Job Description

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 10 years of experience with database administration
• Minimum of eight (8) years of experience with the following:
  • Oracle, Microsoft SQL
  • Database design, analysis, and performance tuning
  • Designing enterprise applications and/or services
  • Creating technical and functional design documentation
  • Software development Life Cycle using Agile methodology; Scrum for example
  • Multi-tier system/application development; SOA, Microservices, and 3-Tier applications for example

PREFERRED

• Minimum of six (6) years of experience with Extract, transform, and load data from various sources into Azure SQL.
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience with the following:
  • Large volume databases, high availability, and disaster recovery infrastructure
  • Converting and adapting database structures for cloud environments; specifically Azure
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience with the following:
  • Configuring PowerBI environments and developing PowerBI reports
  • DevOps technology including CI/CD pipeline and build and deployment tools such as Git
  • Experience with Azure
• Minimum of two (2) years of 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

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Key responsibilities include focusing on database optimization, migration, and integration with cloud services; will work with full-stack Java applications on cloud platform (Azure/AWS) within an Agile (Scrum) environment for the SCOR application.
• Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain Oracle databases and infrastructure ensuring high availability and performance.
• Lead the migration of on-premises Oracle databases to Oracle DB@Azure Cloud focusing on decoupling existing BLOB storage into data and Azure Blob Storage.
• Transition batch cron jobs to Oracle Database Jobs enhancing workflow automation and efficiency.
• Actively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks implementing monitoring solutions to track database health, performance metrics, and manage storage capacity effectively.
• Manage backup, restore, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies to ensure database integrity and continuity.
• Administer Oracle GoldenGate for efficient data replication.
• Compliance and Standards: Develop and adhere to architectural standards, guidelines, policies, and procedures to ensure the integrity of the database environment.
• Enters codes to create production data base.
• Selects and enters codes of utility program to monitor database performance, such as distribution of records and amount of available memory.
• Directs programmers and analysts to make changes to data base management system.
• Reviews and corrects programs.
• Answers user questions.
• Confers with coworkers to determine impact of data base changes on other systems and staff cost for making changes to data base.
• Modifies data base programs to increase processing performance, referred to as performance tuning.
• Workers typically specialize in one or more types of data base management systems.
• Providing assistance in the planning, development, maintenance, and monitoring of integrated database systems, and ensuring that the conceptual and design phases of new applications are consistent with the structural parameters within the database environment.
• Evaluates users' requests for new data elements and systems, incorporates them into the existing shared data environment, and provides technical assistance.
• Coordinates the use of data to ensure data integrity and control redundancy, loads databases, and reorganizes as needed.
• Performs data modeling and prototyping.
• Performs logical and physical data modeling, designs relational database models, and creates physical data models from logical data models.
• Performs security recovery procedures.
• Determines and implements database search strategies and storage requirements.
• Maintains data dictionary ensuring uniformity of definitions and sets standards for use of data dictionary.
• Monitors database performance and recommends efficiency improvements.
• Creates test database environment for applications section, including the creation of necessary libraries and procedures.
• Executes the procedures necessary to save, retrieve, and recover databases from hardware and software failures within established procedures.
• Assists with determining, implementing, and enhancing standards on database security and with monitoring agency disaster recovery procedures and systems.
• Assists with the installation of database software and with analyzing, designing, and implementing databases.
• Assists in benchmarking and threshold testing of databases and with establishing and controlling necessary database security.
• Assists in the selection of database management software.
• Experience in computer systems analysis or computer programming work.
• Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of computer programming and systems design; of computer operations, systems, and procedures; of project control and cost estimating techniques; of computer programming languages; of data processing flowcharting techniques; of database structures and theories; and of current database technologies.
• Has working knowledge of EIR Accessibility standards and assistive technologies.
• Ensures that user interfaces for database administration and inputting, viewing, outputting data(via reports) are compliant with accessibility standards.
• Provides support to users in obtaining data and information when EIR Accessibility issues arise.

Link Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors protected by law.