Participate in day-to-day DBA operations performing tasks such as working on change tickets that involve executing SQL scripts in Production, resolving incident tickets related to database availability, backups, free disk space, long-running queries, etc.
Participated in on-call rotation, attending to database related alerts and notifications in a timely manner and taking appropriate action to resolve the underlying issue(s)
In addition to performing the daily DBA tasks, contribute towards the success of the on-going projects related to automation, infrastructure-as-a-code, technology updates, containerization, etc.
Assist development and QA teams with deployment activities by performing DBA tasks assigned in the runbook
Actively support operational teams and other stakeholder teams to provide business systems availability and maintain customer satisfaction
Support the production and lower environments infrastructure 24/7 as part of the production support team
Participate in on-call rotation as infrastructure support primary to support production.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS or related technical field required
Minimum 3 years related work experience managing SQL Server 2016 or newer, Amazon RDS and Oracle 19c or later versions of databases in AWS production environments
Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring employer sponsorship currently or in the future
Proven experience in managing SQL Server 2016 or higher, Amazon RDS and Oracle 19c as a DBA, preferably including Production environment
Clear understanding of backup and recovery procedures for Oracle 19c using RMAN and SQL Server native backups
Understanding of basic database concepts, such as indexes and statistics, concurrency and blocking, transactions, data caching
Experience with database performance and tuning is highly desirable
Solid understanding of SQL Server tools such as SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Agent, SQL Server Configuration Manager
Experience with HA/DR strategies for SQL Server, including Always-On Availability Group
Experience with Oracle Grid Infrastructure (including ASM) and Oracle Data Guard is highly desirable
Knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems and experience in supporting database servers on both
A working knowledge of AWS Cloud Infrastructure, including but not limited to Regions and AZs, EC2, EBS, NACL & Security Groups, CloudWatch, Event Bridge, etc.
Experience in scripting/deployment languages such as PowerShell, Python preferred
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate well across functional teams
Ability to troubleshoot system issues, problems, identifying root causes and fixing them
Fair knowledge of computer hardware, software, and networking concepts and terminologies
Basic understanding of CI/CD methodologies
Professional Certifications in AWS, Azure and Database technologies is a plus
Must be willing to provide on call support on a rotation basis for 24x7 support.

Benefits

performance bonus
401k match
healthcare coverage
PTO
a broad range of other benefits

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills

SQL Server 2016Amazon RDSOracle 19cbackup and recovery proceduresdatabase performance tuningHA/DR strategiesPowerShellPythonLinuxWindows

Soft skills

strong verbal communicationstrong written communicationcollaborationtroubleshootingproblem identificationroot cause analysis

Certifications

AWS certificationAzure certificationDatabase technology certification