Database Administrator

Validatek - Brunswick, GA

Full-time

Brunswick, GA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Database Administrator at ValidaTek is responsible for providing expertise in Oracle Server and Microsoft SQL Database Administration. This role involves designing, installing, configuring, backing up, administering, managing, upgrading, troubleshooting, diagnosing, testing, monitoring, and documenting databases to ensure optimal performance and security.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical guidance on new database solutions that could help to optimize current or future applications/systems.
• Providing database technical guidance and DBA support for application development.
• Providing database tuning to improve the overall performance.
• Providing Oracle or SQL Server general user and administrative support.
• Monitoring and maintaining database files and reviewing audit logs to identify issues.
• Ensuring that database sizes, drive space, I/O throughput, memory utilization, and logs are properly maintained to maximize system security and performance levels.
• Design, create, configure, administer, manage, troubleshoot, diagnose, monitor, and document (data modeling) databases.
• Monitor backups on all Server databases.
• Perform routine disaster recovery testing scenarios.
• Troubleshoot and maintain database performance including the proposal of short-term fixes, long-term solutions, and the regular scheduling of index maintenance and database integrity checks.
• Establish and maintain database policies and standards.
• Refresh data from one processing environment to another as required.
• Develop, follow, and maintain team documentation for repeatable processes including database feature installation, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution.
• Participate in security audits.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, system analysis or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of five years of hands-on design and implementation of databases in Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and newer and Oracle 11g and newer.
• At least 3 years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Edition and all facets of database administration including migration.
• Experience in Oracle 11g and 12c database architecture, automation, installs, backup & recovery, monitoring, and database query tuning.
• Shell scripting skills.
• Must be willing to work on site in customer facilities in Brunswick, GA.
• Must be willing and able to submit to and pass a DHS law enforcement background check.