About the role
Job Title: Database Administrator: Agency Hire
DBA - General Job Description
Position Duties/Responsibilities
Working within a discipline, the Database Administrator will plan and conduct independent work requiring judgment in the evaluation, selection, application, and adaptation of information technology techniques, procedures and criteria in areas including infrastructure operations. This position will devise new approaches to problems encountered to provide solutions to the customer. The Database Administrator will support a discipline in the performance of complex and demanding assignments requiring initiative and independent judgment. This position will perform work that requires the application of a significant range of fundamental principles in a variety of contexts.
Essential Job Duties:
- Defines operating procedures and maintenance schedules and liaises with customers to assess and develop appropriate information technology solutions
- Analyzes, diagnoses, designs, plans, executes, and evaluates work to time, cost, and quality targets
- Perform database software installation /patch / upgrade to development, test, and production servers
- Perform database instance and schema creation, migration, merge, reorganization, archive, restoration
- Perform database instance backup and recovery as necessary
- Perform database instance and schema security setup
- Perform database and data tuning, capacity planning, change management
- Perform database tool and technology evaluation
- Exhibits thorough familiarity with available methods, procedures, tools, equipment, and standards associated with own area of
specialization and makes correct choices from alternatives
- Assist program developers with database design issues, use of functions, stored procedures, and packages
- Configure distributed database services (replication and high availability) and maintain, monitor such services
- Provide advice and guidance on technical matters
- Be able to log Service Requests (SRs) with Oracle and Microsoft, apply patches and coordinate with developers, support analysts and
users to verify a patch has corrected a problem without negative consequences
- Perform coordination with a geographically disbursed team of Operations DBAs
- Able to work non-standard shift to support other time-zones.
- Position Skills
Skill Group Skill Proficiency Level
Technical Automation Skills Microsoft Windows 2019/2022 Intermediate
Technical Automation Skills Oracle RDBMS (19c Multitanent) Intermediate
Technical Automation Skills MS SQL Server (2016,2019,2022) Advanced
Basic Qualifications
- Recognized degree in Computer Science or Information Systems from an accredited college or university, or specialized courses in general information technology or relevant information technology disciplines
- 3 or more years as an MS SQL Server DBA with Windows platform experience
- Extensive working knowledge with SQL servers installations
Additional Qualifications/ Skills
- Knowledge of various forms of database high availability options and replication
- Knowledge with Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Knowledge of projects or functions including engineering, procurement, construction, and other business applications
- Knowledge of infrastructure systems architecture concepts, configurations, and standards
- Skill in working with customers to understand their requirements and expectations by asking questions and listening
- Able to work overtime to support activities as necessary
- Strong oral and written communication skills are required
- Extensive work experience in information technology or relevant equivalent experience in other information systems and technology disciplines
- Must demonstrate a systematic, disciplined, and analytical approach to problem solving
-This DBA position is on a hybrid work model including work from home (WFH) and work from office.
-The position will require the candidate to physically work from an office location on a rotational basis. The frequency for being in
office will be a decision made by the employer.