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Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (NasdaqCM:PRTH)

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- employees

🤝 B2B

🏢 Enterprise

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $50M Post-IPO Debt - Priority Commerce on 2025-08

B2B • Enterprise

Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (NasdaqCM:PRTH) is a publicly traded holding company. No additional company-specific information was provided in the prompt; therefore this description is intentionally conservative and limited to verifiable facts. It appears to be associated with technology through its name, but precise operating subsidiaries, products, or services were not specified here.

📋 Description

• Owns the end-to-end health, reliability, and performance of database environments through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and observability. • Reviews database backups, maintenance activities, and health reports to ensure issues are identified and resolved within defined SLAs. • Responds to database alerts and escalations, serving as an L3 escalation point and driving root-cause analysis and long-term corrective actions. • Leads database performance tuning initiatives, including query optimization, index strategy, and workload-specific configuration improvements. • Partners with Database Engineering to assess database performance trends and identify systemic risks or improvement opportunities. • Collaborates with Cloud Engineering and Application Development teams to support scalable deployments and performance optimization. • Defines and enforces database security standards in partnership with engineering and security stakeholders. • Deploys and manages database objects (tables, indexes, views, stored procedures, packages) across multiple environments. • Participates in a 24/7 on-call rotation and provides L1–L3 support as required. • Contributes to planning and execution of initiatives that enhance database resiliency, availability, and operational transparency.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. • 6+ years of experience supporting SQL Server databases in a production environment. • Strong expertise in database monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting. • Experience supporting high-availability and disaster recovery configurations. • Proficiency in analyzing database logs, execution plans, and performance metrics. • Experience deploying and managing database objects across multiple environments. • Willingness to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation. • Strong root-cause analysis, communication, and collaboration skills. • Preferred: Experience supporting databases in AWS environments (RDS, Aurora, CloudWatch monitoring). • Experience with very large databases (VLDB > 1TB). • Familiarity with automation and scripting (T-SQL, PowerShell, CLI). • Exposure to NoSQL platforms. • Relevant certifications (MCTS, MCITP, MySQL, AWS Database Specialty). • Experience with third-party monitoring and performance tools (e.g., Idera, SolarWinds, Datadog, Splunk).

🏖️ Benefits

• Financial Wellness Bonus programs • 401(k) match • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) • HSA and FSA options • Financial wellness resources and employee discount programs • Medical, dental, and vision coverage • Mental health support for employees and dependents through Lyra Health • Family planning and women’s health benefits through Carrot • Gym membership reimbursement and virtual wellness programs (including yoga) • 3 weeks PTO to start, with unlimited PTO after year one • Education expense reimbursement • Leadership development programs • Certified Payments Professional (CPP) certification support