Database Administrator IT

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Responsibilities

• Responsible for the day-to-day administration and maintenance of transactional databases, ensuring that the database in available, performing properly, and is safely executed.
• Job Duties Perform installations, upgrades and patching, backup and recovery, performance tuning, security, monitoring, and configuration.
• Define standards for physical data storage, maintenance, access, and security administration.
• Perform backup and recovery using Database Management Systems.
• Configure database parameters and define data repository requirements, data dictionaries, and warehousing requirements.
• Create, maintain, and troubleshoot automated database jobs.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database connectivity and performance issues.
• Monitor server and database metrics and respond to/resolve alerts.
• Administer and maintain database access.
• Design and implement approaches to improve database performance, capacity, and scalability.
• Confer with appropriate managers regarding problems with and capabilities of databases.
• Create and maintain database and server documentation.
• Assume other duties as assigned.
• Supervisory Responsibilities Not responsible for supervising employees.

Requirements

• Minimum Requirements Education & Experience Bachelor's Degree.
• 3+ years of related experience required with relational databases.
• Requirements 4+ years of relevant experience.

Preferred

• Experience with Postgres, MS SQL Server and/or Elasticsearch.
• Agile development experience.
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret graphs.
• Demonstrate use of computer operations (programming, relational databases, and operating systems) and software packages.
• Regularly uses moderately complex oral and written skills.
• May train others in functional areas, interact with others, and make presentations to departments or middle management.
• Problems encountered are routine, somewhat repetitive, and generally solved by following clear directions and procedures.
• Decisions generally affect own job or assigned functional area.
• Results are defined; sets personal own goals and determines how to achieve results with few or no guidelines to follow; supervisor/manager provides broad guidance and overall direction.
• Handle multiple tasks or projects simultaneously with moderate complexity.

Essential

Physical Demands/Work Environment Work is primarily sedentary: must be able to sit for extended periods of time and use a computer, keyboard, and mouse, frequently. Travel may be required periodically, including overnight stays (contingent on position requirements). Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds.