Job Title: Database Administrator
Location: Austin, TX
Duration: Long Term
Job Description
The contractor role is for a Senior Database Administrator to perform advanced database administration tasks for applications with complex data models, workflows, and reporting requirements.
This role involves several key responsibilities, particularly focusing on database optimization, migration, and integration with cloud services.
Database Management: Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain Oracle databases and infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance.
Data Migration: Lead the migration of on-premises Oracle databases to Azure Cloud, focusing on decoupling existing BLOB storage into data and Azure Blob Storage.
10 Experience in database administration
8 Experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL
Experience in database design, analysis, and performance tuning
Experience designing enterprise applications and/or services
Experience creating technical and functional design documentation
Experience within software development Life Cycle using Agile methodology (Scrum, for example)
Experience with multi-tier system/application development (SOA, Microservices, 3-Tier applications, for example)
Experience with Extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into Azure SQL
Experience with large volume databases, high availability, and disaster recovery infrastructure
Proficiency in converting and adapting database structures for cloud environments, specifically Azure
Experience in configuring PowerBI environments and developing PowerBI reports
Experience in DevOps technology including CI/CD pipeline and build and deployment tools such as Git 3 years of experience with Azure
Experience with migrating On-Prem databases to Cloud (preferably Azure)
Azure certification is preferred but not required
DBA Associate certifications are preferred but not required