Database Administrator

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:

Analyzes data on existing databases and makes process improvement and alternative approach recommendations to management. Confers with members of IT organization on recommended database design and implementation. Makes recommendations to inter-disciplinary team to enhance data integrity and security. Facilitates database design and administration meetings for moderately complex projects. Completes all phases of moderately complex database projects. Troubleshoots and resolves complex problems. Coaches less experienced team members on standards, technical solutions and documentation methodologies. Understands database administration Skilled in database applications and standard databases. Ensures database stability and reliability. Guarantees data security by following access and integrity controls. Executes moderately complex database designs. Connects databases to applications and ensures technical integration and database connectivity across increasingly complex platforms and environments. Ensures data integrity and disaster recovery by conducting complex database backups using established procedures. Conducts database restoration in complex environments and time-sensitive situations. Suggests improvements to database backup and restore procedures. Tests complex databases to make certain database functionality meets performance requirements.

Competencies: 
Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. 

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

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. 

Self-development - Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels. 

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. 

Release and Deployment Management - Controls the plan, schedule and deployment of releases using the required processes and tools in order to deliver functionality to the business and ensure the integrity of the system as well formally handing it over to service operations. 

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: 
Intermediate level of relevant work experience required. 4-7 years of experience.

Senior Database Administrator:

GPP: Database Administrator - Senior

Additional Responsibilities:
Administer, monitor, and maintain Oracle and SQL Server databases, both on-prem and in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, OCI).
Operationalize and Support database services in RDS, Azure SQL, Exadata, and OCI DBCS with a focus on availability and performance.
Automate database provisioning, patching, backup, and configuration using Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
Participate in incident management, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for database issues.
Assist with performance tuning, query optimization, and capacity planning.
Support upgrades, migrations, and patching in a coordinated, documented manner.

Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
4-7 years of experience as a Database Administrator managing Oracle and/or SQL Server in highly available production environment.
Experience supporting cloud-based databases (e.g., AWS RDS, Azure SQL, OCI DBCS, MongoDB etc).
Experience with backup and recovery strategies, high availability, and replication.
Strong scripting skills (e.g., Shell, Python, or PowerShell).

Preferred Qualifications:
Certifications such as Oracle Certified Professional (OCP), AWS Certified Database – Specialty, or Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate.
Experience with containerized database deployments and Kubernetes is a plus.