Database Administrator

$81,000 - $89,000/Yr

Tista Science And Technology Corporation - State College, PA

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - State College, PA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Database Administrator role at TISTA involves managing and optimizing database systems to ensure high availability and performance. This position is crucial for supporting application-level troubleshooting and collaborating with development teams to deliver scalable solutions. The role requires expertise in various database technologies and cloud services, particularly AWS, to maintain and enhance database infrastructure while adhering to corporate standards for security and disaster recovery.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot complex database issues and collaborate with development staff for application-level troubleshooting.
• Manage and optimize databases in a 24x7 production environment using SQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, and Oracle.
• Utilize AWS services like RDS and Aurora to optimize cloud databases.
• Establish corporate standards for disaster recovery, data retention, and database security.
• Translate detailed design into physical database structures and perform database testing.
• Provide 24x7 production and non-production DBA on-call support.
• Maintain current patching levels for DBMS systems and ensure compliance with database strategies.
• Build and support required database test environments and provide technical expertise in DBMS configuration.

Requirements

• 5+ years of database administration experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• In-depth knowledge of AWS database services and performance analysis.
• Expertise in SQL and other database technologies.
• Strong business, technical design, and database administration knowledge.

Nice-to-haves

• Proficiency in implementing new DBMS features and functionality.
• Experience with distributive design and implementation of highly scalable streaming data processing platforms.

Benefits

• Above industry healthcare benefits
• Remote working options
• Paid time off
• Training/certification opportunities
• Healthcare savings account
• Flexible savings account
• Paid life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• 401K match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Paid holidays
• Military leave