Sr. Admin, IT Database

About the position

This position is responsible for the recoverability, availability, performance, and compliance of Tractor Supply's database environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and monitor backup and recovery procedures for database systems.
• Participate in 24x7 on call rotations.
• Design and implement high availability, business continuity, and disaster recovery solutions for database systems.
• Coordinate and schedule with application team for code migrations, database maintenance, and enhancements.
• Configure automated proactive and reactive monitoring of database systems.
• Design, implement, audit, and remediate database compliance and security requests.
• Anticipate business needs for database systems around resources, performance, and recoverability.
• Document processes and procedures for the database team for installation, configuration, and security.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to team members.

Requirements

• 5-9 years' experience in Information Technology.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or MIS from an accredited college or university.
• Any suitable combination of education and experience will be considered.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong ability with relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server).
• Strong ability to work with big data concepts (Hadoop, NoSQL) is preferred.
• Strong ability to work with engineered database machines (Exadata, PureData).
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite.