Database Administrator – Master

Database Administrator – Master

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems Management, other related discipline, or equivalent experience; additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• 12-15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10-13 years of prior relevant experience
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently to develop creative solutions
• Ability to work well within a small team environment
• Strong communication skills
• US Citizenship
• DOD Secret Clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Provides all activities related to the administration of computerized databases.
• Projects long-range requirements for database administration and design in conjunction with other managers in the information systems function.
• Designs, creates, and maintains databases in a client/server environment.
• Conducts quality control and auditing of databases in a client/server environment to ensure accurate and appropriate use of data.
• Advises users on access to various client/server databases.
• Designs, implements, and maintains complex databases with respect to JCL, access methods, access time, device allocation, validation checks, organization, protection and security, documentation, and statistical methods.
• Applies knowledge and experience with database technologies, development methodologies, and front-end (e.g., COGNOS)/back-end programming languages (e.g., SQL). Performs database programming and supports systems design.
• Includes maintenance of database dictionaries, overall monitoring of standards and procedures, file design and storage, and integration of systems through database design.
• Database performance tuning, database upgrades, and database patching to all COTS database products.
• Database script writing, database storage management, database interfaces, external application database interfaces, and other systems database interfacing.
• Provides general operating system and application administration.
• Provides support from the hardware level through to the applications running to support a service.
• Performance tuning, hardware replacement, firmware upgrades, and patching to all COTS software products, including operating systems.
• Script writing, data storage management, network interfaces, external peripheral interfaces, and others systems interfacing.
• Possesses and applies a comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high impact assignments.
• Plans and leads major technology assignments.
• Evaluates performance results and recommends major changes affecting short-term project growth and success.
• Functions as a technical expert across multiple project assignments.
• May supervise others.

Preferred Qualifications

• Operating Systems: Linux
• Software development tools: JIRA, Confluence
• Databases: Oracle, Postgres
• Languages/frameworks: JIRA
• Source control tools: GIT