Senior Database Administrator
HJ Staffing
full-time
Posted on:
Location: 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Provides expert consulting in data architecture and management.
- Ensure database performance, security, and reliability.
- Monitor database activity, performance, and resource usage.
- Diagnose and resolve critical database issues.
- Design, implement, and optimize complex data structures.
- Develop load balancing processes to ensure high availability.
- Maintain database security, apply patches, and monitor for threats.
- Plan and execute DBMS upgrades and integrations.
- Lead projects and mentor less experienced database staff.
- Prepare recovery strategies and implement disaster recovery plans.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 6+ years of database design, maintenance, and performance tuning experience.
- Strong knowledge of DBMS features, installation, and upgrades.
- Excellent problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills.
- Willingness to travel and work evenings/weekends as required.