Database Administrator Principal

Job Summary:

Responsible for the installation, creation, monitoring, support, maintenance and optimization of databases; participates in design; ensures secure database access, data integrity and security, as well as manages performance and capacity.

Key Responsibilities:

Directs the most complex database designs; directs and reviews all phases of these projects. Ensures database stability and reliability through business leadership; develops data security protocols with Security teams. Directs complex database backups to ensure data integrity and disaster recovery; directs database restoration in complex environments and time-sensitive situations and resolves issues to avoid restoration in the future. Maintains relationships with database vendors and outside experts; participates in roundtables and industry conferences. Understands project database and design requirements to ensure quality of technical design, development and testing by outsourced suppliers. Coaches and mentors less experienced database analysts and documents knowledge for use by others in the organization. Manage delivery of database services to project contract (Statement of Work), ensuring that cost, quality, and delivery requirements are met or exceeded. Coordinate efforts between development, support groups and suppliers for project delivery (single ownership). Understands complex technical designs and standards in development / implementation. Champions the use of Six Sigma to reduce costs and improve processes and leads functional excellent database administration standards. Expert in multiple types of databases and their applications Leads standard implementation and support training for new database administrators. Engages in reviews and validations of Solution Data Designs. Drive Reusability components across the database groups to reduce implementation time/cost and work towards common processes and systems. Recommends database designs and implementation to inter-disciplinary team that enhance data integrity and security. Work with Production Support Team to support the transition of Data Base Administration work from project to support. Direct outsourced suppliers to meet delivery dates. Ensures that the solutions delivered are in compliance with audit requirements. Develop strong relationships to deliver business value using relevant Business Relationship Management practices.

Competencies: 
Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. 

Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions. 

Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances. 

Instills trust - Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity. 

Interpersonal savvy - Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people. 

Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. 

Tech savvy - Anticipating and adopting innovations in business-building digital and technology applications. 

Incident Management - Maintains reported issues or requests assigned via the Incident Management system to log actions taken and track trends. 

IT Operational Support - Executes ongoing activities and procedures required to manage and maintain IT services to deliver agreed service levels. 

Solution Configuration - Configures, creates and tests a solution for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications using industry standards and tools, version control, and build and test automation to meet business, technical, security, governance and compliance requirements. 

System Change Management - Controls the life cycle of all system changes using the required processes and tools enabling beneficial changes to be made with minimum disruption to IT services. 

Troubleshooting - Diagnoses and resolves the customer-identified issue by utilizing appropriate department standards to satisfy customer expectations. 

Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization. 

Education, Licenses, Certifications: 
College, university, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or related subject, or relevant equivalent experience required. This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations. 

Experience: 
Significant relevant experience required. 9+ years of experience.

Principal Database Administrator 

GPP: Database Administrator Principal

Additional Responsibilities:
Develop Automation processes and OnDemand/automation solutions across heterogeneous systems.
Serve as the lead architect and technical advisor for enterprise database solutions across on-prem and multi-cloud environments.
Design and implement scalable, secure, and highly available database architectures.
Leverage Infrastructure-as-Code and automation capabilities using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
Lead complex database migrations, upgrades, and integrations.
Provide guidance and mentorship to junior and senior DBAs.
Evaluate new technologies, tools, and trends to continually improve database performance and reliability.
Demonstrate ability and willingness to rapidly learn and adopt new technologies, such as NoSQL databases, and cloud-native services.

Lead Problem Management and Root Cause Analysis to identify issues and provide Corrective and Preventive Actions

Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
9+ years of experience in enterprise database administration with a focus on Oracle and SQL Server.
Proven experience designing and managing databases in AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud (OCI).
Proven track record for automating routine administration task through scripting using python, powershell, bash etc.
Deep expertise in Terraform, Ansible, and other automation/configuration management tools.
Experience leading cross-functional projects and mentoring technical teams.
Strong performance tuning, capacity planning, and disaster recovery planning expertise.
Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in various Database technologies such as Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server, Mongo DB
Experience integrating databases with container platforms or Kubernetes.
Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
Familiarity with ITIL practices, security frameworks, and compliance standards.