Database Administrator

About the role

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Database Administrator for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in Salt Lake City, UT.

Responsibilities

• Perform Database Administration Support.
• Provide production support for Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, Sybase IQ, UDB DB2, Sybase Replication, Postgres, Hadoop, MSSQL, Mongo DB, Oracle database infrastructure globally.
• Continually evaluate the operations of the environment and assist in the optimization and delivery of server infrastructure.
• Schedule maintenance jobs using Autosys.
• Perform root cause analysis on system failures and incidents and provide remediation solutions.
• Communicate and coordinate with application support and other IT support teams to provide timely responses for critical requests.
• Perform daily monitoring of Database infrastructure and Alerts.
• Responsible for Provisioning activities, User requests, Involves in Business Continuity plan tests across all regions related to Database infrastructure.
• Adhere to company change management requirements and procedures.
• Create policies and procedures for regular operational activities.
• Manage small project initiatives within the Database team across large portions of the enterprise including datacenter migrations and End Of life Database software and hardware.

Required Skills

• 5 years of experience in the job offered or a related Database Administration role
• Must have Five (5) years of experience with: Supporting the following platforms: Red Hat Enterprise Linux v5/6/7/8
• Strong experience in database administration, maintenance and implementation, migration, and upgrade in a complex system environment
• Extensive exposure to Sybase ASE, IQ & Replication (v16.x, v15.x, v12.x) database administration under Linux platform
• Strong knowledge UDB/DB2 including HADR, DB2 Database design, development and maintenance
• Strong working knowledge on DBA tasks, troubleshooting and analytical skills
• IT Experience with solid understanding of Banking domains and its processes
• Good Interpersonal skills to interact with global Teams
• Knowledge in job scheduler bash; Autosys, cron jobs etc