Overview
Remote
Contract - W2
Contract - 7 day((s))
Skills
SQL
Oracle
AWS
python
GCP
POWERSHELL
Job Details
Title: Cloud Database Administrator
Location: Cerritos (Remote OK)
Tax Term: Only W2
Position Type: Contract
Duration: 12+ Months
Job Summary:
The Cloud Database Administrator will be responsible for the implementation, configuration, maintenance, and performance of critical cloud-based database systems, to ensure the availability and consistent performance of our corporate applications. This is a highly responsible and technical role requiring experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, or Google Cloud Platform, in addition to strong knowledge of database technologies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Database Management: Implement, administer, and maintain our database systems in the cloud environment. Ensure database performance, availability, and recovery needs are met.
- Performance Tuning: Monitor database performance, implement changes and apply new patches and versions when required. Tune database parameters for optimal system performance.
- Security Management: Implement and maintain database security policies and procedures. Ensure data integrity and security by managing access controls and privileges.
- Backup and Recovery: Develop and maintain comprehensive backup and recovery strategies for database systems. Ensure data recovery and continuity in the event of hardware or software failure.
- Migration and Upgrades: Plan and execute the migration of databases to cloud environments, as well as upgrades to newer database versions or cloud services.
- Capacity Planning: Monitor and predict database growth and work on capacity planning to ensure that the database systems scale effectively with demand.
- Cost Optimization: Monitor and optimize cloud resource usage to control costs, leveraging automated scaling and other cloud-native tools where applicable.
- Incident Management: Act as a primary contact for database-related incidents and problems. Provide timely resolution and post-mortem analysis to prevent recurrence.
- Collaboration: Work closely with IT, development teams, and other stakeholders to align database management strategies with organizational goals and to support application development and deployment.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
- 5+ years of Proven experience as a Database Administrator (Oracle/SQL server), with a focus on cloud-based database management.
- Strong understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices.
- Hands-on experience with cloud services (AWS, Google Cloud Platform) including database services like RDS, SQL Server, or MongoDB.
- Knowledge of database backup, recovery, security, and performance tuning.
- Experience with database technologies (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB etc..).
- Familiarity with programming languages such as SQL, PowerShell, or Python.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
- Knowledge on Database, Field level encryption and tokenization.
- Experience in healthcare industry managing PHI/PII data will be a plus.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Database Specialty, Oracle Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate) are a plus.
Working Conditions:
- This position may require on-call duties and working outside of standard business hours to perform maintenance tasks or address urgent issues.