Database Administrator Lead

About the role

Database Administrator Lead – Contract – Preferred locations: Richardson, TX 75082 or Chicago, IL 60601. You will manage and optimize databases within the healthcare domain, ensuring data integrity, performance, and supporting critical applications.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the creation, maintenance, upgrade, patching, tuning, backup, and recovery of various MS SQL Databases.
• Plan and manage the capacity of database management systems.
• Define and enforce standards and procedures related to database management systems.
• Work with development teams to identify performance bottlenecks.
• Maintain detailed technical documentation.
• Lead efforts to define database strategy, architecture, standards, and procedures.
• Troubleshoot database issues and implement corrective measures as needed.
• Support application development projects by establishing database-related standards and procedures.

Qualifications

• Education: A relevant degree such as a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Certifications: Relevant certifications such as AWS, DBA, DB2, ITIL, or MCSE.
• Experience: At least five years of experience as a development DBA, with advanced knowledge of large, multi-terabyte databases in a 24/7 environment.

Skills

• Backups
• Database management
• Patching
• Restores
• Clustering concepts and procedures