1111: Senior Database Administrator

Senior Database Administrator who will be responsible for implementation, support and maintenance of mission critical database environments. The administration of these environments includes clustering, storage, securing, monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. This person will help manage and support current and future database and storage environments and initiatives, and proactively evaluate physical and logical design and architecture of the systems to keep up with the dynamic and growing business needs.
Responsibilities:

Proactively manage and optimize various database platforms and related OS environments

Perform database performance and query tuning

Perform logical database design review and physical database implementations.

Implement and maintain production databases

Perform database backups, restores, log shipping, mirroring and replication, etc.

Work with system engineering team on database server installation, configuration and system performance tuning and capacity planning

Respond to production and business-critical issues and needs on 24/7 basis and rotate in an on-call schedule

Requirements:

5+ years of production Oracle database administration experience

Strong UNIX/Linux skills

Experience with clustering, replication and mirroring a plus

Strong knowledge of database performance tuning and configuration tools

Strong technical problem-solving skills essential

SAN knowledge a plus

Must have T-SQL or PL/SQL experienc

Experience working with SQL Server, Postgres, InfluxDB or MySQL a plus

Proven ability to work in an agile, fast-paced environment, prioritize multiple tasks and projects, and efficiently handle pressure and stress

Must be self-motivated, possess strong initiative, and be willing to take on new challenges

Must demonstrate strong teamwork and collaboration skills

Ability to learn new technologies quickly and adapt to different work environments