Provides technical direction for DBMS standards such as software delivery, patch policies, database tuning, performance recommendations, and application design recommendations.
Designs, recommends, and implements backup and recovery policies and procedures.
Designs business continuity architecture and ensures it meets the needs of the business.
Review new & revised business continuity process and design.
Provides suggestions and standards for documentation that will lead to better efficiencies and information sharing within the team or across the organization.
Provides technical recommendations for advanced database components (replication, security, clustering, and partitioning).
Researches and analyzes available DBMS functionality and makes suggestions for implementation.
Design standard work-plans; push for automation/efficiency; drives for compliancy to standards.
Work as part of a team and provide 24x7 support when required; Identify and resolve complex database in a timely manner.
Provides technical leadership on problem calls; provides focus and drive for resolution and root cause analysis.
Opens & works tickets with DBMS vendors; helps other team members to drive vendors to resolution.
Identifies global problems and drives to correct across the ecosystem.
Provides options for resolution and drives to automate a solution.
Makes design recommendations for daily operational checks, audits, and event management.
Drives toward automation and standardization.
Provides standards for shell scripting and ensures scripts are written to standard.
Writes complex shell scripting and reusable components.
Makes suggestions for standards across the enterprise, including automation & efficiencies.
Mentors & trains junior team members.
Provides technical leadership for the DBA team.
Works with cross-functional teams on designing high-performance database solutions for the value stream and platforms.
Ability to understand all system and application level concepts/components for a given value stream.

Requirements

Associates/Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
7-10 years of database administration experience
Experience with multiple OS platforms (z/OS, Exadata, Linux, Windows)
Experience with a variety of database implementations & applications in a production environment.
Experience and knowledge on concepts such as OS (i.e. z/OS, *NIX, Intel, Linux), storage (SMS, SAN, NAS, DA), Network, LAN, WAN and TCIP/IP, Virtual environments, Cloud computing
Preferred: Experience with mainframe z/OS interfaces, monitors, security, tools
Experience with Enterprise Agility methodologies and demonstrated experience, experience with SAFe and DevOps

Benefits

Work from Home
Employee Belonging Groups
Healthcare: Dental, Medical, and Vision
Paid Vacation, Volunteer, and Holiday Time Off
And so much more!

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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

Hard Skills & Tools

database administrationbackup and recoverydatabase tuningshell scriptingautomationperformance recommendationsapplication designreplicationsecurityclustering

Soft Skills

technical leadershipmentoringteam collaborationproblem solvingcommunicationefficiency improvementdocumentation standardsroot cause analysistrainingcross-functional teamwork

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeAssociates degree