Job Description

Link Technologies (LinkTechConsulting.com), a Las Vegas-based IT consulting firm, is currently looking for a Database Administrator to join our team.

The most competitive candidate is a hands-on Oracle Database Administrator with experience supporting both standalone Oracle environments and databases integrated with Oracle E-Business Suite.

Technical Scope:

• Oracle EBS architecture and administration
• WebLogic administration
• Patching and upgrade strategies
• Performance tuning and optimization
• Backup and recovery planning
• High-availability and failover configurations

How This Role Operates:

• Works independently in production environments with sound judgment
• Evaluates risk, impact, and rollback strategy before executing changes
• Leads root-cause analysis and drives issues to resolution
• Documents solutions and shares knowledge to strengthen team capability

What Success Looks Like:

• Consistent, reliable support of critical systems
• Clear decision-making in complex or unfamiliar situations
• Ownership of outcomes, not just tasks
• Contribution to a stable, sustainable operating environment

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assume responsibility for services and activities that directly relate to relational databases (RDBMS) and associated systems.
• Develop and implement technical plans for the construction and evolution of database systems.
• Assist in establishing data integrity and security policies and procedures for user accounts, data creation, data manipulation, and data storage.
• Perform a key role in the establishment of effective RDBMS and systems backup, recovery, and restart procedures.
• Mitigate cross-organizational issues associated with physical data storage, access, security, and database structure.
• Participate in the development of RDBMS standards and database connectivity strategies to support an open database architecture; participate in the development of operating systems and programming standards.
• Monitor and tune databases for optimal performance; recommend hardware and system configuration changes to optimize database and systems performance.
• Support application development by providing assistance in database architecture and design techniques; review proposed changes to RDBMS structures; review data security, data validation, and data integrity controls.
• Participate in the development and implementation of department goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for assigned programs.
• Provide leadership and oversight of assigned teams.
• Participate in the development and administration of annual budgets; forecast funds needed for equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Prepare and present staff reports and other necessary correspondence.
• Attend and participate in professional group meetings; stay abreast of new trends and innovations in information technology.
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3+ years of increasingly responsible relational database administration experience, including two years of direct administration of Oracle or MS SQL databases in a client-server environment.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a closely related field. A combination of formal education and directly related work experience may substitute for the degree.
• Completion of specialized training in Oracle Database Management and Oracle financial application software is highly desirable.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Oracle database architecture and features.
• Microsoft SQL Server database architecture and features.
• Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), Automatic Storage Management (ASM), Data Guard (DG), and Recovery Manager (RMAN).
• Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio.
• Relational database management systems such as Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL.
• Database administration and management techniques in a client-server environment.
• Structured Query Language (SQL).
• Report writing, query tools, and data integration tools such as Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC), Oracle Data Integration Platform Cloud (DIPC), SSRS, SSIS, SSAS, and Power BI.
• Principles of relational database design, development and administration, data integration, data security, data quality, data warehouse/ETL/ELT, and BI analytics reporting.
• Linux and Windows operating systems, networking concepts, and computer security.
• Physical database design, backup and recovery strategies, performance monitoring, and tuning.
• Principles of supervision, training, performance evaluation, and effective team building.

Must Be Able To:

• Perform capacity planning of databases.
• Perform performance tuning and optimization activities of databases.
• Analyze programs, policies, and operational needs.
• Assess problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, and implement recommendations in support of goals.
• Research, analyze, and evaluate new administration methods and techniques.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

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.