Senior Database Administrator

$183,793 - $214,100/Yr

United States Department of Energy - Menlo Park, CA

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Menlo Park, CA

Administration of Economic Programs

About the position

The Senior Database Administrator at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is a senior technical staff position responsible for comprehensive database administration, including Oracle and AWS relational database services. This role involves designing and implementing enterprise workload deployments, ensuring data protection and integrity, and providing critical database administration for various business and scientific applications. The position requires collaboration with IT DevOps Engineers, Cyber Security, and other technical staff, and involves planning, supporting, and administering SLAC databases with minimal guidance.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and management for the planning, support, and administration of databases and related software with minimal guidance.
• Develop, implement, and lead critical projects with high consequences for success or failure.
• Evaluate technical strategies for projects, collect hardware and software requirements, and recommend solutions to complex database problems.
• Oversee the design, performance, optimization, backup and recovery strategies, and implementation of the database system.
• Introduce new tools and automation to augment and/or replace core functions.
• Propose and implement enhancements that will improve the most complex performance issues and/or reliability of the system.
• Demonstrate expert analysis to troubleshoot and provide resolutions of complex issues.
• Formulate and monitor policies, procedures, and standards relating to database management and security.
• Assign and oversee the work of other DBAs and act as a consultant and advisor to management and other technical support staff.
• Document and develop in-depth knowledge of existing IT architecture / infrastructure and technology portfolio.
• Develop and manage an infrastructure capacity plan.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and ten years of relevant experience or a combination of education and relevant experience.
• Expert level skills in all aspects of database administration.
• Extensive experience with developing strategic plans.
• Proven experience in systems design and development.
• Expert level understanding of information processing principles and practices.
• Expert level grounding in core enterprise applications.
• Expert knowledge of systems platform.
• Expert technical knowledge of current systems software, protocols, and standards.
• Expert knowledge of programming languages and hands-on experience with application development tools.
• Expert knowledge of hardware and software evaluation principles and practice.
• Proven project planning and management experience, including ability to manage people.
• Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional understanding of the organization's goals and objectives.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $183,793 - $214,100 per annum.
• Opportunities for professional development and continued education.
• Support for diversity and inclusion in the workplace.