Database Administrator 3

Job Description

The Client requires the services of 1 Database Administrator 3, hereafter referred to as Worker, who meets the general qualification of Database Administrator 3 and the specifications outlined in this document for the above-named customer. The contractor role is for a Senior Database Administrator (Database Administrator III) and will perform advanced database administration tasks for databases used by applications with complex data models, workflows, and reports. Assists the team in creating and maintaining logical and physical data models. The successful candidate will work with Full-stack Java applications on HHSC’s cloud platform (Azure/AWS) within an Agile (Scrum) environment. The role will involve migrating data from Oracle applications to SQL schemas and loading it into collections. Additionally, the candidate will optimize database performance during and after migration, identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, and implement monitoring solutions to track database health and performance metrics.

The DBA III works on activities including but not limited to database tuning, indexing, customization, transformation, data migrations/conversions, installations, troubleshooting, upgrades, patching, user management, security of data at rest and in motion, disaster recovery, clustering for high availability and load balancing, data backup, purging and archiving, implementation of database policies, data replication and backup to secondary sites like disaster recovery environments, procedures for the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of the sensitive and business-critical databases. The role will involve working closely with the team to create and maintain logical and physical data models, with a primary focus on Oracle and Azure Microsoft SQL. This role will require converting Oracle Stored Procedures and Functions to Azure SQL.

Required Skills

• 10 Years Database experience
• 8 Years Experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL - (or similar)
• 8 Years Experience with Relational Database Administration - (SQL Server or Oracle, for example)
• 8 Years Experience in database design, analysis and performance tuning
• 8 Years Experience in database structures, data analysis, performance tuning
• 8 Years Experience designing enterprise applications and/or services
• 8 Years Experience creating technical and functional design documentation
• 8 Years Experience within software development Life Cycle using Agile methodology - (Scrum, for example)
• 8 Years Experience with multi-tier system/application development - (SOA, Microservices, 3-Tier applications, for example)

Preferred Experience

• 8 Years Experience with large volume databases, high availability, and disaster recovery infrastructure
• 8 Years Experience with multi-tier system/application development - (SOA, Microservices, 3-Tier applications, for example)
• 8 Years Experience with large volume databases, high availability, and disaster recovery infrastructure
• 6 Years Experience with Azure
• 6 Years Ability to Extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into Azure SQL
• 3 Years Experience in DevOps technology including CI/CD pipeline and build and deployment tools such as Git
• 3 Years Experience in Java/J2EE Enterprise Development
• 1 Year Azure certification is preferred
• 1 Year DBA Associate certifications are preferred