Senior Database Administrator (Oracle and SQL Server)

This is a 100% remote position. We hire technically savvy Senior-Level DBAs who are elite communicators, friendly and genuinely helpful with our customers. You should possess all of the skills expected to manage Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS databases in a production environment running on a wide-range of platforms, whether on-premises, in the Cloud or hybrid architecture. Our team members each support a handful of customers and work with a variety of High Availability, Disaster Recovery and Cloud technology on a regular basis.

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 10-years experience as a Database Administrator in a mission-critical production environment. This includes a strong background in Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL.
• Minimum 10-years experience with database management and monitoring software, such as Oracle Enterprise Manager Database/Grid Control and/or SQL Server Enterprise Manager and Nagios.
• Experience with Oracle (from 10g to 21c) and Microsoft SQL Server (versions 2000 thru 2022).
• Experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL or MariaDB a plus.
• Experience with cloud services such as AWS, Azure and OCS a plus.
• Experience with SQL/T-SQL, PL/SQL, SSH, PowerShell and Linux/Unix scripting, backup and recovery, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and data extraction/loading utilities.
• Experience with storage specification/design/troubleshooting, server design, and capacity planning.
• Great working knowledge and experience with Windows, Linux/Unix, physical and virtual environments.
• Excellent technical documentation skills and ability to write proper customer correspondence and executive level literature.
• Elite communication skills as it relates to corresponding with customers via email and telephone.
• Firm grasp of concepts as it relates to additional options of Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL. Candidate should know what these tools are, how they work, and what they are used for. General examples include: Clustering, Virtualization, Replication, and Standby Databases.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED

• Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) certification.
• Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA) certification.
• Amazon AWS Certified (Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator).
• Experience with Oracle Data Guard/Standby Database, Oracle Real Application Clusters, Oracle Fail Safe, Oracle Advanced Replication/Streams, Oracle Text or Partitioning.
• Experience with various database replication features, log shipping or full text search.
• Experience with various third party DBMS Management tools.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide support for mission-critical database systems.
• Perform installations, upgrades and apply patches to databases running on Windows and Linux/Unix platforms.
• Implementation and management of database objects including data files, tables, indexes, triggers, integrity constraints, materialized views, jobs and database roles/permissions.
• Extensive performance tuning against mission-critical databases using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools.
• Design and implement operational automation using scripts.
• Design database performance specifications, database backup and recovery plans, and database performance/capacity models including server capacity plans.
• Assist in recommendation and design phases of database architectures including hardware, software, and the environment architectures thereof.
• Willingness to learn new skills as it pertains to various database platforms, be able to grasp those concepts quickly, and implement them for customers.
• Extensive communications with customers and internal staff.