Database Administrator - Senior, or Lead
$112,240–$145,810 year
HybridLittle Rock, Arkansas, United States
Job Summary
Monitor database servers and DBMS across multiple environments, analyzing trends in growth, usage, and performance to forecast hardware and tuning requirements. Execute and review database backups, ensuring they are executed and validated, while developing and enforcing security policies at both operational and strategic levels. Assist in database design, development, and deployment activities, leading projects involving new or upgraded databases across IT groups. Coordinate with internal teams and vendors to resolve performance issues, manage application upgrades and patches, and participate in test execution and production cut-over activities. Provide technical training, mentorship, and subject matter expertise to support broader system initiatives and represent the organization in technical committees.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in an Information Technology-related field
- 8 years database management experience
- 5 years database management experience
- This position requires minimal travel (approximately 10%)
- Excellent written and oral communications skills
- Effective working knowledge/experience with Unix or Linux operations systems
- Effective analytical and problem solving abilities
- Understanding of and compliance with SPP Policies and Procedures
Desired Qualifications
- DBA certification in a DBMS deployed at SPP at the current or first previous release level
- A variety of experience in database projects including deployment
- Proven leadership characteristics
- Experience with Oracle, IBM Netezza and Replication, or Microsoft SQL Server Administration including maintaining awareness of new releases, patches and upgrades; work load management a plus
- Application and SQL query tuning including SQL optimization and query plan/execution optimization
- Knowledge of SDLC processes and automation techniques
- Experience in leading efforts to implement continuous improvements including collaboration across multiple teams
- Scripting experience: PowerShell, Perl, Python, Bash, Shell scripting
- Informatica ETL technologies
- Experience with Enterprise Data Governance
- Experience with backup/restore
- Lead: Experience with backup/restore using Rubrik
- Lead: Linux based server experience with infrastructure and network knowledge
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