Lead Database Administrator

Job Title: Lead Database Administrator
Location: Dallas, Texas

Type: Contract
Compensation: $90 - $100 hourly
Contractor Work Model: Remote

Job Title: Lead Database Admin
Location: Remote

Type: Contract
Compensation: $90 - $100 hourly
Contractor Work Model: Remote

System One has partnered with an exciting manufacturing company in the aerospace industry that is seeking a Lead Database Administrator to join their team for a contract period to work on a remote basis. This individual will be responsible for supervising and managing the daily activities of the team. The client is seeking someone with very strong SQL Server database administration skills and competency in Powershell with the ability to write scripts from scratch. Qualified candidates will also have excellent communication and collaborations skills to work across multiple teams within the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Supervise the daily activities and workflow of the database administration team
• Ensure that database servers and client installs are appropriately deployed, configured, upgraded, and supported in a 24x7 production environment.
• Troubleshoot and fix problems and provide root cause analysis that the database administration team has escalated in a timely manner
• Perform preventive maintenance and system copies as well as automating system maintenance tasks
• Develop, manage, test, and execute (as needed) backup and recovery plans
• Ensure storage and archiving processes are functioning correctly
• Ensure database documentation, including data standards, procedures, and data dictionary, are in place and regularly updated
• Develop capacity plans and ensure their execution
• Manage security and disaster recovery aspects of a database
• Evaluate SQL Server performance and take appropriate steps for performance improvement
• Provide 24x7 on-call support, after-hours, and weekend work as needed
• Relational database design and development
• Design OLTP and OLAP environments, and monitor, detect, and tune performance
• Escalate any issues to senior technology leadership
• Accountable and responsible for the accuracy and completeness of assigned work and results
• Prioritize and manage workload and communicate issues clearly
• Complete other tasks as required
• Travel when required

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or equivalent industry experience
• 8+ years of experience in relational database design, development, and implementation in an MS-SQL or Oracle environment
• Experience leading/supervising database administration teams
• In-depth experience in the use of programming languages (i.e., C#.NET, Flash, HTML5, Transact SQL, and later versions including stored procedures)
• Experience administering production level high performance, high transaction volume, and highly available OLTP databases
• Ability to create and maintain database documentation and diagrams
• Proven experience in database performance monitoring and tuning operations
• Experience implementing database security protocols
• Knowledge of current DBMS products as well as knowledge of related technologies, applications, and processes
• Knowledge of relational database internals, objects, and processes, as well as best practice principles regarding availability, performance, and security
• Experience working with high availability tools, particularly Availability Groups
• Experience writing shell scripts to automate database activities
• Demonstrated skill using database backup and recovery models, utilities, and best practice
• Experience with Agile development methodology
• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to perform various tasks in a fast-paced, production-critical support environment
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to multi-task and prioritize workload.

Ref: #208-Eng Tulsa

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joul, ALTA IT Services, and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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