Database Administrator (DBA)

Responsibility as a database administrator (DBA) will be the performance, integrity and security of a database. You'll be involved in the planning and development of the database, as well as in troubleshooting any issues. Also transform the data for various reporting and migration needs.

Responsibilities:

• Install and maintain the performance of databases.
• Develop processes for optimizing database security.
• Set and maintain database standards.
• Create and manage database reports, visualizations, and dashboards.
• Create and manage data warehouses for custom reports via third party APIs like Power BI, Holistics, Metabase, Mode Analytics
• Must guarantee that data is stored securely and optimally
• Manage database access.
• Performance tuning of database systems.
• Install, upgrade, and manage database applications.
• Use high-speed transaction recovery techniques and backup data
• Minimize database downtime and manage parameters to provide fast query responses
• Diagnose and troubleshoot database errors/queries.
• Recommend and implement emerging database technologies.
• Create automation for repeating database tasks.

Requirements

Database Administrator Qualifications/Skills:

• Strong command of SQL and SQL server tools
• Advanced knowledge of database security, backup and recovery, and performance monitoring standards
• Understanding of relational and dimensional data modeling
• Strong mathematical and statistical knowledge
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Impeccable attention to detail

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field
• Three to five years of experience in database administration, information technology, database architecture, or a related field
• Proven working experience as a Database Administrator
• Hands-on experience with database standards and end user applications
• Excellent knowledge of data backup, recovery, security, integrity and SQL
• Familiarity with database design, documentation and coding
• Experience with Windows(required) and Linux(optional) Server environments
• Extensive experience with database technologies (MS SQL required) - (MySQL,  PostgreSQL Oracle, MongoDB optional)
• Experience with cloud services (AWS, Microsoft Azure) a plus