Responsibilities- Formulate and define systems scope and objectives through needs analysis and business requirements.
- Manage and administer the study, analysis, and evaluation of current and projected database systems and procedures, as well as the design, implementation, and maintenance of revised or new systems.
- Develop and establish department standards and procedures, and coordinate the technical support and direction to programming, operations and other departments.
- Overall responsibilities for team members, project status, meetings, reporting, scope changes, financials, administrative and technical issues.
- Primary liaison for Technical & Business teams.
- 24/7 support of production database services to ensure the highest standards of availability resilience, integrity, security and performance required by our business.
- Able to work non-standard office hours to meet critical maintenance and release schedules.
- Administration, performance monitoring, reporting, and tuning of Oracle databases.
- Management and maintenance of backups and recovery procedures
Installation and maintenance of database server, replication and client environments - Ability to troubleshoot and solve complex problems independently.
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively.
- Expert knowledge of database security methodologies.
- Ability to troubleshoot and solve complex problems independently.
- Strong understanding of business continuity and disaster recovery processes and procedures.
Requirements- 5-7 years as an PostgreSQL Database Administrator ( knowledge of version 9.2 )
- Exceptional experience administering various multi-Terabyte, 24x7 uptime PostgresSQL databases as a Systems/Infra DBA required
- Strong, proven Database Performance Diagnostic skills (at both the SQL and system levels) required
- Strong programming experience in PL/SQL and UNIX Shell Scripting and/or Python (preferably) required
- Extensive experience with Backup and Recovery using Oracle RMAN.
- Self-starter capability, ability to acquire new skills autonomously.
- Experience working with Oracle versions 11gR1/2 in a UNIX environment required
- Demonstrably solid written and verbal communication skills to drive projects to successful conclusion.
Preferred SkillsDatabase system experience ie. PostgreSql, Oracle
Desired Major(s)Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline or equivalent work experience.
