Oracle Data/Database Administration for HHSC, Austin, Tx

About the role

Texas Health and Human Services Commission requires the services of a Database Administrator 3, who meets the general qualifications of Database Administrator 3, Data/Database Administration and the specifications outlined in this document.

Responsibilities

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.

• Enters codes to create production data base.
• Selects and enters codes of utility program to monitor database performance.
• Directs programmers and analysts to make changes to data base management system.
• Reviews and corrects programs.
• Answers user questions.
• Confers with coworkers to determine impact of data base changes on other systems and staff cost for making changes to data base.
• Modifies data base programs to increase processing performance, referred to as performance tuning.
• Provides assistance in the planning, development, maintenance, and monitoring of integrated database systems.
• Evaluates users' requests for new data elements and systems, incorporates them into the existing shared data environment, and provides technical assistance.
• Coordinates the use of data to ensure data integrity and control redundancy, loads databases, and reorganizes as needed.
• Performs data modeling and prototyping.
• Performs logical and physical data modeling, designs relational database models, and creates physical data models from logical data models.
• Performs security recovery procedures.
• Determines and implements database search strategies and storage requirements.
• Maintains data dictionary ensuring uniformity of definitions and sets standards for use of data dictionary.
• Monitors database performance and recommends efficiency improvements.
• Creates test database environment for applications section, including the creation of necessary libraries and procedures.
• Executes the procedures necessary to save, retrieve, and recover databases from hardware and software failures within established procedures.
• Assists with determining, implementing, and enhancing standards on database security and with monitoring agency disaster recovery procedures and systems.
• Assists with the installation of database software and with analyzing, designing, and implementing databases.
• Assists in benchmarking and threshold testing of databases and with establishing and controlling necessary database security.
• Assists in the selection of database management software.

Requirements

• 10 years of database experience.
• 8 years of experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL - (or similar).
• 8 years of experience with Relational Database Administration - (SQL Server or Oracle, for example).
• 8 years of experience in database design, analysis and performance tuning.
• 8 years of experience in database structures, data analysis, performance tuning.
• 8 years of experience designing enterprise applications and/or services.
• 8 years of experience creating technical and functional design documentation.
• 8 years of experience within software development Life Cycle using Agile methodology – (Scrum, for example).
• 8 years of experience with multi-tier system/application development – (SOA, Microservices, 3-Tier applications, for example).
• 6 years of experience with large volume databases, high availability, and disaster recovery infrastructure.
• 6 years of experience with Azure (preferred).
• 3 years of experience with Extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into Azure SQL (preferred).
• 3 years of experience in DevOps technology including CI/CD pipeline and build and deployment tools such as Git (preferred).
• 1 year of experience in Java/J2EE Enterprise Development (preferred).
• Azure certification is preferred.
• DBA Associate certifications are preferred.

Qualifications

Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of computer programming and systems design; of computer operations, systems, and procedures; of project control and cost estimating techniques; of computer programming languages; of data processing flowcharting techniques; of database structures and theories; and of current database technologies.

Has working knowledge of EIR Accessibility standards and assistive technologies.

Ensures that user interfaces for database administration and inputting, viewing, outputting data(via reports) are compliant with accessibility standards.

Provides support to users in obtaining data / information when EIRAccessibility issues arise.