Database Administrator
Posted
Data Analytics; Power Apps; MS SQL; Power Automate; ServiceNow; PowerBI; SQL
Job Details:
Job Details:
- Digital Workplace (DW) enables all colleagues to do exceptional work in a complex, dynamic, and evolving environment.
- You will work within our TechCare Operations: Blueprint team, partnering closely with database engineering, application, and infrastructure teams to ensure the reliability, performance, and security of enterprise database platforms.
- You will support mission-critical systems and help drive database strategy, standards, and operational excellence.
- Administer, maintain, and optimize enterprise database systems to ensure high availability and performance
- Monitor database health, troubleshoot issues, and resolve incidents in a timely manner
- Implement database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies
- Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance with enterprise standards
- Support capacity planning, performance tuning, and scalability initiatives
- Collaborate with engineering teams to support application deployments and database changes
- Manage and support database platforms (e.g., DB2 z/OS, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Netezza) across development, test, and production environments
- Perform database installation, configuration, patching, and upgrades
- Monitor database performance and proactively tune queries, indexes, and configurations
- Implement and maintain backup, recovery, and high-availability solutions (e.g., replication, clustering)
- Troubleshoot database-related incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures
- Partner with application and product teams to review database designs and ensure optimal data structures
- Enforce database security standards, including access controls, encryption, and auditing
- Automate routine DBA tasks using scripting languages (e.g., Python, Shell, PowerShell)
- Document database configurations, processes, and operational procedures
- Support data migrations, releases, and environment refreshes
- Participate in on-call support rotations and incident response
- Database administration experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as:
- Experience administering one or more database platforms (e.g., DB2 z/OS, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Netezza)
- Familiarity with database backup/recovery, high availability, and disaster recovery concepts
- Experience with performance tuning and query optimization
- Experience with scripting/automation (Shell, Python, PowerShell, etc.)
- Familiarity with Agile or other rapid application development methodologies
- Understanding of distributed systems and multi-tier architectures
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field required; advanced degree preferred
- Experience with database monitoring and observability tools
- Knowledge of cloud database platforms (AWS RDS, Azure SQL, etc.)
- Experience with data modeling and database design principles
- Familiarity with NoSQL databases and big data platforms
- Proactively identifies and resolves database performance and reliability issues
- Challenges the status quo and drives continuous improvement in database operations
- Stays current with database technologies, tools, and industry trends
- Communicates clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Collaborates effectively across teams to achieve shared objectives
- Demonstrates ownership, accountability, and strong problem-solving skills
- Adapts quickly to changing priorities and operational needs
- Strong understanding of database administration concepts (backup/recovery, performance tuning, security, and availability)
- Ability to analyze and resolve complex database issues
- Knowledge of data structures, indexing strategies, and query optimization
- Understanding of metadata management and database architecture
