recovery.
- Implement good practices, monitoring and alerting mechanisms for system health.
- Work with experts from AWS in supporting existing technologies and adopting new ones.
- Analyze, explain, troubleshoot, optimize, and improve advanced SQL queries. Develop and enforce standards, policies, and procedures for managing databases.
- Provides after-hours support for database emergencies, routine scheduled maintenance. Monitor and Ensure database operational stability and make recommendations and execute changes to improve operational stability and operational performance.
Education Required
Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent degree) in any Computer, Engineering, or other technical field.
Experience Required
- 7+ years of experience with at least one RDBMS (PostgreSQL/Oracle).
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with Snowflake (preferably, in administration capacity).
- 2+ years of experience with AWS services including RDS, Aurora, Document DB, Lambda, and DMS.
- Solid understanding of data architecture principles, including OLTP vs. OLAP workloads, data mesh concepts, and domain-oriented data ownership.
- Deep understanding of cloud-native HA/DR patterns, automated failover, and multi-region replication.
- Awareness of cloud security is best practice and compliance considerations.
- Familiarity and experience with Agile/SCRUM based development methodology.
- Able to manage automated build & deployment process along with Rollback mechanisms.
Knowledge Required
Excellent written and verbal communications skills; adaptability and flexibility to a changing environment; and comfortable working in a dynamic, high volume, fast-paced environment. Ability to understand and ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and laws governing our industry/business and products.
- Working knowledge of role-based access control (RBAC), service accounts, and securing data pipelines.
- Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional platform teams, mentor engineers, and advocate for database SRE best practices.
- AWS or Snowflake certifications are considered a plus.
Physical Requirements
Sitting for long periods of time; standing occasionally; walking; bending; squatting; kneeling; pushing/pulling; reaching; twisting; frequent lifting of less than 10 lbs., occasional lifting of up to 20 lbs.; driving and having access during the workday to an insured and reliable transportation; typing; data entry; grasping; transferring items between hands and/or to another person or receptacle; use of office equipment to include computers; ability to travel to, be physically present at, and complete the physical requirements of the position at any assigned location.
Competencies
Travel
0%-10%
Attire
Business Casual
Other
Must be eligible to work in the USA and able to pass a background check.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.
Requisition ID: 45595
Nearest Major Market: Greenville
Nearest Secondary Market: South Carolina